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students' personal agency

English translation: student recruitment agency / student employment agency

13:27 Jan 21, 2005
Czech to English translations [PRO]
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Czech term or phrase: students' personal agency
First of all, I would like you to make comments in english, as I don't speak any Czech.
The fragment below is taken from the resume of a Czech person and I assume this students' personal agency might be something related exclusively to Czech culture. Could you please tell me what this is, so I can paraphrase it in my target language? Thanks.

Kristyna's work experience includes telemarketing; teaching mathematics and statistics; survey, census, and elections work for the Czech Statistical Office; students' personal agency; and administrative work including data input and billing.
Elvira Stoianov
Luxembourg
Local time: 23:08
English translation:student recruitment agency / student employment agency
Explanation:
I would guess that from someone trying to translate into English a title of an agency which specialises in employing students. "Personnel agency" is often used for this type of firms and perhaps someone made a mistake.

Otherwise it could mean a student welfare office but there did not use to be many of those in the Czech republic.

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Note added at 3 hrs 13 mins (2005-01-21 16:40:37 GMT)
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Sorry about the type, meant to say I would guess that it comes from someone trying to ...

Good luck
Marcela
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Marcela Hashim
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:08
Grading comment
thank you all for your input. I have also asked the client, and when they didn't get an immediate answer from the agency, they told me to create to file versions, with each variant (personal/personnel). But I assume you are right, since personnel sounds more logical.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +11student recruitment agency / student employment agency
Marcela Hashim
5students' personal agency
Radovan Pletka
5 -1studentská soukromá agentura >>>
Maria Chmelarova


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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
studentská soukromá agentura >>>


Explanation:
only suggestion
that would be very literal translation
since you put apostrophe mark in student/students'/student's you cold do translation as : soukroma agentura studnetu....
or it might be enough :studentska agentura and skip "private" not knoving how important is word private.....

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Note added at 26 mins (2005-01-21 13:53:42 GMT)
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So, if you do not know Czech l. how you can decline literal transaltion.

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Note added at 1 hr 23 mins (2005-01-21 14:50:10 GMT)
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what is your insruction to be followed?

Maria Chmelarova
Local time: 17:08
Native speaker of: Slovak
PRO pts in category: 6
Grading comment
thank you, but your answer does not help me further, as I specifically stated that I do not know any Czech

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Radovan Pletka: she didn't want translation, she wanted to hear in plain English, what that bad Enbglish mean
5 days
  -> Thanks, and welcome! You mean - means?
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Comment: thank you, but your answer does not help me further, as I specifically stated that I do not know any Czech

3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +11
student recruitment agency / student employment agency


Explanation:
I would guess that from someone trying to translate into English a title of an agency which specialises in employing students. "Personnel agency" is often used for this type of firms and perhaps someone made a mistake.

Otherwise it could mean a student welfare office but there did not use to be many of those in the Czech republic.

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Note added at 3 hrs 13 mins (2005-01-21 16:40:37 GMT)
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Sorry about the type, meant to say I would guess that it comes from someone trying to ...

Good luck
Marcela

Marcela Hashim
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
thank you all for your input. I have also asked the client, and when they didn't get an immediate answer from the agency, they told me to create to file versions, with each variant (personal/personnel). But I assume you are right, since personnel sounds more logical.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  plha: I think you are correct, and you even follow the instructions of the asker
10 mins
  -> Thank you. Sorry about all the typos. It has been a long day.
agree  Alice Hegrova
42 mins
  -> Dekuji.
agree  Dylan Edwards: The Czech term is presumably "studentská personální agentura", and you have given good translations of it.
1 hr
  -> Thanks
agree  vankovak
1 hr
  -> Dekuji
agree  Marek Buchtel
2 hrs
  -> Dekuji
agree  Monika@ProZ: Yes! "Personal" is a literal translation from Czech that does not make a lot of sense (unless you're familiar with the local culture).
5 hrs
  -> Dekuji.
agree  Gabriela Verešová
6 hrs
  -> Diky.
agree  Maria Chmelarova: with Monika's K. statement.
6 hrs
  -> Dakujem.
agree  Jirina Nevosadova
1 day 7 hrs
agree  Ivan Datko
1 day 17 hrs
agree  Jan Zeman
2 days 15 hrs
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5 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
students' personal agency


Explanation:
students' personal agency - she probably worked in some agency, dealing with student employment. There is about 150 hits on Czech websites for Czech term for student agency, and she probably dealt there with personnel issues. Be as vaue as possible in your translation. Rest of the Engslish should be clear to you

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Note added at 5 days (2005-01-27 11:31:36 GMT)
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vague

Radovan Pletka
United States
Local time: 14:08
Native speaker of: Czech
PRO pts in category: 4
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