Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
la Unidad de Fortalecimiento Institucional de la Secretaría Ejecutiva de...
English translation:
Unit for Institutional Strengthening of the Executive Secretariat
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la Unidad de Fortalecimiento Institucional de la Secretaría Ejecutiva de...
Spanish to English
Law/Patents
Law (general)
Drug Enforcement Administration English Terms.
I would like to know the best translation of this phrase from Colombian Spanish into American English.
Colleagues from Spain, feel free to send me your suggestions as well. It's a translation about the United States Government for Colombians and Americans readers. This is a translation for the Drug Enforcement Administration of The United States and representatives of The Colombian Government.
Colleagues from Spain, feel free to send me your suggestions as well. It's a translation about the United States Government for Colombians and Americans readers. This is a translation for the Drug Enforcement Administration of The United States and representatives of The Colombian Government.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | Unit for Institutional Strengthening of the Executive Secretariat |
neilmac
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| 5 | Institutional Strengthening Unit for the Executive Secretariat |
Yolette Buitrago
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Proposed translations
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Unit for Institutional Strengthening of the Executive Secretariat
I'm not terribly keen on "strengthening" myself, and would usually prefer something like "consolidation", but it does seem to be a thing.
"The Unit for Institutional Strengthening/Consolidation of the
Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (SE-CICAD/UFI)..."
"The Unit for Institutional Strengthening/Consolidation of the
Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (SE-CICAD/UFI)..."
Example sentence:
Component 3. Institutional strengthening and capacity building...
Note from asker:
| Thanks again for your help Neilmac. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Adrian MM.
: with Secretariat for AmE consumption/ rather than Dept. or Registry, perhaps, for BrE use https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/social-science...
3 hrs
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| agree |
patinba
: The Institutional Strengthening Unit ....
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Comment: "Thank Neilmac."
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Yolette Buitrago
Guatemala
Guatemala
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Specializes in field
Guatemala
Legal and Medical translator
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Institutional Strengthening Unit for the Executive Secretariat
I was recently looking at a LinkedIn profile and there was this exact title: Currently working as the Chief of the Institutional Strengthening Unit at the Executive Secretariat. I think this would be the best way to translate.
Discussion
Asistencia para registrarse en el hotel, el registro y la entrega de
materiales a cargo de la Unidad de Fortalecimiento Institucional de la
Secretaría Ejecutiva de la Comisión Interamericana para el Control
del Abuso de Drogas (SE-CICAD/UFI)
La Unidad de Fortalecimiento Institucional de la
Secretaría Ejecutiva de la Comisión Interamericana para el Control
del Abuso de Drogas (SE-CICAD/UFI)
I couldn't include the full title in the Kudoz question.
Yugoslavia