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a staff arm

Spanish translation: un brazo administrativo

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English term or phrase:a staff arm
Spanish translation:un brazo administrativo
Entered by: Cinnamon Nolan

07:04 Oct 19, 2008
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
History / china history
English term or phrase: a staff arm
The party constitution was amended to make the party Secretariat a staff arm of the political Bureau.
fanita007 (X)
un cuerpo administrativo
Explanation:
Or
brazo/cuerpo auxiliar.

Here, staff is:
those members of an organization serving only in an auxiliary or advisory capacity on a given project.

Characterized by standard work schedules, the staff arm of the fire service ... The staff arm maintains most of the centralized command structure of a fire ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0824742575

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Cinnamon Nolan
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Local time: 18:51
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Summary of answers provided
3 +8un cuerpo administrativo
Cinnamon Nolan
3 +3Brazo administrativo
Gad Kohenov
4un apoyo administrativo/cuerpo administrativo de apoyo
Sílvia Fornós
4rama administrativa
Marta Cervera Areny


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
un cuerpo administrativo


Explanation:
Or
brazo/cuerpo auxiliar.

Here, staff is:
those members of an organization serving only in an auxiliary or advisory capacity on a given project.

Characterized by standard work schedules, the staff arm of the fire service ... The staff arm maintains most of the centralized command structure of a fire ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0824742575



Cinnamon Nolan
Spain
Local time: 18:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Boulter
7 mins
  -> Thanks, Richard. :->
agree  Egmont
1 hr
  -> Thanks again!! :->
agree  Mónica Algazi: Great minds...
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Mónica!:-)))
agree  Ramon Inglada
2 hrs
  -> Gracias, Ramon!! :->
agree  Mónica Sauza
5 hrs
  -> Thank you too, Monica. :->
agree  Jürgen Lakhal De Muynck
14 hrs
  -> Thanks, Jürgen! ;)
agree  Kidi Gomez de Segura
1 day 7 hrs
  -> Thanks so much! :->
agree  Rocio Barrientos
2 days 8 hrs
  -> Gracias, Rocio. :))
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Brazo administrativo


Explanation:
turismo eurorail europa europaoccidental en Europa Europa ...
El gobierno central chino, utilizaba las ciudades como una especie de brazos
administrativos. La división del I. Chino, estaba establecida por dinastías, ...
www.telepolis.com/cgi-bin/web/DISTRITODOCVIEW?url=/europa/d... - 58k - Similar pages


Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 19:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mónica Algazi
1 hr
  -> Thanks! cuerpo administrativo is staff and not staff arm.
agree  SP traductora
2 days 11 hrs
  -> !mil gracias!
agree  Cinnamon Nolan: You're right; this is the correct term. I wish you had put a Neutral (or even a Disagree) for my entry, so I could have noticed it. Sorry about the points. Cheers. :-)
13 days
  -> No problem at all :)
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
un apoyo administrativo/cuerpo administrativo de apoyo


Explanation:
El concepto de "arm" en este contexto no puede limitarse a cuerpo o brazo. Hay que añadir "apoyo" en español para ser fieles al significado inglés.

Sílvia Fornós
Denmark
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
rama administrativa


Explanation:
Otra opción...

Marta Cervera Areny
Spain
Local time: 18:51
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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