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Name of Institution for Spanish to English Translation
Thread poster: Susana Gonzalez
Susana Gonzalez
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Spain
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Spanish to English
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Jan 28

For those of you who translate Diplomas, University Transcripts, etc, from Spanish into English: do you ALWAYS translate the name (which appears in Spanish) of the University/College into English, or NEVER do this? Any exemption(s)? Thank you.
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
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English to Portuguese
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@Susana Jan 28

This may be useful...

https://www.upf.edu/en/web/gabinet-linguistic/quan-hem-de-traduir-el-nom-de-la-universitat-

neilmac
 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
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Spanish to English
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My take Jan 30

I don't think it's a question of "always" or "never"... Some universities prefer their name not to be translated for example, in my experience, the UPV (Universitat Politècnica de València). This may have something to do with the drive for independence and/or linguistic differentiation in Catalonia and Valencia. But then again, how would we translate "Complutense"... ?

When in doubt, I usually ask the client if they want the name of their institution translated or not.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
 


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