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230 months ago

Marcela Alvarado (a guest user) asked this question:

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230 months ago

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Civil Aviation Authority

230 months ago

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Directorate General of Civil Aviation

My comment:

In India we would call it Directorate General of Cicil Aviation. There is hardly anything known as "Civil Aviation" . It has to be "Civil Aviation" only.

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230 months ago

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CORRECTION OF MY ANSWER: In India we would call it Directorate General of Civil Aviation. There is hardly anything known as "civil Aeronautics" -it has to be "Civil Aviation" only.

230 months ago

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Civil Aeronautics Administration

My comment:

1,030,000 google hits for this one.

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230 months ago

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What Claude mentioned, that it depends on the country, occured to me, also. This is what you'd call it in the United States. Accordingly, if your target audience is Americans, this is what I'd use.

230 months ago

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Office of Civil Aeronautics

My comment:

Segun Harper Collins Unabridged Spanish/English Dictionary, direccion general=office (of).

230 months ago

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Civil Aviation Headquarters

230 months ago

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Civil Aviation General Directorate

My comment:

Vea este ejemplo:

ASN Aircraft accident description Swearingen SA.227AC Metro III EC ...
It is recommended that the Civil Aviation General Directorate (DGAC) should establish guidelines and limitations on training manoeuvres involving ...
aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19980728-0

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230 months ago

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I agree completely. This is a case where a translation is appropriate, rather than the equivalent entity in a different country, since we don't know which English speaking community is the target audience.

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230 months ago

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Aeronautica Civil Headquarters