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services vétérinaires

English translation: veterinary services (UK equiv. in this context: environmental health dept.)

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French term or phrase:services vétérinaires
English translation:veterinary services (UK equiv. in this context: environmental health dept.)
Entered by: Tony M

19:03 Mar 13, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink / Catering
French term or phrase: services vétérinaires
Taken from a call for tenders for catering services for a large company.

"Veterinary services" seems odd in the context of catering. Could this mean "environmental health" or something similar in this context?:

"(Company name) assumera les rénovations et modifications de locaux qui résulteraient des visites des services vétérinaires."
Rosalind Howarth
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:28
environmental health dept.
Explanation:
Yes, though it's really a case of "horses for courses" — here in France, it is the départemental veterinary service that is also tasked with food hygiene inspections etc.

So if you are translating for someone who is going to need to deal with this dept., you'd better keep close to the original and explain; however, in other circumstances, this would be the nearest equivalent from a UK perspective.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 02:28
Grading comment
Thanks Tony, I had a feeling that this would be the best translation.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3environmental health dept.
Tony M
4Inspections by health service/board
Rosa Paredes
4veterinary services
Jean-Claude Gouin
3Food Standards Agency
Joseph Jeffries (X)
3Food Safety Services (US English)
MatthewLaSon
2Veterinary Health and Safety regulations
Isabelle Barth-O'Neill
Summary of reference entries provided
From wikipedia:
Travelin Ann

Discussion entries: 2





  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Inspections by health service/board


Explanation:
IMO it refers to Health Service inspections.

Rosa Paredes
Canada
Local time: 20:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jennifer White: Not the health service - food hygiene.
1 min
  -> Please see note
neutral  Tony M: As Jennifer says, these are carrried out by depts. with names like 'Public Health' or 'Environmental Health' — but not just 'health' on its own.
13 mins
  -> See note
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Food Standards Agency


Explanation:
Seems like quite a good equivalent. I'm not an expert in this field though so wait and see what others have to say.


    Reference: http://agriculture.gouv.fr/les-services-veterinaires-acteurs
    Reference: http://www.food.gov.uk/aboutus/
Joseph Jeffries (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:28
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Not really, it's not 'food' standards as such, and AFAIK that's more what this agency deals with.
2 mins
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
environmental health dept.


Explanation:
Yes, though it's really a case of "horses for courses" — here in France, it is the départemental veterinary service that is also tasked with food hygiene inspections etc.

So if you are translating for someone who is going to need to deal with this dept., you'd better keep close to the original and explain; however, in other circumstances, this would be the nearest equivalent from a UK perspective.

Tony M
France
Local time: 02:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 179
Grading comment
Thanks Tony, I had a feeling that this would be the best translation.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sarah Bessioud
32 mins
  -> Thanks, JdM!
agree  Liliane Hatem
1 hr
  -> Merci, Liliane !
agree  silvester55
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, Silvester!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Veterinary Health and Safety regulations


Explanation:


Isabelle Barth-O'Neill
Local time: 01:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: To start with, we're not talking here about regulations per se, but rather, the service responsible for enforcing them; and the danger of this is that it would make it sound like it was H&S regulations applying to the veterinary profession.
5 mins
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Food Safety Services (US English)


Explanation:
Hello,

I think "services" in French here can be translated as "services" in English (similar to "department" really).

The Animal Health and Food Safety Services (AHFSS) provides services to protect California's poultry and livestock, to ensure safety of food from animal ...
Show map of ‏1220 N St # 365, Sacramento, CA 95814-5644‏

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Department_of_Food_a...


I hope this all helps.

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 20:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: But do these people actually deal with the safety of food service facilities, or only of food itself? I suspect possibly not, and that even in the US the functions are split as in the UK
8 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
veterinary services


Explanation:
*

Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 20:28
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Literally correct, of course — but possibly not a great deal of help to the anglophone reader without further explanation
3 hrs
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Reference comments


15 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: From wikipedia:

Reference information:
Les services vétérinaires sont les garants de la sécurité et de la qualité des produits agroalimentaires. Pour cela :

* Ils assurent l’inspection des denrées alimentaires,
* Ils surveillent l’hygiène des lieux et des conditions de manipulation des denrées, de leur transport et de leur mise en vente,
* Ils consignent les denrées impropres à la consommation,
* Ils effectuent les prélèvements nécessaires pour analyses en laboratoire,
* Ils sanctionnent les infractions en dressant des procès-verbaux.

Travelin Ann
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Rosa Paredes
20 mins
  -> Thanks, Rosa
agree  ShopForWords
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, ShopForWords
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