Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Instituto de Socorros a Náufragos
English translation:
life saving institute
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Portuguese term
United Kingdom
Portuguese into English UK/US
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
, English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: Portuguese to English
Instituto de Socorros a Náufragos
Curso de Formação de Nadador Salvador
Nome e tipo da organização de ensino ou formação
Instituto de Socorros a Náufragos de Peniche
Proposed translations
Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
life saving institute
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Ana Vozone
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Obrigada, Ana!
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Douglas Bissell
: I'd go for the "Portuguese life-saving institute", as the nationality may well be all important depending on the context
1 day 49 mins
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Thanks, Douglas!
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Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Coastguard
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Mario Freitas
: But the Coastguard is not an institute. Also, it would be "Guarda Costeira" in Portuguese. In order to be an institute, it must have some kind of academic/scientific activity.
20 mins
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see my discussion links
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Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
Coastal/Sea Rescue Service
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Lifeboat Institute
Brazil
Reliable, Experienced and Punctual
Native in: English , Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Sea Rescue Institute
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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2015-01-14 19:29:11 GMT)
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Or the Portuguese Sea Rescue Institute to include the nationality.
Discussion
'Since then, 33,000 persons have been rescued, as well as 9,000 boats and 550,000 persons had been helped.'
It even calls it 'The Portuguese Lifesaving Institute' then three lines later 'Portuguese Institute for Lifesaving'. Hardly a professional translation!
Este link não deixa qualquer dúvida quanto à tradução correcta deste termo, nem quanto à sugestão da Teresa.
Obrigada!
'In the United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Coastguard is purely concerned with search and rescue' exactly what is meant here, 'Socorros a Náufragos'
US Coast Guard is NOT the same as UK Coastguard as you can see if you look at the links, I'm not just guessing.
I would say that "Coastguard" sounds a little more natural to me, but I'm not sure if they actually cover the same functions.