AMPAS (asociaciones de madres y padres de alumnos)

English translation: AMPAS (asociaciones de madres y padres de alumnos) (Parents' Association)

10:04 Nov 8, 2020
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Spanish term or phrase: AMPAS (asociaciones de madres y padres de alumnos)
SPAIN. The first thing that springs to mind is PTA, but I think that stands for Parents' and Teachers' Association. Some suggestions for both the acronym and the full form would be interesting.
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 22:00
English translation:AMPAS (asociaciones de madres y padres de alumnos) (Parents' Association)
Explanation:
My solution in cases like this is not to "mushroom" into UK or US English etc. but to keep the source text and provide an explanatory translation in brackets. If the term repeats further on in the text perhaps just use "AMPAS" on its own.
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AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:00
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Since there is no mention of teachers in the Spanish original, Parents' Association will do just fine. Thanks to everyone for helping out on this one.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1parents' association
Dr Neil Pyper, FRSA
4AMPAS (asociaciones de madres y padres de alumnos) (Parents' Association)
AllegroTrans
4pta
eski
Summary of reference entries provided
Article with different acronyms: PTA, PTO, PCC, PTG, HSA
Sonia García
Refs.
Taña Dalglish

  

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AMPAS (asociaciones de madres y padres de alumnos) (Parents' Association)


Explanation:
My solution in cases like this is not to "mushroom" into UK or US English etc. but to keep the source text and provide an explanatory translation in brackets. If the term repeats further on in the text perhaps just use "AMPAS" on its own.

AllegroTrans
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Since there is no mention of teachers in the Spanish original, Parents' Association will do just fine. Thanks to everyone for helping out on this one.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, I'm leaving AMPAS intact on the two occasions it appears. If the authors want to use an English acronym, that's fine too.

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pta


Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parent–teacher_association

A parent–teacher association/organization (PTA/PTO) or parent–teacher–student association (PTSA) is a formal organization composed of parents, teachers and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation in a school.
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Correction: PTA should be capitalized.

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eski
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parents' association


Explanation:
Parents'association is more commonly used than PTA in the UK these days. Both would be fine here, but I would favour the former.

Dr Neil Pyper, FRSA
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:00
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Native speaker of: English
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Asker: PTA seems very USA to me, probably because of the song Harper Valley PTA. Parent's Association will do nicely.


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agree  Sonia García: If the use of acronyms is not required, then this would also be my choice. Simple is best, and this can be understood and used in any country.
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Reference: Article with different acronyms: PTA, PTO, PCC, PTG, HSA

Reference information:
I don't think you can use the acronym PTA unless the association is actually affiliated to the national PTA UK or PTA US. PTO would be a more general acronym. AMPAS also work with teachers, so PTO may work. If you don't need to use an acronym, then you could simply call it parents' association.
I came across this article with different acronyms, hopefully you may find it useful:
https://www.ptotoday.com/pto-today-articles/article/292-pto-...

Sonia García
Ireland
Native speaker of: Spanish
Note to reference poster
Asker: That's useful, thanks :-)


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agree  AllegroTrans: Agree that the acronym should not be "converted"
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Reference: Refs.

Reference information:
1. PTA > Parent-Teacher Association
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk01hj_5jt7GFe20UMRq8...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parent–teacher_association
A parent–teacher association (PTA)
Parent-teacher organization (PTO) or
Parent–teacher–student Association (PTSA) is a formal organization composed of parents, teachers and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation in a school.


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2. AMPAS > Parents' Association (Many of the links are from Tenerife)

http://www.academia.edu/Documents/in/School-family_partnersh...

Parents' Associations (AMPAS > Asociaciones de Madres y Padres de Alumnos)
Parental involvement in Spanish schools: The role of Parents ...journals.sagepub.com › doi › abs· Translate this page
Nov 13, 2019 — Their primary avenues for involvement are Parents' Associations (Asociaciones de Madres y Padres de Alumnos, known as AMPAs), but there ...

Parental involvement in Spanish schools: The role of Parents ...www.semanticscholar.org › paper › Parental-involvement...
Their primary avenues for involvement are Parents' Associations (Asociaciones de Madres y Padres de Alumnos, known as AMPAs), but there has been little ...

3.8.5 How can the family participate at school? www.cnse.es › inmigracion
Participation groups in state and state financed schools that are made up of different members of the educational community: ... Parents Associations (AMPAs).

https://www.tenerife.es/portalcabtfe/en/site_content/43-educ...
Here are the web addresses of a number of regional and national AMPAs where you can obtain information on their activities and programs:
Confederación de AMPAS de Tenerife (FITAPA)
Confederación de APAS de Canarias (CONFAPA Canarias)
Ampas coordinadas de Tenerife (ACTF)
Confederación Española de Asociaciones de Padres y Madres de Alumnos (CEAPA)

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@ Sonia Garcia:
After seeing your reference comment, but in respecting your opinion, I did not want to comment directly on your posting, which in any event is a reference rather than a definitive answer. However, I am not sure why you say, "I don't think you can use the acronym PTA unless the association is actually affiliated to the national PTA UK or PTA US", because that is not quite accurate, and in my country for instance, PTAs are a part of our system, perhaps given the fact that our system of education is based on the UK model (perhaps?), but we do have a vibrant PTA system here, and all falling under the purview of a National Parent-Teachers Association comprised of many schools and split into zones/regions: https://www.iriefm.net/tag/national-parent-teacher-associati... Hope this helps. Stay safe!

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Native speaker of: English
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