la prestación de los servicios públicos

English translation: providing (a) public service(s)

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Spanish term or phrase: la prestación de los servicios públicos
English translation:providing (a) public service(s)
Entered by: ORT76

06:55 Jun 23, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Management / administracion pública regional
Spanish term or phrase: la prestación de los servicios públicos
el párrafo entero es el siguiente: la prestación de los servicios públicos suele ser más cara cuando menor sea el número de usuarios que los reciben.

My attempt is: the less number of users there are, the more expensive the rendering of municipal services tends to be
but I'm not sure
can someone help me?
ORT76
providing (a) public service(s)
Explanation:
tends to be more expensive, the fewer users there are on the receiving end
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polyglot45
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gracias a todos!!
y disculpar por mi demora, he estado fuera de la oficina
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8providing (a) public service(s)
polyglot45
4 +1Public Service(s) provision
neilmac
3The delivery of pubic/municipal services
Gad Kohenov


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
The delivery of pubic/municipal services


Explanation:
My suggestion.

Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 01:52
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  polyglot45: love the typo !
35 mins

neutral  neilmac: hate this neologistic Euro-speak use of "delivery" for intangibles.
1 hr

neutral  argosys: A Freudian slip of the pen?
1 day 5 hrs
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
providing (a) public service(s)


Explanation:
tends to be more expensive, the fewer users there are on the receiving end

polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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gracias a todos!!
y disculpar por mi demora, he estado fuera de la oficina

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Rawlins: the cost of providing public services increases as the number of users diminishes.
18 mins

agree  Ruth Ramsey
1 hr

agree  Wil Hardman (X)
1 hr

agree  cmwilliams (X)
1 hr

agree  MarinaM
3 hrs

agree  Melissa Mann
4 hrs

agree  Ivan Nieves
12 hrs

agree  Victoria Frazier
20 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Public Service(s) provision


Explanation:
= the provision (or supply) of Public Services.
Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing private provision of services.

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Your phrase:
<< ... the lower the number of users, the more costly public service provision tends to be >>>

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-06-23 09:05:33 GMT)
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<< the lower the number of users, the more costly public services provision tends to be ... >> or similar

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the lower the number of users, the more costly public service provision tends to be

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-06-23 09:07:57 GMT)
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That's the 3rd time tried to nter the whole phrase, apparently the proz site doesn't like parentheses >>

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 00:52
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

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agree  David Ronder
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