Oct 9, 2005 15:07
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French term
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découpage cantonal
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Social Sciences
Government / Politics
regional administrative divisions
I'm having problems with the above phrase taken from the text below. I was going to translate this as "division of constituencies" but can't seem to find any reference sources to back this up. Any suggestions welcomed. Tx in advance :)
Le découpage cantonal de la région
descriptif:
Préfectures, limites cantonales, préfecture de région, préfectures de départements, cantons
Le découpage cantonal de la région
descriptif:
Préfectures, limites cantonales, préfecture de région, préfectures de départements, cantons
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
d�coupage cantonal
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way the cantons/districts are divided up or the marking of canton/district boundaries
if there's not a more concise way. I think it may be best to keep canton since district is an approximative translation.
just a couple of ideas.
just a couple of ideas.
Peer comment(s):
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Anna Quail
: Keep the word "canton". "Boundaries" is good too.
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PFB (X)
: I'd go for "marking the new canton boundaries" (I don't know whether "remarking" exists in E, but that's the idea
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Anne McKee
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| agree |
Sylvia Smith
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xuebai
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Buzzy
: yes, keep "canton", and best to avoid references to "electoral" or "constituency" as suggested below as that's not necessarily the point - or the case
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for your input.
Best regards
Julie"
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French term (edited):
d�coupage cantonal
Not for points
Peer comment(s):
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df49f (X)
: it seems wikipedia is incorrect when it calls a canton "a subdivision of an arrondissement" since an arrondissement is the most basic element of a large city - (BTW: this link is more appropriate than your previous now-hidden "communal divisions")
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French term (edited):
d�coupage cantonal
electoral sub-division or sub-dividing or electoral districting
The division
Préfectures are divided into:
Arrondissements which are divided into:
Cantons
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Note added at 36 mins (2005-10-09 15:43:59 GMT)
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Regional electoral districting at the canton level
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Note added at 2 hrs 14 mins (2005-10-09 17:22:08 GMT)
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Correction: departments are divided into canton for electoral purposes
basicially, voting districting..
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Note added at 2 hrs 15 mins (2005-10-09 17:23:02 GMT)
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in the UK also:
Electoral Districting. Pages describing our project to develop new spatial decision
support tools to design electoral districts can be found on the ...
www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/~pdensham/sdss/electoral.stm - 10k - Cached - Similar pages
Districting
The trend in the Commonwealth marks a departure from the UK's model in that the
... However, in New Zealand, there is a role for the electoral commission, ...
www.aceproject.org/main/english/em/emc09.htm - 7k - Cached - Similar pages
Blackwell Synergy: Br J Politics & Int Relations, Vol 7, Issue ...
So what materials might be useful for UK psephologists? ... Courtney concludes
that three -the franchise, electoral districting and election management ...
www.blackwell-synergy.com/ doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-856X.2005.00172.x - Similar pages
FInal: electoral districting..,.
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Note added at 2 hrs 16 mins (2005-10-09 17:24:25 GMT)
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whoops: canton electoral districting
Préfectures are divided into:
Arrondissements which are divided into:
Cantons
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Note added at 36 mins (2005-10-09 15:43:59 GMT)
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Regional electoral districting at the canton level
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Note added at 2 hrs 14 mins (2005-10-09 17:22:08 GMT)
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Correction: departments are divided into canton for electoral purposes
basicially, voting districting..
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs 15 mins (2005-10-09 17:23:02 GMT)
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in the UK also:
Electoral Districting. Pages describing our project to develop new spatial decision
support tools to design electoral districts can be found on the ...
www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/~pdensham/sdss/electoral.stm - 10k - Cached - Similar pages
Districting
The trend in the Commonwealth marks a departure from the UK's model in that the
... However, in New Zealand, there is a role for the electoral commission, ...
www.aceproject.org/main/english/em/emc09.htm - 7k - Cached - Similar pages
Blackwell Synergy: Br J Politics & Int Relations, Vol 7, Issue ...
So what materials might be useful for UK psephologists? ... Courtney concludes
that three -the franchise, electoral districting and election management ...
www.blackwell-synergy.com/ doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-856X.2005.00172.x - Similar pages
FInal: electoral districting..,.
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Note added at 2 hrs 16 mins (2005-10-09 17:24:25 GMT)
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whoops: canton electoral districting
Peer comment(s):
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df49f (X)
: "préfectures"= ville capitale du département - "arrondissements" divisent seulement des villes comme Paris, Marseille, Lyon, ne peuvent être sous-divisés en cantons - le Département est lui divisé en cantons=unités administratives et pas juste électorales
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yes...of course...anyway, my translation is correct..it electoral districting or electoral sub-division
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frenchloki (X)
: not necessarily electoral..................
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indiawharf
Native in English
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Native in: English 
Works in: Italian to English, French to English
French term (edited):
d�coupage cantonal
(constituency) districting/redistricting
This would be the term in US. Another way, for local districts, redrawing wards/precincts.
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