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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

RMSPS

English translation:

Región Metropolitana de San Pedro Sula/ Metropolitan Area of San Pedro Sula

Added to glossary by Marie Wilson
Oct 5, 2017 09:14
6 yrs ago
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Spanish term

RMSPS

Spanish to English Social Sciences Medical: Health Care Honduras
This has got to be a location in Honduras. I'm almost certain SPS is "San Pedro Sula", but ¿región marítima? Or what? This appears in a public health report written by civil servants who presume everyone in an international body should know what they're talking about.

Any help appreciated and native confirmations/readings particularly welcome. Thanks in advance.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 Región Metropolitana de San Pedro Sula/ Metropolitan Area of San Pedro Sula
4 Región Metropolitana San Pedro Sula > San Pedro Sula Metropolitan Healthcare Region / Area
Change log

Oct 12, 2017 14:37: Marie Wilson Created KOG entry

Discussion

Charles Davis Oct 5, 2017:
@Marie That's an interesting point. I've found one example where it appears with "Salud" in the name and is abbreviated as RMSSPS:

"Unidad Compra Región Metropolitana de Salud de San Pedro Sula No.20
Siglas SESAL-RMSSPS"
http://www.honducompras.gob.hn/Entidades/UnidadCompra.aspx?I...

But none of RSMSPS. Clearly it's normally just left as RMSPS. The only issue (not a major one) is whether it's desirable or proper to include "Health" or "Healthcare" in the translation. That's a judgement call, as they say.
Marie Wilson Oct 5, 2017:
@ Charles I don't know enough about it to agree with your answer; I just did a brief search and took a minimalist approach, whereas you saw the bigger picture! "Salud" did keep popping up, (Región Metropolitana de Salud San Pedro Sula), but it didn't seem to fit RMSPS, too many Ss. I don't doubt your research though.
Charles Davis Oct 5, 2017:
@Marie OK, sorry!
Marie Wilson Oct 5, 2017:
It's just an anecdote, I'm not trying to make any point. Of course nobody would understand it.
Charles Davis Oct 5, 2017:
The World Bank has translated it and made an English initialism from its translation. That initialism could be used here if you think people would understand it; I'm a bit doubtful about that.

Every one of the 30-odd Internet references to "Región Metropolitana de San Pedro Sula" is healthcare-related. It is clearly a healthcare area and not an administrative area for any other purpose, otherwise it would appear somewhere in relation to non-healthcare-related matters.
Marie Wilson Oct 5, 2017:
Here it's MASPS:
Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No ...
documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/399891468032979257/text/multi-page.txt
... version in Spanish) PRINCIPAL ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS IAD International Development Agency MASPS Metropolitan Area of San Pedro Sula IDB ...
Although this reference isn't about health.
Charles Davis Oct 5, 2017:
Yes, strictly speaking it's an acronym if you pronounce it as a word and an initialism if you don't (or can't). But in common parlance acronym is often used for both (as M-W indicates).
Neil Ashby Oct 5, 2017:
Acronym | Definition of Acronym by Merriam-Webster
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym
Definition of acronym. :a word (such as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also :an abbreviation (such as FBI) formed from initial letters :initialism.
Parrot (asker) Oct 5, 2017:
Thanks to both of you It WOULD be. Another acronym easy to resolve was DCM (distrito central metropolitano) and RMDC. What I really hated was Google insisting that I needed MAPS (i.e., that "RMSPS" must be "MAPS").

Proposed translations

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Región Metropolitana de San Pedro Sula/ Metropolitan Area of San Pedro Sula

It could be this:

Secretaría de Salud | Salud y Maquiladores se unen para evitar la ...
www.salud.gob.hn/.../845-salud-y-maquiladores-se-unen-para-...
7 days ago - ... de la Región Metropolitana de San Pedro Sula y miembros de la AMH...

Región Metropolitana de San Pedro Sula(Segunda ... - HonduCompras
www.honducompras.gob.hn/.../SESAL_HOSP_REG_SPS_2DA_RE... - Translate this page
Oficio No. ONCAE-UAE-291-2016. Licenciado. Erasmo Perdomo. Secretaria de Salud/ Región Metropolitana de San Pedro Sula. SU OFICINA. Estimado Lic.
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agree Neil Ashby
28 mins
Thank you, Neil.
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Región Metropolitana San Pedro Sula > San Pedro Sula Metropolitan Healthcare Region / Area

For the expansion of RM, see for example here:

"Entidad Secretaría de Salud
Unidad Compra GERENCIA ADMINISTRATIVA REGIÓN METROPOLITANA SAN PEDRO SULA [...]
Contacto SESAL-RMSPS CONTADOR MIGUEL ARTURO MONTOYA LEIVA"
http://www.honducompras.gob.hn/Procesos/Proceso.aspx?Id=MQAA...

This doc also contains both the abbreviation and the full form:
http://www.honducompras.gob.hn/DocsRCG/40726_ORDENDECOMPRA#0...

But "Región Metropolitana" is not an administrative territorial division of Honduras, which is divided into departamentos, subdivided into municipios. It's a healthcare region or area; it's short for "Región Metropolitana Sanitaria" (or "Región Santaria Metropolitana"). So I think you should put the word "healthcare" in there. I think "región" could either be literally "region" or "area"; in the UK, NHS healthcare areas are more or less county-sized and are subdivided into districts.

"La región sanitaria metropolitana del distrito central cuenta con nueva jefatura [...]
A partir de esta semana Karla Pavón dirigirá la Jefatura de la Región Sanitaria Metropolitana del Distrito Central [...] actualmente es la actual jefa de la Región Metropolitana del Distrito Central"
http://www.salud.gob.hn/web/index.php/component/k2/item/95-l...

"Región Sanitaria Metropolitana de San Pedro Sula supervisa centros turísticos [...]
San Pedro Sula. En el marco del verano saludable, la Región Metropolitana de Salud de San Pedro Sula, continúa con las recomendaciones y supervisiones en centros turísticos para eliminar los criaderos del vector que transmite el dengue, chikungunya y zika."
http://www.salud.gob.hn/web/index.php/component/k2/item/266-...
Note from asker:
Yes, this is about healthcare regions.
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