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Interlandelijke adoption bij Intercountry Adoption
"Interlandelijke adoption bij Intercountry ..."
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Tina Vonhof (X)
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Proposed translations
International adoption
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writeaway
: international is wrong. intercountry adoption is "the" term. what this question is about is another matter, since there is no useful context. http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=69
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It is variously called international or intercountry adoption (see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_adoption). Intercountry may be "the" term in Europe but not everywhere.
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jarry (X)
: Agree with writeaway. Intercountry adoption is the correct term. See: http://www.iss.org.au/servicecontacts.html
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Inge Dijkstra
: I agree with Tina, particularly since Intercountry Adoption seems to be the name of the Agency concerned. Mentioning "intercountry adoption" (again) would be confusing, IMHO
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Thank you Inge. My thoughts exactly, using international the first time would prevent confusion with the name of the agency and the 'dog chasing its own tail' mentioned above.
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CJG (X)
: The term would be inter-country: it is not 'European', but derives from the Hague Conference on Private International Law, to which Canada, fyi, is also a party: I have done this for 20 yrs. Believe me, it's true!:-)
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Then why not enter your own answer?
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techwriter (X)
: 'Interlandelijke adoptie' just means adoption from abroad. I think the translation should be 'inter-country', as suggested by cjguy. The name of the agency should remain as it is.
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Discussion
See http://www.iss.org.au/servicecontacts.html.
Hence my comment that we are going around in circles here.