Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

dictación

English translation:

enactment

Added to glossary by Neil MacLean
Feb 24, 2017 23:15
7 yrs ago
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Spanish term

dictación

Spanish to English Law/Patents Law: Contract(s) Noise emissions (Chile)
la Dictación de Normas de Calidad y de Emisión; Que el Reglamento para la dictación de las normas de calidad ambiental y de emisión, DS Nº93,1995...; proponer, facilitar y coordinar la dictación de normas de emisión; Que con la dictación de la Ley Nº 20.417...; Que de acuerdo a lo anterior, para la dictación de la presente norma se ha considerado el Acuerdo Nº 220...; etc etc etc.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 enactment

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enactment

[...] proyectos de
prevención del consumo y, sobre todo, se dio impulso a la dictación de una nueva ley sobre control del narcotráfico.
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[...] funds being allocated to
projects to prevent consumption and, above all, the enactment of the new narcotics control law.
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Peer comment(s):

agree Robert Carter
18 mins
thanks Robert
agree neilmac : Yes it would. Try a search for "issue a law", it gets over a million google hits, FWIW.
10 hrs
thanks but here it's about enactment of a law, so "issuing" wouldn't work
agree Sergio Kot
14 hrs
thanks SK
agree Martin Harvey
15 hrs
thanks MH
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Sounds spot-on to me. Thanks everyone."

Reference comments

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Reference:

Issuing laws

Just to set the record straight: despite the comment above pooh-poohing my "agree", I stand by my assertion, as laws can be enacted, promulgated, passed, derogated, repealed and ISSUED, among other collocations.
Example sentence:

About 5200 years ago, King Menes laid down the oldest legislative systems in human history when he issued the law of "Tehut"

On 28 October 2010,the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress issued the Law of the People's Republic of China...

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