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S/Comunicação

English translation: seu/sua

01:45 Aug 7, 2023
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Portuguese term or phrase: S/Comunicação
Hi fellow translators,

I'm seeking clarification regarding its meaning. The expression is "S/Referência S/Comunicação," and it appears in documents related to official correspondence, often preceding dates and reference numbers. Could anyone shed light on what the "S" stands for in this context? I'm curious if "S" could be an abbreviation for a certain word or phrase, possibly in Portuguese or another language.

Thank you for your help!
Lawrence Lam
China
Local time: 18:39
English translation:seu/sua
Explanation:
Your.

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If you look at Tomasso's third link, you'll see that S/ means 'your' and N/ is 'our'.
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philgoddard
United States
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2seu/sua
philgoddard
4 +1No communication (S = sem)
Mario Freitas
4Your Correspondence
Oliver Simões
4Your Ref:
Douglas Bissell
3Ministry of Comunication and Announcements
Tomasso
Summary of reference entries provided
Serviços do goveno, Government services
Tomasso

Discussion entries: 1





  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Ministry of Comunication and Announcements


Explanation:
Official Portuguese site in PT Serviço de Comunicao, and also Comunicados, Englsh version by the Pt Government seems, not real clear, seems ambiguous, Comunication, and Announcements, usine various terms Ministries, so SNS would then be Ministrey of Health, instead of Health Department.

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links https://www.portugal.gov.pt/en/gc22/communication/announceme...
https://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/gc22/comunicacao/comunicados

example at top of page https://www.anacom.pt/streaming/AdCmerc3a_3b.pdf?contentId=1...

Example sentence(s):
  • S/ Comunicação Ministry (epartment) of Communications (Information) giving the name of department, followed by No, Number of referencia used by that government department.

    https://www.portugal.gov.pt/en/gc22/communication/announcements
    https://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/gc22/comunicacao/comunicados
Tomasso
United States
Local time: 04:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
seu/sua


Explanation:
Your.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2023-08-07 07:07:54 GMT)
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If you look at Tomasso's third link, you'll see that S/ means 'your' and N/ is 'our'.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mark Robertson
15 mins
disagree  Oliver Simões: It's to be translated into EN. You have not provided a translation!
4 hrs
  -> Lawrence says can anyone shed light on what the "S" stands for. That's what I've done.
agree  Clauwolf
4 hrs
agree  Ana Vozone
10 hrs
agree  Douglas Bissell: @Oliver, grow up!
1 day 9 hrs
  -> Took the words right out of my mouth. Thanks!
disagree  Jaqueline Oliveira: I dont agree in that case.
3 days 14 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Your Correspondence


Explanation:
s/ comunicação: sua comunicação
s/ referência: sua referência

Example Sentences

This letter is in response to your correspondence of December 4, 1985, concerning analysis of work necessary for decommissioning ARCO's Harvey. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ml0037/ML003781955.pdf

This is in response to your correspondence of January 11, 1994, requesting an interpretation regarding functions performed by Conoco Pipeline. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ml0037/ML003781955.pdf

Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 03:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: The question is about "S/". I'm sure the asker knows how to translate 'comunicação' (not 'correspondence') and 'referência".
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Your Ref:


Explanation:
I agree with 'Your', but Ref is more common in business

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 11:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 48
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
No communication (S = sem)


Explanation:
Sugestão

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 07:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Douglas Bissell: not in this context, though 's' does ofte mean 'sem', I agree
1 day 1 hr
agree  Jaqueline Oliveira: AGREED
3 days 6 hrs
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: Serviços do goveno, Government services

Reference information:
eportugal.gov.pt/servicos


www.sns.gov.pt/
SNS Serviço Nacional de Saúde, that is National Health Services.

example a SNS service national health, .concorrencia.pt/sites/default/files/imported-media/Contributo%2520ACSS. Page 1,
S/referência:
Exmo. Senhor
Dr. Rafael Longo
Autoridade da Concorrência (known as AcC)
Av. de Berna, nº 19
1050-037 Lisboa


N/referência: 2659/2021/DPS /ACSS
meaning NUMBER referencia , the number 2659 of DPS .dps.uminho.pt je ge shr, that is Departamento de Produção e Sistemas

In above example AdC wikipedia Eng only...The Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC) is the Portuguese name for the country's competition regulator, an organisation established to ensure fair commercial competition in Portugal.



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links https://eportugal.gov.pt/servicos
https://www.sns.gov.pt/

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoridade_da_Concorrência

example top of page, S/ referencia, Departmental, Agency name, which department, No is the number used by that agency, department (Servico)

Look at Departments, Agencies at top of page, (will not copy) https://www.concorrencia.pt/sites/default/files/imported-med...

Example sentence(s):
  • Serviços are the government agencies, departments in Portugal, Deptartments, agencies of economy , heatlth comunicaton, commerce, courts .

    https://eportugal.gov.pt/servicos
    https://www.sns.gov.pt/
Tomasso
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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