Translation question

[bela shayevich]

Indeed, it seems there is no standard way of putting it. I would
suggest something like The Public Service Advertising Council--which
is something like the Ad Council active in America.

On 1/11/09, Francoise Rosset <frosset at wheatonma.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:22:59 -0600
>   Laura Goering <lgoering at CARLETON.EDU> wrote:
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> I'm wondering if there is a standard English translation for the
>>"Общественный совет по социальной рекламе" (St. Petersburg). If not,
>>I would be grateful for suggestions.
>
> The American term for the ads is PSA "public service announcement" and
> the British term is PSI "Public service information."
>
> There is no central council in the US, esp. since de-regulation:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_service_announcement
>
> ... so you may have to make one up, and use an article in front of it
> to make clear it is a prototype and not an actual organization: _A
> National Administration for PSAs_ would be an American-sounding
> concoction. I think.
> -FR
>
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