Multilingual Dictionary Of Disaster Medicine And International Relief: English, Français, Español

191 Pages·1989·14.346 MB·English

by  S.W.A. Gunn MD, MS, FRCS(C) (auth.)

MULTILINGUAL DICTIONARY OF
DISASTER MEDICINE AND INTERNATIONAL RELIEF
Dictionnaire de Medecine des Catastrophes et des Secours Internationaux
Diccionario de Medicina de Catastrofes y de Socorros Internacionales
MULTILINGUAL DICTIONARY
OF
DISASTER MEDICINE
AND
INTERNATIONAL RELIEF
English, Fran9ais, Espanol,
~f
by
s. W. A. GUNN, MD, MS, FRCS(C)
Scientific Director, Vice-President,
European Centre for Disaster Medicine
Consultant to the United Nations
Formerly Head, Emergency Relief Operations,
World Health Organization
Foreword by the
United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Dordrecht / Boston / London
Library of Congress Cataloging In Publication Data
Gunn, Sisvan Willia~ Aram, 1926-
Disaster medicine and international relief: multilingual
dictionary: English, Fran~als, Espanol, (Arabic) / by S.W.A. Gunn.
p. CI.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7923-2256-6
1. Disaster ~edlclne--Dictlonarles--Polyglot. 2. Disaster relief-
-Dictionaries--Polyglot. 3, Dictionaries, Polyglot. I. Title.
RC86.7.G86 1988
362,1'8'03--dc19 88-24071
CIP
ISBN-13: 978-0-7923-2256-6 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-2486-4
DO I: 10.1007/978-94-009-2486-4
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This book is dedicated to
all those who suffer from disasters
and those who bring succour in disasters
CONTENTS
Foreword. IX
Introductory note xi
Acknowledgements . xiii
SECTION 1. ENGLISH 1
Part I: Dictionary (English, French, Spanish, Arabic) 3
Part II: Units and measures . 93
Part III: Acronyms and abbreviations 99
SECTION 2. FRAN<;AIS, FRENCH . . . 123
Premiere partie: Dictionnaire franc;ais-anglais 125
Deuxieme partie: U ni tes de mesure 141
Troisieme partie: Sigles et abreviations 143
SECTION 3. ESPANOL, SPANISH 147
Parte I: Diccionario Espafiol-Ingles 149
Parte II: Unidades de medida 165
Parte III: Siglas y abreviaturas 167
171
FOREWORD
In recent decades natural, technological and other disasters have been increasing
in frequency and magnitude, and the involvement of international organizations
and professionals from different disciplines has been growing in parallel.
By definition major emergencies call for outside aid and often international
assistance. The many agencies and individual helpers from different countries,
different languages and different specialties converge on the stricken site with the
sole object of helping the victims, who are themselves of a different background and
language. Communication among these people and a certain understanding of the
varying terminology of the many professions and activities therefore become
paramount if the difficulties of the disaster situation are not to be compounded with
difficulties of communication. A common ground for understanding between
doctors, engineers, meteorologists, nurses, nutritionists, planners, government
officials, transport personnel and the many other workers involved in disaster
preparedness, relief and rehabilitation is therefore indispensable.
It is to this end that this multilingual, multidisciplinary Dictionary serves as an
invaluable tool for the disaster manager, whatever his background and wherever
he may be called upon to work. A precursor in Disaster Medicine, Dr. William
Gunn has conducted numerous emergency missions for the United Nations and
other agencies, and this Dictionary has been tested in the field and in training
courses over many years. Thus, more than mere definitions, the several hundred
terms clearly defined here in fact establish the standard vocabulary of disaster
management in key languages and will be of great help to all those involved in
emergency humanitarian endeavours. The UN General Assembly has declared the
1990s as the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction; this book is a
most valuable contribution to that initiative and to the tasks of all those who strive
to lighten the burden of disasters.
M. Essaafi
U nder-Secretary-General
United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
This book is divided into four language Sections - English, French, Spanish and
Arabic. Each Section is subdivided into three Parts - Dictionary, Units and
measures and Acronyms and abbreviations.
The English Section constitutes the main body of the work, each entry being
defined and its equivalent given in French, Spanish and Arabic. The terms are then
listed alphabetically in the other languages, and their synonyms given in English,
with direct cross-reference to the definition.
The following abbreviations are used:
Syn. : this term has a synonym, which is also defined;
Cf.: compare with or see the term mentioned;
Symb.: symbol.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I wish to thank Dr. Sami Gerges (Egypt), Mr. Keith Jones (United Kingdom),
Mrs. Colette Murcia (France), Mr. Francis Parakatil (Switzerland) and Mrs. Sylvia
Pavel (Canada) for their valuable assistance in the various stages of preparation of
this book.
For the French section I am indebted to Mr. Hubert Joly, Secretary-General of
the Conseil International de la Langue Fran!;aise, Paris, who also kindly gave
permission to reproduce the pioneering Dictionnaire in this new discipline. The
Arabic section is due to the expert collaboration of my friend Dr. A. M. Aly,
formerly Chief of the Office of language services, World Health Organization. The
Spanish section is based on the painstaking contribution of Mr. Alejandro Sancho,
translator in the United Nations system. May these exceptional linguists be assured
of my gratitude for making this multilingual dictionary possible. My warm apprecia
tion also goes to my wife Jean, for the meticulous documentation, so essential to
such a multidisciplinary compilation.
For the terminology of conflict disasters I am thankful to my colleagues on the
Greater London Area War Risk Study Commission and the WHO Management
Group on the Effects of Nuclear War on Health and Health Services. Working with
them on such humanitarian problems has been most gratifying.
Under-Secretary-General M'Hamed Essaafi, United Nations Disaster Relief Co
ordinator, has honoured this work with his generous Foreword. With my warmest
thanks I should like to record my personal satisfaction at having collaborated with
him over many years in our common struggle against disasters.
1261 Bogis-Bossey S.W.A.G.
Switzerland
Erratum
Page 68: Richter scale. Fifth dash:
delete "The amplitude is three times that of 3".
Page Ill: ISO. To read:
International Organization for Standardization.
Book Gunn:
"Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief".
ISBN 0-89838-409-5
SECTION I: ENGLISH
Multilingual Dictionary of
Disaster Medicine and International Relief
by S. W.A. GUNN
PART I
DICTIONARY
English, French, Spanish, Arabic
PART II
UNITS AND MEASURES
PART III
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIA nONS