Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

D.A.H.

English translation:

graduate in Settlement Design

Added to glossary by Chris Bruton
Jul 10, 2013 13:05
10 yrs ago
Spanish term

D.A.H.

Spanish to English Other Real Estate
Initials of title(?) before the name of a real estate consultant
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 graduate in Settlement Design

Proposed translations

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graduate in Settlement Design

DAH stands for "Diseño de Asentamientos Humanos", and its appearance before the name, in typical Mexican fashion, refers to the fact that the person has a "licenciatura" in that subject. It's a variant of architecture.

"DAH. Israel Victoria Lona
Director General del Instituto Municipal de Planeación, Implan Mazatlán
Licenciado en Diseño de Asentamientos Humanos por la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana"

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1295579

Literally, then "human settlement design", but frankly I think you could omit "human", since it's really understood by default.

"Settlement" is the basic meaning of "asentamiento". You might think that here it would refer to designing homes, but in fact it does seem to refer to rural settlements, so I think "settlement" is the right word.

"Aquí cabe mencionar que el programa que ofrece la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, es una versión actualizada de la Licenciatura en Diseño de Asentamientos Humanos. En este segundo grupo también es clara la preocupación por atender problemas vinculados a asentamientos humanos que no corresponden exactamente a lo conceptuados como “ciudades”, es decir, al desarrollo de comunidades “rurales”."
http://www.arquitectura.uady.mx/fauadyw/planhab.pdf

Some further references for the expression "settlement design":

https://www.google.es/search?num=100&lr=&cr=countryMX&hl=en&...

(While Taña was posting her references I was trying to decide how to translate it.)

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Note added at 22 mins (2013-07-10 13:27:38 GMT)
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Forgot the URL for my first reference:
http://www.mazatlaninteractivo.com.mx/new/imagenes2/stories/... (p. 50)

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Note added at 22 mins (2013-07-10 13:28:19 GMT)
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By the way, I'd use "graduate in" to evade the perennial problem of how to deal with "licenciado/licenciatura", since it is and yet is not equivalent to a bachelor's degree.
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : Typically comprehensive!
25 mins
Many thanks, Phil!
agree Marie-Helene Dubois : Yes. In Belgium you can do a Master in Human Settlement and in ZA, you can graduate in Human Settlement Planning and Design. I think that this most definitely is it.
52 mins
Thanks, Marie-Helene, and many thanks for the information: very interesting. Perhaps "human" should be included after all.
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Reference comments

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D.A.H. > Diseño de los Asentamientos Humanos (DAH)
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1295579
DIRECCIÓN DE REGULACIÓN AMBIENTAL - Secretaría del Medio ...
www.sma.df.gob.mx/.../curriculum.php?id...18
Títular: D.A.H. Blanca Esther Márquez Gasca ... Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y Licenciada en Diseño de los Asentamientos Humanos, egresada ...

Ilustracionmexico.org - Tumblr
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Licenciado en Diseño de los Asentamientos Humanos (DAH) por la UAM Xochimilco. Tomé diversos cursos con profesionales del comic, ilustracion, fotografía, ...
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Charles Davis : Absolutely. I was treading the same path!
21 mins
Thanks Charles.
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