Acronyms

[devinshire.livejournal.com]

Hello! I'm translating an article about bird flu and there are several acronyms here I'm not familiar with. Memories isn't working right now, so I hope this hasn't been asked before. Here's the list:

НИИ
ГАИ (this is something like highway patrol, I think)
ГО
ЧС

I'd be eternally grateful to anyone who can tell me the Russian long form of these acronyms and possibly how they would translate (if it isn't obvious). Thanks!

Comments

[svyatogor.livejournal.com]

НИИ - Научно исследовательский институт
ГАИ - Гоцударственная автоинспекция (old name - renamed ~4 years ago)
ГО - Гражданская Оборона
ЧС - Черезвычайная ситуация

[devinshire.livejournal.com]

Great! Thanks so much!

[iris76.livejournal.com]

Ok. :-)
НИИ- Science and Research Institute
ГАИ- you are right, it is a highway patrol (sort off :-)
ГО and ЧС could be anything; can you give a bit of text with those acronyms in it?

[janzeex.livejournal.com]

НИИ - Научно-Исследовательский Институт (R&D)
ГАИ - Государственная Автомобильная Инспекция
ГО - Гражданская Оборона
ЧС - Черезвычайная Ситуация

[spiegelland.livejournal.com]

НИИ - Научно-Исследовательский Институт - (scientific) research institute
ГАИ - Государственная Автомобильная Инспекция - State Inspection of Traffic Safety
ГО - Гражданская Оборона (?) - civil defence
ЧС - Чрезвычайная Ситуация - emergency situation

more or less :-/

[devinshire.livejournal.com]

Here's part of the sentence that deals with the last two:

Как сообщил "Известиям" замначальника Ефремовского городского управления по ГО и ЧС Константин Мартынов, вчера утром из владимирского НИИ защиты животных поступил официальный ответ...

Thanks for the help!

[devinshire.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[devinshire.livejournal.com]

I like "State Inspection of Traffic Safety". Thank you!

[spiegelland.livejournal.com]

you're welcome -)
good luck!

[freezeburn.livejournal.com]

ГАИ is Государственная автоинспекция - State Auto(mobile) Inspection. It was called this way in soviet times. Than it was renamed to ГИБДД, which is Государственная инспекция безопасности дорожного движения - State Inspection of Traffic Safety. A year ago Putin ordered to put the old name back. Now it is called ГАИ again.

P.S. In Russian only first word in names of organizations are capitalized (as in headings).

[bwww.livejournal.com]

take into account, НИИ sounds pretty old fashioned, like some research institute in the ex-ussr.

[cema.livejournal.com]

...управления по Гражданской Обороне и Чрезвычайным Ситуациям... из владимирского Научно-Исследовательского Института защиты животных...

[insaint.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure "State" is quite accurate. I'd say "national" instead.

[oryx_and_crake]

Государственный is "State", not "National". It does not belong to nation, it belongs to state. Believe, it makes all the difference in the world.

[yms.livejournal.com]

You are the second one (after svyatogor) who makes the the same mistake in the word чрезвычайная. Вы там сговорились, что ли? :)

[g0mez.livejournal.com]

???

And what is russian for research institute now? Or you think that there's none of them left?

[svyatogor.livejournal.com]

that was writen around one o'clock ot night. i was half asleep. ;)

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Научно-исследовательский
Государственная
Чрезвычайная

be careful - don't misguide people!

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Seconded.

[grinkod.livejournal.com]

А в Украине "ДАИ" - Державна Авто Инспекция =)

[octobrina.livejournal.com]

Research and Development, may be sounds better? :)

[terminator-nemo.livejournal.com]

You may call it "road police" as well. In fact, it is.

[oupire.livejournal.com]

Better. But official translate is SRI. %) Or, sometimes, Research Institute, w/o Science.