estament

"The establishment" no és una classe social o un estament. És la classe social dominant, no?

En l'entrada "establishment" es podria afegir:

establishment
1. establiment
2. (the establishment) l'ordre establert, el poder establert, el sistema, la classe social dominant, etc.

James Risen's new book State of War makes clear Bush has a problem with the establishment. He declared war on the bureaucracy and it is fighting back, writes Edward Alden, the FT's Washington bureau chief.

I may have this wrong, but I took this meaning of estament from DIEC:

"A l'Antic Règim, grup social amb certa base jurídica i dotat d'esperit corporatiu, que implicava l'existència d'unes normes per a entrar-hi o sortir-ne."

"The establishment" means:

An established social order, as:

1. A group of people holding most of the power and influence in a government or society. Often used with "the".
2. A controlling group in a given field of activity. Often used with "the".

To clarify, the context was a report on what "l'estament militar" said about General Mena's comments. I would translate this into English as "the military establishment".

"L'estament militar" - "the militar establishment" is a good equivalence. It sounds OK to me.

I think there are differences. "Establishment" can be used alone without a qualifier ("the Establishment"), but "l'estament" needs always an adjective. Besides, "establishment" implies control and power which is not always the case with "estament".

"The medical establishment": the people controlling the medical profession (I think).
"L'estament mèdic": all the people working as a doctor. But often disapproving just like in establishment.

For example:
Això va produir, en els primers anys, un cert malestar en l'estament mèdic de la ciutat.

"No teniu dret a decidir, ja us cuidarà l'estament mèdic o clerical fins que les vostres vísceres aguanten, són elles les que compten per a nosaltres, no la vostra voluntat"

For now, I have entered 'establishment' in the English-Catalan dictionary just as Jaume suggested.

In the Catalan-English dictionary, I have entered:

estament
social class / social group<catexamp>L'estament militar</catexamp><engexamp>The military establishment</engexamp>

As regards 'estament mèdic', we need to come to a consensus on this expression before we add it to the dictionary.

Jaume wrote:
"The medical establishment": the people controlling the medical profession (I think).
"L'estament mèdic": all the people working as a doctor. But often disapproving just like in establishment.

I agree with Jaume, 'the medical establishment' does indeed suggest the people controlling the medical profession.

'Medical profession' means all the people working as doctors but I don't believe the expression could ever be considered to be disapproving in English. I'm not sure if there is such an expression...

Crec que no hi ha cap problema en "estament mèdic" - "medical profession". Estament era el nom de les classes socials i professionals en l'"antic règim". Usat avui dia té un ús figurat o formal, no necessàriament pejoratiu. (Corregesc el que he dit abans).

"Medical establishment" sí que seria més difícil de traduir en català.