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Family Advocate

Spanish translation: asistente social


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English term or phrase:Family Advocate
Spanish translation:asistente social
Entered by: traductorchile
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21:39 Jul 10, 2007
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Education / Pedagogy / Education
English term or phrase: Family Advocate
This title is used for professionals working with low income families, helping them to reach diffrent kind of services in the community.
blucero
Local time: 04:52
asistente social
Explanation:
in my country there is no such thing as a post where a lawyer helps families aquire community support. Here lawyers help themselves. The post you describe is filled by social workers called "Asistente social", a sort of lower executives, who aren't lawyers or psychologists or sociologist,

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Note added at 24 minutos (2007-07-10 22:03:35 GMT)
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with my excuses to good lawyers
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traductorchile
Chile
Local time: 07:52
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5asistente social
traductorchile
4 +1defensor de las familias (o defensora de las familias)
Deborah Lockett
4abogado de las familias
Сергей Лузан
4defenspría de familia
Gabriela Rodriguez


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
family advocate
defenspría de familia


Explanation:
Una opción.
¡Saludos!

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defensOría

Gabriela Rodriguez
Argentina
Local time: 08:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
family advocate
defensor de las familias (o defensora de las familias)


Explanation:
sometimes I use "advocate" to translate "defensor"

Deborah Lockett
Local time: 12:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 64

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Florencia Di Bello: yes, also Defensor de Familia :)
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
family advocate
asistente social


Explanation:
in my country there is no such thing as a post where a lawyer helps families aquire community support. Here lawyers help themselves. The post you describe is filled by social workers called "Asistente social", a sort of lower executives, who aren't lawyers or psychologists or sociologist,

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Note added at 24 minutos (2007-07-10 22:03:35 GMT)
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with my excuses to good lawyers

traductorchile
Chile
Local time: 07:52
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JoseAlejandro: Buenas tardes...¡un saludo desde Santa Bárbara! No me convence mucho el vocablo "defensor"...me gusta su idea...solo le sugiero que, de alguna manera, use la palabra (raíz) "familia", verbigracia: asistente social familiar. Suerte.
1 hr
  -> Gracias por tus comentarios

agree  Virginia Agustini
2 hrs
  -> Gracias Virginia

agree  cándida artime
3 hrs
  -> Gracias Cándida

agree  Tradjur
10 hrs
  -> Gracias Tradjur

agree  Marina56: de acuerdo
15 hrs
  -> Gracias Marina56 por el comentario
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
family advocate
abogado de las familias


Explanation:
Las víctimas del atentado contra el vuelo 772 de UTA en 1989 ...- [ Translate this page ]"Este caso trata de responsabilidad", afirmó Stuart H. Newberger, socio del despacho Crowell & Moring y abogado de las familias de las víctimas americanas. ...
www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=154045
http://www.google.ru/search?hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&as_qdr=all...

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o "abogado de la familia" según contexto
http://www.google.ru/search?hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&as_qdr=all...

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o "abogado social" (?)
http://www.google.ru/search?hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&as_qdr=all...
http://www.google.ru/search?hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&as_qdr=all...

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 15:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 22
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Jul 24, 2007 - Changes made by traductorchile:
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