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Social Sciences - Government / Politics | | Russian term or phrase: мэр vs. глава города | It seems that Russians use the term 'мэр' for the leader of a foreign-country town/city, regardless of what term is used in that country and what is the possition and hiring/selecting process of this chief.
In the dual-language document that I am translating the Russia-town chief is called 'глава' and the Finnish-town chief is called 'мэр', although in Finnish I use the same word for both chiefs.
We have also "мэры" in Finland, but not in this town. Should I ask the Russian part to change the term to 'глава' or just leave it as it is? |
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Alexander Onishko
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| Grading comment Thanks to everybody. I left as it was, although in Finland the difference is big, 'мэр' is elected by town citizens, wheras 'глава' is hired like any other official.
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