Jul 19, 2000 05:35
23 yrs ago
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Spanish term

fiscal & vocal

Non-PRO Spanish to English Law/Patents
On committees in Panama.
Typically one "fiscal" & two "vocales" are designated by members. Both are intended to monitor and keep proceedings honest. I don't think there are exact equivalents in English. Dictionaries give "voting member" for vocal, but there are other members who presumably also vote. For now I'm going with "monitor" for "fiscal" and "oversight officers" for "vocales." Any better ideas?

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"Oversight officers" is good. (I'd avoid "overseer," because of the U.S. antebellum southern-plantation overtones.) Consider too "members of the oversight (sub)committee." -- "Vocal" is also sometimes rendered as "senior voting member," with the implication of added responsibility. -- As for "fiscal" (which in Spanish is usually "auditor" or "supervisor," and sometimes "inspector" or "examiner") ,"monitor" is fine. But there is a fine old English word that survives in formal business parlance: "scrutineer." You often find them observing consequential proceedings, often in meetings at which shares are voted (where they're usually in the company of one or two tellers, who do the actual counting). -- Hope this helps!
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for confirming my hunch. Other respondents trusted their dictionaries too much, and do not seem to have been around committees choosing officers. Best wishes."
11 mins

overseeing officer OR overseers

To say ' oversight" would be a great oversight. You should prefer " overseeing officers or simply "overseers".Happy translating
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25 mins

fiscal could be auditor

per Cabanellas.
Orellana defines vocal as member of a committee, board, etc. who is not an officer

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33 mins

See below

Fiscal would be " a supervisory oficer" and the vogal is normally the one who has voting rights and overseeing rights.
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fiscal is prosecutor AND vocales is a board member

Tihs is according to the Spanish-English Dictionary of Law and Business written by Thomas L. West III.

In my search through various dictionaries I have found his definitions to be pretty accurate.
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