Sep 23, 2011 13:11
12 yrs ago
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Spanish term
marianarauch (X)
funcionaria
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Hola! cómo puedo traducir "funcionaria" refiriendome al cargo/puesto. Este es el contexto:
Los datos son "atendibles y conducen a Ayman al-Zawahiri ", dijo Clinton. De ese modo, la funcionaria puso nombre y apellido a lo que...
Gracias
Los datos son "atendibles y conducen a Ayman al-Zawahiri ", dijo Clinton. De ese modo, la funcionaria puso nombre y apellido a lo que...
Gracias
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | official |
Matthew Duskis
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| 4 +8 | she/the secretary of state |
philgoddard
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| 3 | civil servant |
Emiliano Pantoja
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Proposed translations
5 mins
Matthew Duskis
Argentina
Argentina
Native in English
Argentina
Your text, in impeccable English
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Greek to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
official
if you don't want to put in her exact job title, she can be referred to as an 'official'.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+8
3 mins
philgoddard
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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123
she/the secretary of state
Take your pick. It means "official", but you can't say that here.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jenni Lukac (X)
5 mins
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| agree |
patinba
7 mins
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| agree |
AllegroTrans
12 mins
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| agree |
Bubo Coroman (X)
17 mins
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| agree |
Emiliano Pantoja
24 mins
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| agree |
Charles Davis
: "Funcionaria" seems to me an odd way to refer to her, but presumably it must be Hillary, and since becoming Sec. of State.
1 hr
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| agree |
Claudia Luque Bedregal
1 hr
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| agree |
Isamar
: At a lower rank it is indeed "civil servant" but it does seem a bit lowly in this context.
3 hrs
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18 mins
Emiliano Pantoja
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Spain
Lawyer and Translator
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: French to Spanish, English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, and 4 more.
civil servant
In general. We don't know what kind of funcionaria she is
Peer comment(s):
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Bubo Coroman (X)
: please look up the biography of Mrs. Clinton (Wikipedia etc.) and it will tell you what kind of funcionaria she is
4 mins
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Sorry. I thought they were referring to another civil servant of the cabinet. Definitively Secretary of State of the
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