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POLITICAL OFFICER

Spanish translation: representante británico

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English term or phrase:POLITICAL OFFICER
Spanish translation:representante británico
Entered by: patinba

12:01 Nov 12, 2008
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: POLITICAL OFFICER
British political officer in 1930s in Bután.
Rosario Villaescusa
Spain
Local time: 22:54
representante británico
Explanation:
(in Bhutan)

In the British Empire, a political officer or political agent was an officer of the imperial civil administration, as opposed to the military administration, usually operating outside imperial territory from a base outside or inside imperial territory. The title was particularly attached to a government official acting as a political adviser to the ruler of one of the princely states in pre-independence South Asia, though it could also designate a kind of special envoy or ambassador (eg "Political Officer to Afghanistan").Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_officer_(British_Empi...
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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 17:54
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4funcionario político británico
Paula Tizzano Fernández
4representante británico
patinba
4oficial político
Penélope Herrera
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Definición
moken

  

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political officer
funcionario político británico


Explanation:
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Paula Tizzano Fernández
Local time: 17:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
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political officer
representante británico


Explanation:
(in Bhutan)

In the British Empire, a political officer or political agent was an officer of the imperial civil administration, as opposed to the military administration, usually operating outside imperial territory from a base outside or inside imperial territory. The title was particularly attached to a government official acting as a political adviser to the ruler of one of the princely states in pre-independence South Asia, though it could also designate a kind of special envoy or ambassador (eg "Political Officer to Afghanistan").Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_officer_(British_Empi...


patinba
Argentina
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political officer
oficial político


Explanation:
De un fragmento de Wikipedia, que concierne a Sir. Francis Younghusband, explorador británico:

"En 1890 fue transferido temporalmente al Servicio Político Indio como oficial político. En 1890-1891, tras su incorporación a dicho departamento, estuvo nuevamente en el Pamir y, tras la anexión definitiva de Hunza por los británicos, fue nombrado oficial político de ese nuevo territorio de la India británica"

Y sobre Bala Sahib:

"Oficial político en Sikkim y Bután, con control sobre las misiones indias en el Tíbet (1955-1961)"


    Reference: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bala_Sahib
    Reference: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Younghusband
Penélope Herrera
Netherlands
Local time: 22:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 24
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Reference: Definición

Reference information:
Political officer (British Empire)
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In the British Empire, a political officer or political agent was an officer of the imperial civil administration, as opposed to the military administration, usually operating outside imperial territory from a base outside or inside imperial territory. The title was particularly attached to a government official acting as a political adviser to the ruler of one of the princely states in pre-independence South Asia, though it could also designate a kind of special envoy or ambassador (eg "Political Officer to Afghanistan").

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_officer_(British_Empi...

moken
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 163

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agree  patinba: My apologies - your ref had not appeared before I found the very same explanation.
12 mins
  -> No problem at all Pat. Mine was only a reference to try to help others hit upon a term, not an answer in itself. :O) :O)
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