Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

assistante de direction

English translation:

executive assistant

Added to glossary by RHELLER
Oct 12, 2004 22:54
20 yrs ago
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French term

assistante de direction

Non-PRO French to English Bus/Financial Human Resources
Position completement standard en France

Proposed translations

+11
2 mins
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executive assistant/secretary

secretary is not used as much anymore - not considered politically correct
Peer comment(s):

agree Demosthene
2 mins
merci :-)
agree Bourth (X) : Nor is "Girl Friday" PC, I imagine (sorry, showing my age).
3 mins
taken from Robinson Crusoe, right, definitely OLD (just kidding :-)
agree Anna Maria Augustine (X) : This is funny. Political secretaries exist in Embassies, so politically correct, but they don't do secretarial work.
4 mins
(like the Secretary of State) thanks Anna
agree CarolynB
19 mins
merci Carolyn :-)
agree Monique GIOAN : I agree, this is my job also
29 mins
thanks for verifying :-)
agree writeaway : and less than a month ago: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/814943
1 hr
sorry, I missed that one :-)
agree Jean-Claude Gouin
2 hrs
thank you :-)
agree Giulia Barontini
2 hrs
merci Giulia!
agree Julie Roy
2 hrs
salut Julie :-)
agree Hacene
6 hrs
merci Hacène :-)
agree Viviane M. : yeah that is it
11 hrs
merci :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
3 mins

Managing Assistant

:)
Peer comment(s):

agree RHELLER : management assistant is an option but if the person is managing they are the manager
15 mins
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8 hrs

Personnal Assistant (PA)

This very much used in the UK, although a grade under the EA (Executive Assistant).
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