vicerrector adjunto de edificaciones

English translation: Assistant Vice Rector for Building Projects

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Spanish term or phrase:	vicerrector adjunto de edificaciones
English translation:	Assistant Vice Rector for Building Projects
Entered by:	Rebecca Jowers

01:53 Oct 31, 2005

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy

Spanish term or phrase: vicerrector adjunto de edificaciones

This job title appears as:

Don Fulano, vicerrector adjunto de edificaciones de la univerisdad.

Help greatly appreiciated.

Alex Crichton KudoZ activity Questions: 19 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 120 Spain
Local time: 10:27

Assistant Rector/President/Chancellor for Building Projects

Explanation:
Just as an example, on the Cambridge University website you can see all of the building projects that the university is currently undertaking.

http://www-building.arct.cam.ac.uk/buildinglist.asp

University of Cambridge: Planning and Building
University Building Projects · West Cambridge Site · Sidgwick Site · North West Cambridge Site · Addenbrooke's Site · Faculty of Education Building ...
www-building.arct.cam.ac.uk/ - 9k - 29 Oct 2005

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Note added at 5 hrs 40 mins (2005-10-31 07:34:03 GMT)
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Please make that "Assistant VICE Rector/President/Chancellor, since this is a "vicerrector ADJUNTO"

Selected response from:

Rebecca Jowers
Spain
Local time: 10:27

Grading comment

Thanks for all the help, all three of you. In the end, I thought "for Building Projects" sounded the best.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

assistant vice president, construction

Henry Hinds

Assistant Rector/President/Chancellor for Building Projects

Rebecca Jowers

Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Buildings

Fabio Descalzi

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

16 mins confidence:

Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Buildings

Explanation:
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Fabio Descalzi
Uruguay
Local time: 05:27
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

1 hr confidence:

assistant vice president, construction

Explanation:
"Edificación" es contrucción. Cuando menos en USA, el rector de una universidad es "president", y el vice, "vice president".

Ahora si en el destino (no lo conocemos) se prefiere "chancellor", entoces "vice chancellor".

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 02:27
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 1174

5 hrs confidence:

Assistant Rector/President/Chancellor for Building Projects

Rebecca Jowers
Spain
Local time: 10:27
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

Grading comment

Thanks for all the help, all three of you. In the end, I thought "for Building Projects" sounded the best.

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