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主管=supervisor, manager, anybody who si on a supervising position;
總監: director, executive director, CEO, etc.



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Note added at 5 mins (2004-08-17 21:01:09 GMT)
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This is a concusion reached after a discussion with 5 of my Contonese speaking colleagues.

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Note added at 8 mins (2004-08-17 21:03:50 GMT)
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總監 and 主管 are sometimes overlapping, or used interchangibly.



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Note added at 11 mins (2004-08-17 21:07:07 GMT)
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For your context, 主管 and 地區總監 refer to the same position, i.e., Regional Director



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Note added at 19 mins (2004-08-17 21:14:53 GMT) Post-grading
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I think 这句话中国特色太强，很难找到 a concise sentence in English to express it. 外国人从来都不从这种角度思考问题。英雄不问出处。所以，这话翻译得再好，也免不了生硬感。

XXXX will be appointed as the Regional Director of YYY。 He/she will be the first man/woman of Asian ancestry that has been appointed to a managerial positon of at the regional level in the YYY system.