Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
VlCERRECTORÍA ACADÉMICA
English translation:
Vice Rectorate of Academic Affairs/Academic Vice Rectorate
Added to glossary by
Stuart Allsop
Jan 2, 2007 19:00
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Chile
17 years in technology and mining
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
VlCERRECTORÍA ACADÉMICA
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
University degrees
This phrase occurs on a certificate issued by a university. There is no more context. It is simply a single line among three on the title page of the certificate:
CONTEXT:
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
***VlCERRECTORÍA ACADÉMICA***
DIRECCIÓN DE ADMISIÓN Y REGISTROS ACADÉMICOS
CONTEXT:
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
***VlCERRECTORÍA ACADÉMICA***
DIRECCIÓN DE ADMISIÓN Y REGISTROS ACADÉMICOS
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Virginia Esteve
Native in Spanish
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English
Also ESP teacher
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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Vice Rectorate of Academic Affairs/Academic Vice Rectorate
Vicerectorate for Academic Organization and Teaching staff
http://www.ulpgc.es/index.php?pagina=voap&ver=inicio&idioma=...
Vice-rectorate for Teaching and Academic Development http://www.google.es/search?hl=en&q=vice-rectorate
Academic Vice Rectorate • Univ. del Salvador
http://www.usalvador.net/usal/auto.asp?id=2
The term and office of a rector are called rectorate. See Wikipedia for a description of rector as an academic post.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rector
In Spain, the unviersity rector is assisted by vice-rectors. Thus it would be logical for their office to be called the vice rectorate.
http://www.ulpgc.es/index.php?pagina=voap&ver=inicio&idioma=...
Vice-rectorate for Teaching and Academic Development http://www.google.es/search?hl=en&q=vice-rectorate
Academic Vice Rectorate • Univ. del Salvador
http://www.usalvador.net/usal/auto.asp?id=2
The term and office of a rector are called rectorate. See Wikipedia for a description of rector as an academic post.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rector
In Spain, the unviersity rector is assisted by vice-rectors. Thus it would be logical for their office to be called the vice rectorate.
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Comment: "Thanks! This makes the most sense to me."
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Alfredo Tanús
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Fast, reliable and accurate. Always
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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Office of the Provost
Suerte!
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Provost is the title of a senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada.
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Provost is the title of a senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada.
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Steven Capsuto
: Exactly! The Provost es the North American equivalent of a vicerrector académico or vicerrector de ordenación académica.
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Thanks Steven.
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Manuel Rossetti (X)
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Thanks.
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Miguel Fuentes
Mexico
Mexico
Native in Spanish
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English
Works in field
Mexico
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 3 more.
Academic Vice-rectorate/Sub-rectorate
One option. It gives 160 hits on yahoo search.
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Steven Capsuto
: Citing translated web pages from non-English speaking countries isn't convincing evidence.
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Gert Sass (M.A.)
Germany
Germany
Germany
Precision for those who appreciate it.
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Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs
maybe?
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see http://educon.javeriana.edu.co/ViceAcademica/ContenidoGen.as...
(a translated page)
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Note added at 25 mins (2007-01-02 19:26:11 GMT)
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see http://educon.javeriana.edu.co/ViceAcademica/ContenidoGen.as...
(a translated page)
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Patricia Rosas
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
servicios para autores académicos
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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Office of the Academic Vice-Rector
vice-rector's photo Dr. Irina A. Lomazova is the Academic Vice-Rector of the University. Dr. I.Lomazova graduated from Novosibirsk State University, ...
u-pereslavl.botik.ru/UP/MISC/vicerector.html
Article 4 - Pursuant to the respective fields of competence, the Academic Vice Rector, the Formation Vice Rector and the Secretary will supervise the ...
www.usalvador.net/usal/status.asp?id=8
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I wanted to respond at greater length to Steve's comment. At my alma mater, we had the President (of the university system) and then the Chancellor (locally), and several Vice Chancellors, and even lower in the ranking were 4 provosts who ran the business side of administration of the various colleges. If you look at the description of Provost in the dictionary and compare it to rector, I can't imagine that this is an equivalent. If I was trying to make this sound more American, I'd use Chancellor, which according to Merriam-Webster's is a near equivalent of Rector...
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Also, in checking further, I found this explanation on Wikipedia:
In most North American research universities and independent colleges, the provost is generally the chief academic officer. The incumbent is responsible to the institution's chief executive officer (variously called president, Chancellor, or rector) and governing board or boards (variously called the board of trustees, the board of regents, or the corporation) for oversight of all educational affairs and activities, including research and academic personnel. The deans of a university's various schools, colleges, or faculties, generally report to the provost or report jointly to the chief executive officer and the provost.
u-pereslavl.botik.ru/UP/MISC/vicerector.html
Article 4 - Pursuant to the respective fields of competence, the Academic Vice Rector, the Formation Vice Rector and the Secretary will supervise the ...
www.usalvador.net/usal/status.asp?id=8
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Note added at 9 hrs (2007-01-03 04:53:55 GMT)
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I wanted to respond at greater length to Steve's comment. At my alma mater, we had the President (of the university system) and then the Chancellor (locally), and several Vice Chancellors, and even lower in the ranking were 4 provosts who ran the business side of administration of the various colleges. If you look at the description of Provost in the dictionary and compare it to rector, I can't imagine that this is an equivalent. If I was trying to make this sound more American, I'd use Chancellor, which according to Merriam-Webster's is a near equivalent of Rector...
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Note added at 9 hrs (2007-01-03 04:55:18 GMT)
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Also, in checking further, I found this explanation on Wikipedia:
In most North American research universities and independent colleges, the provost is generally the chief academic officer. The incumbent is responsible to the institution's chief executive officer (variously called president, Chancellor, or rector) and governing board or boards (variously called the board of trustees, the board of regents, or the corporation) for oversight of all educational affairs and activities, including research and academic personnel. The deans of a university's various schools, colleges, or faculties, generally report to the provost or report jointly to the chief executive officer and the provost.
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Ana Brassara
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thank you, Ana! Happy New Year!
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patricia scott
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and thanks to you, Patricia, and welcome to ProZ!
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Steven Capsuto
: There's no such thing as an "academic vice-rector" in the US, UK, or Canada. Both web sites you cited are from non-English speaking countries. In North America, at least, it's the Office of the Provost.
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Since this is a title at a foreign university, I would not translate it, but because Stuart asked, this is the closest version I can get. I wouldn't want to sound "American" ...
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