Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

es personal académico jubilado vitalicio

English translation:

is a permanently retired member of academic staff

Added to glossary by Charles Davis
May 10, 2016 16:32
8 yrs ago
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Spanish term

es personal académico jubilado vitalicio

Spanish to English Social Sciences Education / Pedagogy
Estoy traduciendo una constancia para un profesor jubilado de la Universidad Simón Bolívar (Caracas, Venezuela) que dice:

"Quien suscribe, Directora de Gestión de Capital Humano de la Universidad SImón Bolívar, hace constar que el ciudadano [nombre], de nacionalidad venezolana, titular de la cédula de identidad No. xxx, **es personal académico jubilado vitalicio** desde el [fecha], habiendo ingresado a la institución el [fecha] con una jubilación mensual de BsF [monto]. Adicionalmente, recibe los siguientes beneficios..."

Hasta los momentos he colocado "is a retired member of the academic staff", pero en este momento no se me ocurre dónde colocar lo de vitalicio.

Mil gracias por adelantado por su ayuda
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May 11, 2016 22:51: Charles Davis Created KOG entry

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is a permanently retired member of academic staff

I don't think "vitalicio" goes with "personal académico"; I think it goes with "jubilado". The status of "jubilado" is vitalicio; in other words, the retirement is permanent.

I have been wondering whether "vitalicio" might have another meaning: retired with lifelong pension rights. There are numerous references in Venezuela to the fact that jubilación in the public sector is a "derecho adquirido vitalicio", which in practice means that the associated benefits are for life. This, for example, is from a USB document:

"Que la jubilación constituye un derecho adquirido vitalicio e intransmisible por acto entre vivos que corresponde a los miembros del Personal Académico, Administrativo y Técnico de la Universidad Simón Bolívar"
http://sistema.cenda.usb.ve/gacetas/3590/ver

After all, "jubilación" means both retirement and pension (see just below this "con una jubilación mensual de BsF ...". However, I am doubtful whether "vitalicio" has this meaning here. "Permanently retired", retired for the rest of the person's life, seems a more natural reading.

Venezuelan academics often seem to take retirement relatively earlier to make room for the younger generations, but they can be re-employed on a fixed-term basis so that the university benefits from their experience.

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Since the lifelong nature of academic retirement benefits is automatic in Venezuela, it seems redundant if that is the meaning. I think it's more likely that this person is retired by currently re-employed by the university, and "vitalicio" is there to make it clear that the person has not come out of retirement, but is employed as a retired person.
Peer comment(s):

agree Francois Boye
5 hrs
Thanks, François :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Un millón de gracias. Es exactamente lo que estaba buscando. Tu traducción me aclaró el término en español."
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is a retired lifelong academic staff member

Or "A retired lifelong member of the academic community"...
lifelong (adjective)-> lasting or remaining in a particular state throughout a person's life. "the two men were to remain lifelong friends"
synonyms: lasting, for all one's life, lifetime's, long-lasting, long-standing, long-term, long-running, ... etc.

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http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~reuphys/grad-research.html

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http://www.enforex.com/culture/latin-america/miguel-hidalgo....
Peer comment(s):

neutral Francois Boye : In reality, very few remain active academics after retirement// I understand what you mean; but it seems to me not credible
12 mins
Lifelong = working life. The person is now retired.
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