Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Oficialía Mayor
English translation:
Chief Clerk's Office
Added to glossary by
Betina Frisone
Sep 3, 2002 02:37
22 yrs ago
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Spanish term
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Oficialía Mayor
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El Oficial Mayor de la universidad es Chief Clerk. No encuentro un equivalente para Oficialía Mayor. ¿Podría ser "Office of the Chief Clerk"? Necesito ayuda... :))
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Proposed translations
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| 5 +2 | Chief Clerk's Office |
Betina Frisone
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| 4 +1 | Chief Registrar's Office |
Parrot
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| 5 | Secretario Primero, o Administrador General |
Herman Vilella
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| 3 | Clerk's Office |
Esther Hermida
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Chief Clerk's Office
Nancy, si el Oficial Mayor es el Chief Clerk, entonces la Oficialía es, como tú dices, Office of the Chief Clerk, o simplemente Chief Clerk's Office.
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Comment: "Betina, mil gracias. Y gracias a todos los colegas por la colaboración. Sus comentarios son siempre de mucha ayuda para decidirse.
Que tenga una buena semana de trabajo para todos...
Nancy"
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Chief Registrar's Office
in my university the "clerk" (the biggest one) was the Registrar, who recorded all the grades. Just might work.
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Russell Gillis
: I would be more inclined to Registrar since it is a University. We never had a "Chief Clerk" in our University.
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Esther Hermida
United States
United States
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Clerk's Office
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Herman Vilella
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English
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A lifetime of translations
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Secretario Primero, o Administrador General
El mayor, el oficial mayor, el secretario primero de una secretaría. Administrador General. (Where the military grade mayor or "major" comes from. It is the building or camp administrator -- but not in the line of operatinal command.)
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Note added at 2002-09-03 05:53:30 (GMT)
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Yes, it sounds like Chief Clerk or Registrar
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Note added at 2002-09-03 05:53:30 (GMT)
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Yes, it sounds like Chief Clerk or Registrar
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