Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Direccion general, subdireccion general

English translation:

Office of the General Director / Office of the Assistant General Director

Added to glossary by Ray Ables
Jun 2, 2014 23:27
10 yrs ago
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Spanish term

Direccion general, subdireccion general

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I know directorate and deputy directorate work, but what would be a more natural way to translate these terms? Main office?
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Jun 16, 2014 08:32: Ray Ables Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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Office of the General Director / Office of the Assistant Director

A bit wordy but more "natural"

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Office of the General Director / Office of the Assistant General Director
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard
1 hr
Thanks Phil!
agree Mike Yarnold (X)
3 hrs
Thanks Mike!
agree Charles Davis : In the European Union the terms are Director General and Deputy Director General
6 hrs
Thanks Charles
disagree Billh : These are departments not offices of a person. See eg http://ec.europa.eu/about/ds_en.htm This is like saying that the State Department is the Office of the Secretary of State//No they are not - punto y final.
8 hrs
It depends on the context. And no, it is not at all like the example you suggest. For instance, there are many "direcciones" within agencies and institutions, and these are better translated as "offices."
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Directorate General/General Directorate/Department

These are government departments. In the EU they are parts of the commission

eg

In the EU

The Commission is divided into several departments and services. The departments are known as Directorates-General (DGs). On this page, each DG is classified according to the policy it deals with. The Commission services deal with more general administrative issues or have a specific mandate, for example fighting fraud or creating statistics.

http://ec.europa.eu/about/ds_en.htm


La Comisión se divide en Direcciones Generales (DG) y servicios. En esta página, las DG se clasifican según los ámbitos a los que se dedican. Los servicios de la Comisión trabajan en cuestiones administrativas más generales o tienen una tarea específica, por ejemplo la lucha contra el fraude o la elaboración de estadísticas.

http://ec.europa.eu/about/ds_es.htm

In Spain

eg

The General Directorate of Insurance and Pensions (Spanish: Dirección General de Seguros y Pensiones) (DGFSP) is the Spanish governments financial regulatory agency that supervises and controls Spain's Insurance and pension fund sector.

The Directorate-General of Traffic (Spanish: Dirección General de Tráfico, DGT) is the government department that is responsible for the Spanish transport network.

subdireccion general

is the same but with sub before it

Sub-directorate General
General Sub-directorate etc.

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eg

organigrama ministerio epas_ENG.ppt
epanet.ew.eea.europa.eu/european_epas/countries/es/.../download
Sub-Directorate of Forest Policy and Desertification. Gen. Sub-Directorate of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity Inventory. D.G. for the Sustainable Development ...


Directorate-General for Taxation: Ministerio de Hacienda y ...
www.minhap.gob.es/en.../direccion general de tributos.aspx
Collections and Statistics of the Spanish Tax System for 1995-2005 (PDF and Excel) ... The Subdirectorate-General for Taxation will exercise the functions ...
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