GLOSARIO GENERAL EXAMEN DE TRADUCTOR OFICIAL

ENGLISH SPANISH GLOSARY:

ACTION OF PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Acción de tutela

ADDENDUM: pl. Addenda: Adenda/apéndice

ALIMONY: pension alimenticia (para el ex conyuge)

AMENDMENTS: Modificaciones a contratos, ToRs Etc.

ANNUL (To): anular, dejar sin efecto

APPELANT/PLAINTIFF IN ERROR: tutelante, demandante, recurrente

APPLICABLE LAW: ordenamiento superior applicable

ARBITRAL AWARD: Laudo arbitral/Fallo arbitral (decision arbitral)

ARREST WARRANT: Orden de arresto

ASSERT, to: Say as true, defend claims, rights, etc, state with assurance

ATTORNEY GENERAL:

BIDDING PROCESS: proceso de selección en licitación

BILL: Proyecto de ley

CHANCELLERY: Cancilleria, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

COMBERSOME: Engorroso, dificil, complicado

COMPTROLLER GENERAL: Contralor general

CONJUGAL TIES: no se dice marital bonds

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT:

COUNCIL OF STATE:

COUNSEL OF RECORD: Abogado Designado, (opinion of counsel…)

COMMERCIAL REGISTRY: Registro Mercantil

DECLARED (as) ANAWARDED (...): Adjudicación declarada desierta

DELETIONS: (supresiones en contratos, ToRs)

DEPLETION: diminucion, agotamiento

DOMESTIC LAW: Derecho Interno

DULY RATIFIED BY (The congress)…

ENACTMENT: Promulgacion de una ley

ENTRY INTO FORCE: entrada en vigencia

EMPLOYMENT FORMALIZATION AND CREATION LAW: ley de formalizacion y generacion de empleo

EXPLANATIONS: (Precisiones en contratos, ToRs)

EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUSIONS: Ejecuciones extrajudiciales

HOMICIDE: Homicidio

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: Observatorio de los derechos humanos

HUMANE: compasivo, humano (treatment-kind) INHUMANE: cruel, inhumano, sanguinario

HAVEN: /ei/ lugar seguro, refugio

HIGHER COURT: Tribunal superior

INJUNCTION: Causión, orden restrictiva, interdicto

INSPECTOR GENERAL: (Col.) Procurador General, disciplinary actions, invest, against public officials

LANDMINES: Minas antipersonales

LOCAL HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICES: Personerías

NATIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL:

OMBUDSMAN’s OFFICE: Defensoria del pueblo /

ORDINARY OFFENCE OF A SERIOUS NATURE: Delito comun de character grave

PROSECUTION AND CONVICTION: enjuiciamiento o inculpación

QUALIFICATION OF BIDDERS: Habilitación de participantes en la licitación

QUASH: invalidad, aplastar, anular (ley, veredicto, appeal decisions, etc

REPEAL (v) to repeal: derogar, revocar

RULES AND REGULATIONS: Normatividad

SANCTION AND PROMULGATE (enact) A BILL AS LAW (to):

SUBPARAGRAPH: apartado de un parrafo. E.g. parrafo 1 apartado (a)

SUPERIOR COUNCIL OF JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION or Superior Council of the Judiciary: concejo superior
de la judicatura

SUPREME COURT:

SCANT PROGRESS: avances escasos…cases have seen scant progress

TAMPER: Alterar, falsificar, corromper (pruebas)

BOLSTER: brindar apoyo a…

TORT: agravio, daño

POOLED FUNDING MECHANISMS: mecanismos de financiamiento mancomunado/combinado

RE’DRESS: Rectificar (the peace agreement is not only an instrument of redress…)

MAGISTRATES: magistrados

LOWER COURT: Tribunal de primera instancia, tribunal inferior. (uphold a lower court ruling: confirmar
sentencia en primera instancia)

JUDICIAL PANELS: Salas de justicia de la JEP

TAKE ABACK (to be): ser tomado por sorpresa, ser tomado desprevenido

UNDERTAKE: comprometerse, emprender, empezar (commit, promise to do…)

UNDERGO: Surgery, tests: someterse a…experimentar, padecer, sufrir, undergo a change

UPHOLD: Ratificar, sostener, defender (a law, verdict) , (uphold the principles of the christian faith,
(maintain through effort)

COMMON EXPRESSIONS IN CONTRACTS:

Any person against whom proceedings are brought in connection with an offence of… (toda
persona investigada por un delito de…)

(Because) Within there are limitations

By virtue of any presumption in law: en virtud de alguna presunción legal

Crime of enforced disappearance

If appropriate

IN LIEU THEREOF: En su lugar/ en su defecto

IN WITNESS THEREOF: En constancia de lo cual, en fe de lo cual

Including but not limited to…

Make sthg integral to all… incluir algo como parte integral de…

MINIMUM MONTHLY LEGAL WAGES (MMLW).

Set my hand (and seal): pongo mi firma (y sello)

The trustees of (the university): los miembros del Consejo de Gobierno (de la Universidad)

To the extent it has not already done so.. (en la medida en que no lo haya hecho…)

Under the auspices of…

VIS-À-VIS: en relacion a, con respecto a, respecto de

Circumscribed to specific áreas (to be)…

Let’s avoid the common temptation to discard whatever proves troublesome

At time of writing: En el momento de escribir este articulo