The Ambassador of ?

Question

While in English you usually say "the Chinese Ambassador" for example, would it be more correct in Spanish to phrase it as "the ambassador of China"? El embajador de China

Answer 1

revmaf said:

And to explain that the person is the American ambassador to China, would you say, ...

Here's what I would say:

"el embajador de los Estados Unidos (or 'el embajador estadounidense') en la República Popular China"

There may be additional acceptable was to say it, but this is based on the second link I provided earlier where this expression is used:

"el embajador chino en Argentina"

This makes it clear that the Ambassador is in Argentina representing China.

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Perhaps el Estados Unidos embajador a la República Popular China would work?

This one is definitely wrong. But good try swifty! Never be afraid to try and make mistakes! That's how we learn.

Answer 2

Now, which man or position were you referring to as the Chinese ambassador? or do you want the ambassador from China to any country?

el embajador de la República Popular China

Joh Huntsman, Jr. American ambassador to China

Zhang Yesui Chinese ambassador to the United States

Answer 3

And to explain that the person is the American ambassador to China, would you say,

el embajador de los Estados Unidos a la República Popular China

I am not sure about the preposition, in particular.

Answer 4

I think that "embajador de la República Popular de China" is correct Also, for example "embajador de la India", "embajador de Unicef"...etc

Answer 5

I searched both expressions in 'News' articles in Google and found both. Here's two examples:

"el embajador chino"

"el embajador de la República Popular China"

So it appears to me that both are acceptable, but are different ways of saying it. Just as we could say:

"The Chinese Ambassador" or "The Ambassador of the People's Republic of China".

Answer 6

In this case 'Chinese' is an adjective. So if you want to say "the Chinese Ambassador", you would say "el embajador chino".

El embajador ruso

El embajador mexicano

etc...

I thought of this but worried that it implies that the hypothetical ambassador is personally of Chinese nationality rather than conveying that he/she represents the country of China. - swifty, Jul 26, 2010

Answer 7

Perhaps el Estados Unidos embajador a la República Popular China would work? You would want to distinguish between which country they represented and which they were sent to. I guess that isn't always well-defined in english--rather it's left up to context. I think chapparito's news search might imply that it's treated similarly in spanish?

Answer 8

or "el embajador chino"?

¡Ay! Beat me... :-) - chaparrito, Jul 26, 2010