operational ranks
I need assistance in nominating the ranks of an operational organisation.
But I want the word in Spanish that corresponds with the relevant "pecking order" ie, person-in-charge; second-in-charge and
third-in-charge.
(person at the top) (we would say Captain) (In Spanish')
(seond-in-charge) (we would say Senior Deputy) (In Spanish')
(third-in-charge) (we would say Deputy) (In Spanish')
Annie.
7 Answers
Oh, yeah. "irregardless" is not a word, just "regardless." Too late to fix it . . .
James Santiago said:
Natasha wrote: you're going to have to explain your terms irregardless of how you decide to best translate this.
Natasha, you've committed one of the top-25 English errors here. Can you spot it?
Anne, Natasha is right, because not only are there language considerations, but I suspect that fire departments in different countries, and even in different regions within a country, will have different chains of command and titles.
In the US, a very basic chain would involve a Fire Chief, Assistant (or Deputy) Fire Chief, several Battalion Chiefs, several Captains, etc.
See the following site for a discussion of this topic.
<http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php't=111068>
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Natasha wrote:
you're going to have to explain your terms irregardless of how you decide to best translate this.
Natasha, you've committed one of the top-25 English errors here. Can you spot it?
Anne, Natasha is right, because not only are there language considerations, but I suspect that fire departments in different countries, and even in different regions within a country, will have different chains of command and titles.
In the US, a very basic chain would involve a Fire Chief, Assistant (or Deputy) Fire Chief, several Battalion Chiefs, several Captains, etc.
See the following site for a discussion of this topic.
<http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php't=111068>
Anne, I'm late to this post, but you're going to have to explain your terms irregardless of how you decide to best translate this. In English I wouldn't have known what you meant without the explanation, let alone in Spanish. (Here the head of a fire brigade would be the chief.)
Anne Sherwood said:
It's for my Rural Fire Service (bush/wildland fire-fighting organisation). It's run along "military" lines and each "village" has a "Brigade". Each brigade has a Captain; one - Senior Deputy; and seven or eight Deputies - and I know there are words in Spanish that correspond with "captain" and "deputy" but they don't particularly mean the person-at-the-top or whatever. Perhaps if I just said "person in charge"/"second-in-charge"/"third-in-charge". How would I say that in Spanish? It's just so that I can tell email friends or whatever where certain people "sit" in the organisation.
Annie.
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It's for my Rural Fire Service (bush/wildland fire-fighting organisation). It's run along "military" lines and each "village" has a "Brigade". Each brigade has a Captain; one - Senior Deputy; and seven or eight Deputies - and I know there are words in Spanish that correspond with "captain" and "deputy" but they don't particularly mean the person-at-the-top or whatever.
Perhaps if I just said "person in charge"/"second-in-charge"/"third-in-charge". How would I say that in Spanish? It's just so that I can tell email friends or whatever where certain people "sit" in the organisation.
Annie.
samdie said:
James Santiago said:
Anne, I can't answer your question, but it might help others if you told us what type of organization this is. The name for these positions varies with the type of organization. Also, it may be a difference in Oz/US English, but I can't think of an organization whose leader would be called captain.
"Oz"? The land of Oz?
Australia
James Santiago said:
Anne, I can't answer your question, but it might help others if you told us what type of organization this is. The name for these positions varies with the type of organization. Also, it may be a difference in Oz/US English, but I can't think of an organization whose leader would be called captain.
"Oz"? The land of Oz'
Anne, I can't answer your question, but it might help others if you told us what type of organization this is. The name for these positions varies with the type of organization. Also, it may be a difference in Oz/US English, but I can't think of an organization whose leader would be called captain.
