2023-10-05 11:00:47
In the American House of Representatives and the British Parliament, president (of the House)better than spokesperson, is the appropriate equivalent in Spanish for Anglicism speaker.
On the occasion of the impeachment of Kevin McCarthy, in the press there are phrases such as “The American House of Representatives dismisses speaker Kevin McCarthy”, “It is the first time in the history of the country that a speaker of the House of Representatives is expelled from his position” or “Kevin McCarthy just became the first speaker of the House of Representatives to be impeached.”
How to record the Panhispanic dictionary of doubtswhen referring to this office of the House of Representatives of the United States (House of Representatives) or the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (House of Commons), it is preferable to use the translation presidentwhich fits better than spokesperson to the role that figure plays. However, this work considers the use of Anglicism valid. speakerwritten with a lowercase initial and in italics (or in quotation marks if that type of font is not available) as it is a non-adapted foreign language.
Therefore, in the initial examples it would have been preferable to write “The US House impeaches President Kevin McCarthy”, “This is the first time in the history of the country that a speaker of the House of Representatives has been expelled from office” and “Kevin McCarthy just became the first speaker of the House of Representatives to be impeached.
The equivalent of the position in the House of Lords is lord speakerwhich in Spanish is Lord Presidentwritten without highlights and also with lower case.
Finally, it is remembered that in other contexts the english voice speaker it’s a unnecessary anglicism that is preferable to replace with Spanish alternatives as a spokesman or spokesperson for a political party, for example; speaker or lecturer; or interlocutor, speakerpresenter, entertainer or announcer, in the sports press.
See also
➤ lordbut House of Lords In uppercase
➤ toriesno torysplural of tory
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