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funcionarios concursados

English translation: hired through competitive examination / elected officials

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Spanish term or phrase:funcionarios concursados
English translation:hired through competitive examination / elected officials
Entered by: Marcelo González

18:43 Jan 23, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / NGO report
Spanish term or phrase: funcionarios concursados
Gracias por la ayuda. Ni idea de a qué funcionarios se refieren.


"Los mandatos legales de los oficiales electos del gobierno local tienen duración de cuatro años. (Desde el 2000 los mandatos pueden prolongarse por cuatro años más, como máximo, en caso de reelección.) Las alcaldías, normalmente, poseen un cuadro de funcionarios permanentes, ***concursados***, temporales y externos, respectivamente. Los secretarios son considerados cargos de confianza y son nombrados por el ejecutivo municipal, pudiendo ser removidos al cambio de un mandato o incluso varias veces dentro de un mismo mandato (Zaz Friz Burga 2001; Nickson 1995). "
Adriana de Groote
Guatemala
Local time: 13:43
hired through competitive examination
Explanation:
The Center for Public Integrity
...is no possibility of nepotism or cronyism in the system since people are **hired through competitive examination** and their promotions are based on merit. ...
www.publicintegrity.org/ ga/country.aspx?cc=jp&act=ia - 37k


Most employees are **hired through competitive examination** and may be disciplined
or fired only “for. cause”. An appeal of a disciplinary action goes to the ...
www.msd.edu/personnel/handbook0405_final.pdf - Similar pages

Global Integrity - The Center for Public Integrity
... public servants are concerned, there is no possibility of nepotism or cronyism in the system since people are **hired through competitive examination** and their ...
www.icij.com/ga/country.aspx?cc=jp&act=ia - 42k - Supplemental

[PDF] Table of Contents
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...are **hired through competitive examination** and they can. become judges or they can be ex-judges. They are enti-. tled to the same constitutional rights and ...
www.law.nyu.edu/centers/lawsecurity/ publications/documents/specialissueeurope.pdf

NOT "BY" EXAMINATION, BUT RATHER "THROUGH" (AS PART OF A PROCESS "THROUGH WHICH" THE PERSON IS HIRED)
Selected response from:

Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 09:43
Grading comment
Queridos colegas, voy a darle los puntos a esta respuesta pues es la que me pareció más razonable dada la palabra "concursados", pero no es lo que el autor pretencía decir. Por fin pude, a través de la ONG que encargó el trabajo, ponerme en contacto directamente con el autor y me explicó que lo que quiso decir con esto es "elected officials" (Yo me pregunto ¿por qué no puso simplemente funcionarios electos o elegidos por votación o algo así?). Mil gracias a todos por sus valiosos aportes, pero como ven, el término era incorrecto desde su nacimiento. ¡Saludos!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1hired through competitive examination
Marcelo González
4 +1selected by a competitive public examination
Soledad Caño
4government employee candidates
Myriam S
3political appointees
Robert Forstag
3qualified public servants
Fred Neild (X)
3government officials who are candidates for other offices
Barbara Cochran, MFA


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
political appointees


Explanation:
funcionarios permanentes, concursados, temporales y externos
=
permanent functionaries, political appointees, temporary workers, and contracted employees

I really don't know, but I guess that "concursados" refers to those functionaries working in City Hall who are political appointees, and who will work in their positions only as long as the mayor of their political party holds office.

See references.

Suerte.


    Reference: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/mayor/priorities/ethics_trus...
    Reference: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive...
Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 15:43
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 269
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
qualified public servants


Explanation:
No sé cómo se dice en inglés, pero creo que se refiere a los funcionarios que tienen que pasar por un concurso (prueba) para obtener un puesto. Esto es muy común para los cargos públicos en muchos países, para evitar los "acomodados". O sea, que la gente llegue por capacidad y no por "amiguismo".

Fred Neild (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
selected by a competitive public examination


Explanation:



Soledad Caño
United States
Local time: 15:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: I agree with your wording, though it seems strange that these people are not also "permanent."
2 hrs
  -> Gracias Muriel. Un funcionario permanente es nombrado por decreto o resolución para un cargo estable.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
hired through competitive examination


Explanation:
The Center for Public Integrity
...is no possibility of nepotism or cronyism in the system since people are **hired through competitive examination** and their promotions are based on merit. ...
www.publicintegrity.org/ ga/country.aspx?cc=jp&act=ia - 37k


Most employees are **hired through competitive examination** and may be disciplined
or fired only “for. cause”. An appeal of a disciplinary action goes to the ...
www.msd.edu/personnel/handbook0405_final.pdf - Similar pages

Global Integrity - The Center for Public Integrity
... public servants are concerned, there is no possibility of nepotism or cronyism in the system since people are **hired through competitive examination** and their ...
www.icij.com/ga/country.aspx?cc=jp&act=ia - 42k - Supplemental

[PDF] Table of Contents
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
...are **hired through competitive examination** and they can. become judges or they can be ex-judges. They are enti-. tled to the same constitutional rights and ...
www.law.nyu.edu/centers/lawsecurity/ publications/documents/specialissueeurope.pdf

NOT "BY" EXAMINATION, BUT RATHER "THROUGH" (AS PART OF A PROCESS "THROUGH WHICH" THE PERSON IS HIRED)

Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 09:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 219
Grading comment
Queridos colegas, voy a darle los puntos a esta respuesta pues es la que me pareció más razonable dada la palabra "concursados", pero no es lo que el autor pretencía decir. Por fin pude, a través de la ONG que encargó el trabajo, ponerme en contacto directamente con el autor y me explicó que lo que quiso decir con esto es "elected officials" (Yo me pregunto ¿por qué no puso simplemente funcionarios electos o elegidos por votación o algo así?). Mil gracias a todos por sus valiosos aportes, pero como ven, el término era incorrecto desde su nacimiento. ¡Saludos!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carmen Riadi
3 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Carmen!
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
government employee candidates


Explanation:
Here's yet anothe option: "Funcionarios" would be government employees and "concursados", according to one definition I found in the Oxford SuperLex can mean candidate.


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Note added at 7 hrs (2006-01-24 01:51:32 GMT)
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Diccionario de uso del español, María Moliner
CONCURSAR: Aspirante en un concurso para la adjudicación de un empleo u otra cosa.

Myriam S
United States
Local time: 15:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
government officials who are candidates for other offices


Explanation:
According to Larousse's Unabridged Spanish/English Dictionary, "concursar" can be translated as "to be a candidate for a job."

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 15:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23
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