dirigido por

English translation: chaired by

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Spanish term or phrase:dirigido por
English translation:chaired by
Entered by: Marian Martin (X)

11:11 Dec 14, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: dirigido por
El Congreso fue dirigido por xxxxxxxx, elegido como presidente del mismo.

My try:
The Congress was directed by xxxx, who was elected president for the Congress.

My question is if a congress is directed by someone, or rather organized by someone? Still the original says "dirigido por" so perhaps I should translate it that way. I'm also not confident that I have the second part of the sentence right.

Thank you.
Marian Martin (X)
Spain
Local time: 08:55
chaired by
Explanation:
The website below is one example of many where the term is used in relation to a congress.

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Note added at 13 mins (2014-12-14 11:25:32 GMT)
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You would also need to change "President" to "Chairman"
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Sandy Carpenter
Spain
Local time: 08:55
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4chaired by
Sandy Carpenter
Summary of reference entries provided
Google hits
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Answers


13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
chaired by


Explanation:
The website below is one example of many where the term is used in relation to a congress.

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Note added at 13 mins (2014-12-14 11:25:32 GMT)
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You would also need to change "President" to "Chairman"

Example sentence(s):
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Arab_Congress
Sandy Carpenter
Spain
Local time: 08:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Sandy, I think this is it :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gisela Bocco
10 mins
  -> Thanks :-)

agree  Marina56: ok
19 mins
  -> Thanks :-)

agree  neilmac: Deffo Chair, not Presi. ¿Do we still say "Chairwoman" or is that old hat now?
27 mins

agree  Ray Ables: Chair
4 hrs
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Reference comments


1 hr peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Google hits

Reference information:
The phrase "conference was chaired by" gets about 105,000 results on Google...

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https://www.google.com/search?q="the Conference was chaired ...


    https://www.google.com/search?q=%22conference+was+chaired+by%22&oq=&gs_l=
neilmac
Spain
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 187

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Jaime Blank: ... Actually 420 different results, but it is enough against the 260 different results on "conference was presided by" or 106 different results on "conference was directed by"
5 hrs
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