Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
acciones de personnel
English translation:
matters/actions/provisions regarding staff
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JaneTranslates
Mar 23, 2012 06:45
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Spanish term
Puerto Rico
Quality and Integrity
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Works in: Spanish to English, English, English to Spanish, and 1 more.
acciones de personnel
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
University budget planning
The document I'm translating contains guidelines for constructing a budget for a university. I've found a recurring phrase that seems odd to me, and even odder when I try to translate it. Here are two contexts, for good measure:
El Comité de Presupuesto recomienda el presupuesto que será asignado para **acciones de personal** no docente (nombramientos sustitutos, contratos de servicios, diferenciales y compensaciones adicionales) y se lo informa a la Oficina de Recursos Humanos (ORH).
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La ORH revisa, evalúa y recomienda a cada unidad las **acciones de personal** que correspondan a la luz de las necesidades presentadas por las unidades, una evaluación de los recursos con los que cuentan, su estructura organizacional, su misión y Plan de Desarrollo.
So, we have a Budget Committee allocating funds for...the actions of non-teaching personnel?
And then Human Resources recommends to a unit (college or school within the university) the corresponding ...actions of personnel?
It doesn't make sense to me. Should I simply write, "the WORK of non-teaching personnel"?
Can you help?
Puerto Rican Spanish to U.S. English
El Comité de Presupuesto recomienda el presupuesto que será asignado para **acciones de personal** no docente (nombramientos sustitutos, contratos de servicios, diferenciales y compensaciones adicionales) y se lo informa a la Oficina de Recursos Humanos (ORH).
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La ORH revisa, evalúa y recomienda a cada unidad las **acciones de personal** que correspondan a la luz de las necesidades presentadas por las unidades, una evaluación de los recursos con los que cuentan, su estructura organizacional, su misión y Plan de Desarrollo.
So, we have a Budget Committee allocating funds for...the actions of non-teaching personnel?
And then Human Resources recommends to a unit (college or school within the university) the corresponding ...actions of personnel?
It doesn't make sense to me. Should I simply write, "the WORK of non-teaching personnel"?
Can you help?
Puerto Rican Spanish to U.S. English
Proposed translations
(English)
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Mar 24, 2012 19:32: JaneTranslates Created KOG entry
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47 mins
Helena Chavarria
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Works in field
Spain
Striving for excellence
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Related KudoZ points
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144
Selected
matters regarding non-teaching staff
An option
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Emiliano Pantoja
: non-teaching staff provisions
6 hrs
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Thank you! I couldn't understand why you had agreed until I saw that James's answer lacks the "non-teaching" bit :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Your answer turned on the light bulb for me, Helena. I was misinterpreting, thinking that the phrase referred to actions performed BY the non-teaching staff. Once again, I was done in by a preposition--that pesky, multi-purpose "DE." Your choice of "REGARDING" was key. Thank you! BTW, I'm removing "non-teaching" in the glossary entry, since it is not part of the Spanish phrase."
45 mins
Lara Cummings
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
Attention to detail and natural flow
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
(work carried out by) non-teaching staff
some suggestions:
non-teaching staff has lots of hits:
(work carried out by) non-teaching staff
and the second one "or tasks performed/required by" non-teaching staff
non-teaching staff has lots of hits:
(work carried out by) non-teaching staff
and the second one "or tasks performed/required by" non-teaching staff
Note from asker:
| Thank you, Peregian. It turns out I was misinterpreting the "de"--it's not "actions done BY" staff, but "regarding" staff. I appreciate your time and interest. |
1 hr
human resources activities
Broadly speaking, all action (activities) to do with human resources, whether tasks carried out by non-teaching staff (I'd avoid "personnel" nowadays, but that's just me) or simply management of the same.
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-03-23 08:12:54 GMT)
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Human resources activities could also incluse things such as employee appraisals or training... etc.
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-03-23 08:13:23 GMT)
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Sorry, "include"...
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-03-23 08:12:54 GMT)
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Human resources activities could also incluse things such as employee appraisals or training... etc.
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-03-23 08:13:23 GMT)
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Sorry, "include"...
Note from asker:
| Neilmac, thanks for the reminder on "staff" instead of "personnel." Most translators for this client continue to use "personnel" but I think I'll start breaking the mold. |
+1
4 hrs
James A. Walsh
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
&
English
Spain
A cut above the rest in translation...
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK, Irish) 
, Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, Latin American)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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87
Spanish term (edited):
acciones de personnel
staff provisions
This would be my take on it. I think "provisions" for the "acciones" makes more sense in English.
Hope this helps :)
Hope this helps :)
Example sentence:
The Budget Committee recommends the budget to be allocated for non-teaching <u>staff provisions</u>...
HR reviews, evaluates and recommends <u>staff provisions</u> for each unit...
Reference:
Note from asker:
| This phrase is new to me. To my ears, it doesn't make the meaning clear, but your references and a Google search proved it's in use. I've made a personal note of it, and bookmarked the Linguee site. Thank you! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Emiliano Pantoja
: non-teaching staff provisions
2 hrs
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Thanks, Emiliano. Yes, "non-teaching" as I meantion in my first example sentence above :)
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7 hrs
philgoddard
United States
United States
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United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
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263
Spanish term (edited):
acciones de personal
staff/human resources
It makes perfect sense if you just ignore "acciones de" and say "staff" or "human resources".
You've misspelt "personal" in the header of your question, by the way.
You've misspelt "personal" in the header of your question, by the way.
Note from asker:
| I'm still blushing over that "personnel" blooper, Phil. Thanks for pointing it out and giving me a chance to retract publicly. I like your suggestion--I've got a good pair of text scissors and use them often--but I don't think my client will. Thanks for your answer. |
8 hrs
staff resource management
another one to contemplate maybe
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your suggestion, Julie. I was misinterpreting the text, but you and several others had the right idea. I appreciate your interest. |
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