Aktuar

English translation: Secretary

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German term or phrase:Aktuar
English translation:Secretary
Entered by: Katie Moore

10:17 Jun 28, 2012
German to English translations [PRO]
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs / Swiss Degree Certificate
German term or phrase: Aktuar
I am translating a 2010 Swiss degree certificate into BE from a Faculty of Arts and at the bottom it has been signed by three people:

Der Rektor - Vice-Chancellor
Der Dekan - Dean
Der Aktuar - Actuary?

Has anybody else come across this? Does it really mean actuary or is there another meaning when it is used in this context (treasurer perhaps)? The only definitions I can find say 'actuary' and when I search online for Swiss universities/Switzerland + Aktuar, only actuarial related websites come up. I have looked at the organisational structure for the university and it's not a position listed alongside the Rektor and Dekan so I wonder if it is just the title of a third person who has signed the certificate.

Any suggestions would be greatly received! Thanks.
Katie Moore
Local time: 14:12
Secretary
Explanation:
Here is a possible answer, from a website about the alumni economists of the University of Zurich:

"- dem Aktuar oder der Aktuarin (Secretary),"

see web reference below.
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James LaRue
United States
Local time: 09:12
Grading comment
Thanks James! Went with your response since it came from the same university as the certificate I was translating.
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Secretary


Explanation:
Here is a possible answer, from a website about the alumni economists of the University of Zurich:

"- dem Aktuar oder der Aktuarin (Secretary),"

see web reference below.


    Reference: http://www.oecalumni.uzh.ch/media/pages/page_10.pdf
James LaRue
United States
Local time: 09:12
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks James! Went with your response since it came from the same university as the certificate I was translating.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks James!

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