Ocupar un cargo

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Ocupar en cargo:
How do we translate in English? this is when sb has an important job in a school or whereever?
e.g.
Mi hermano ocupa el cargo de secretario en el instituto.

[poli]

to occupy the post of

[pjt33]

"Is".

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Originally Posted by pjt33

"Is".

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[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Robin: Pjt says you simply say "Mr. Jones is the principal of the school", without that long "ocupa el cargo de".

[poli]

However to make it sound more lofty you may use occupy the post of
Example: Hillary Clinton occupies the post of secretary of state

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by poli

However to make it sound more lofty you may use occupy the post of
Example: Hillary Clinton occupies the post of secretary of state

To me that doesn't sound lofty but rather badly translated from another language.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@pjt: how do you say it in the more general way?:

- Todos ellos aspiran a ocupar un puesto en el jobierno gobierno.
- Me ofrecieron ocupar un puesto importante en la empresa.

[Rusty]

take a position/job
offer a position/job

Everyone dreamed of taking the government job.
Everyone wanted the government position.

They offered me an important position at the company.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

I get it. Thank you, Rusty!

[chileno]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

@pjt: how do you say it in the more general way?:

- Todos ellos aspiran a ocupar un puesto en el jobierno.
- Me ofrecieron ocupar un puesto importante en la empresa.

Que quisites decir con jobierno?



Algo que ver con jorobas?

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Hernán: Debe haber sido mi subconsciente.
It's been corrected. Thank you.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

@Hernán: Debe haber sido mi subconsciente.

I know!

[poli]

Originally Posted by pjt33

To me that doesn't sound lofty but rather badly translated from another language.

Really? For a very brief moment I thought was mistaken but please google
it. It seems quite British. Here's one example among quite a few
http://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-...to+occupy.html

[chileno]

Originally Posted by poli

Really? For a very brief moment I thought was mistaken but please google
it. It seems quite British. Here's one example among quite a few
http://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-...to+occupy.html

Well, that happens because there is English, and then there is English.... I think it happens the same way with Spanish, and most likely with any other language.

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by poli

Really? For a very brief moment I thought was mistaken but please google it. It seems quite British.

BNC has 2 instances to COCA's 1, which are numbers too small to draw any statistically valid conclusion. The Google results I get seem to be heavily weighted towards India.

[poli]

In the United States "assume the post" and "occupy the post" are commonly used in journalism. Example: When Governor fill -in -the- blank got cought with his fingers in the till, he was obliged to resign and the attorney general assumed the post. He will occupy the post until next election privided he doesn't do something that will force him to resign.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by pjt33

To me that doesn't sound lofty but rather badly translated from another language.

I have this suggestion.

I have occupied a new charge.
Take a new position.
Get a new job.
Get a new position.
Get a new charge inside of the company.

I believe that those choices could be acceptable.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by pjt33

BNC has 2 instances to COCA's 1, which are numbers too small to draw any statistically valid conclusion. The Google results I get seem to be heavily weighted towards India.

Nonetheless, the quote is from BBC and not ABC.

Probably is how it used to be termed, prior to the planning of your birth?

[poli]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

I have this suggestion.

I have occupied a new charge.
Take a new position.(In a sentence you can say: I've taken a new position)
Get a new job.
Get a new position.
Get a new charge inside of the company.YiY

I believe that those choices could be acceptable.

The choices with the next to them are incorrect