Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

doctora

English translation:

Doctor (MD or PhD)

Added to glossary by S Ben Price
Oct 22, 2008 09:47
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term

doctora

Spanish to English Other Psychology
¡Buenos días! Mi duda es la siguiente. En un diálogo, un policía conversa con una psicóloga policial. Él se dirige a ella como "doctora". ¿Cómo es el tratamiento adecuado en inglés?

Ella es una psicóloga que trabaja atendiendo a policías. En este caso en particular, está conversando con todos los agentes de una comisaría para determinar cuál de ellos tiene el mejor perfil para ser comisario.

Muchas gracias.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +8 Doctor
Change log

Nov 5, 2008 11:55: S Ben Price Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (2): Cinnamon Nolan, kironne

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Discussion

Gary Smith Lawson Oct 22, 2008:
Pos sip. El ejemplo viene de un diccionario publicado en un estado fascista lleno de otros ejemplos curiosos. De hecho hay más doctoras que doctores en Europa ahora, sobre todo médicos, y estoy muy contento con las mías -médico de cabecera y especialista
Salloz Oct 22, 2008:
Y yo no termino de entender por qué hay quienes no aceptan la formación de femeninos como arquitecta, ingeniera, etc, para denominar a las mujeres que ejercen las respectivas profesiones.
Gary Smith Lawson Oct 22, 2008:
I have an interesting dictionary from the Franco period in Spain that defines Doctora as "Mujer del doctor". Oh dear....

Proposed translations

+8
1 min
Selected

Doctor

Someone with a PhD
Peer comment(s):

agree David Brown : or an MD
31 mins
agree Arkadiusz Witek
35 mins
agree Adriana Rubinstein
58 mins
agree Pilar Díez
1 hr
agree Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
3 hrs
agree Alice Bootman : Yes, it doesn't matter what kind of doctor one is, it's just "doctor."
3 hrs
agree Salloz
3 hrs
agree Juan Jacob : Pues sí, aunque no tenga grado académico de doctora. Los médicos son muy dados a llamarse "doctores", aún si no lo son.
4 hrs
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