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    Unhappy El Director del Instituto Tecnologico....

    Ok, I am trying to translate a Mex college transcript into English, but I don't know how to translate "Director".

    Most US Institutes of Technology have a President, even community colleges have Presidents as the head of the whole academic entity, but in Mex these Tecnologicos don't have a board or committe as governance body.

    They pretty much just have the Director, but it wouldn't sound ok/make sense in English to translate it as "the Director of the Mexico Institute of Technology" would it?

    Please Help...thank you much

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    Makes sense to me holylengua. I would think so since director in Spanish translates as director, manager or head and certainly director in English means the person in charge of an entity.
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    Default Re: El Director del Instituto Tecnologico....

    I should add that I am a native English speaker so you might want to get an opinion from a native Spanish speaker.
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    Default Re: El Director del Instituto Tecnologico....

    Hey! I'm from Argentina, so I'm not sure if it's the same in Mexico, but I've seen the word "headmaster", which would mean "Director". However I don't know if the context is right or not, I mean, I don't know if "headmaster" is used only for some certain places... But I think you could use that one...

    Hope I could help!

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    Default Re: El Director del Instituto Tecnologico....

    Hi gise1984

    Headmaster is a term used to describe the male principal of a school and therefore would not be used in place of director or president since those terms could be either male or female (headmistress would be the female equivalent); moreover, headmaster/headmistress are not terms normally used at the college, institute or university level.

    head·mas·ter
    n. A man who is the principal of a school, usually a private school.
    (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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    Default Re: El Director del Instituto Tecnologico....

    Thanks guys....I actually saw that term before but I wasn't quite sure....I guess I'll stick with Director....

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    Default Re: El Director del Instituto Tecnologico....

    Thank you Vicente! It's always nice to learn something new!!

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