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En auxilio de

English translation: assisting

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Spanish term or phrase:En auxilio de
English translation:assisting
Entered by: Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)

20:56 Dec 14, 2013
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: En auxilio de
El secretario del departamento de gobierno, en auxilio del titular de la secretaria de gobernacion

Would this be translated directly as "in aid of", or would "acting in behalf of" would be better?
Manolo18
Mexico
assisting
Explanation:
This would be my take here.

Clayton Cosgrove Biographical Information - US | NZ Council
www.usnzcouncil.org/.../Clayton-Cosgrove-Biographical-Infor...‎
Appointed Member of Parliament Assisting the Minister of Information Technology and Member of the Government's E-Commerce Action Team;. Member of the ...
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Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 09:45
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4assisting
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
4 +1in cooperation or in aid
Carlos Blanco, B.Sc. in Chemistry


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
in cooperation or in aid


Explanation:
Yo personalmente prefiero cooperation por la implicación de contribución comparado a acting on behalf of

Carlos Blanco, B.Sc. in Chemistry
Spain
Local time: 17:45
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Florencio Alonso
5 hrs
  -> Thanks!
neutral  AllegroTrans: it's not completely "wrong" but it isn't the usual way of referring to a person who is employed to assist. deputise etc.
18 hrs
  -> Thanks! It is not partially "right" either, it is just a considerate way of refering to someone who help us, he is collaborating and cooperating with us. His "assistance" more often than not carries the day and is not always recognized and credited
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
assisting


Explanation:
This would be my take here.

Clayton Cosgrove Biographical Information - US | NZ Council
www.usnzcouncil.org/.../Clayton-Cosgrove-Biographical-Infor...‎
Appointed Member of Parliament Assisting the Minister of Information Technology and Member of the Government's E-Commerce Action Team;. Member of the ...

Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 09:45
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 17
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pablo Julián Davis
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Pablo!
agree  Janice Giffin: assisting fits syntactically too....'on behalf of' is something else.
6 hrs
  -> Thanks for your agree and input, Janice!
agree  AllegroTrans
13 hrs
  -> Thanks a lot, AllegroTrans!
agree  Richard Hill
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Thank you, Richard!
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