{"id":699,"date":"2016-07-10T14:14:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T19:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interfluency.com\/?p=699"},"modified":"2021-02-21T17:27:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T23:27:23","slug":"the-position-must-be-filled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interfluency.com\/en\/2016\/07\/10\/the-position-must-be-filled\/","title":{"rendered":"The position must be filled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/interfluency.wordpress.com\/2016\/07\/10\/hay-que-contratar-a-alguien-2\">Enlace para espa\u00f1ol\/Click here for Spanish<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dear reader,<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re about to see two political conventions whose result may not be foreordained. Many find this&nbsp;strange, even unthinkable. But it\u2019s how conventions used to be\u2014before they became blockbuster TV specials with lots of flash but no real drama.<\/p>\n<p>A bilingual look at some words of the season:<\/p>\n<div data-shortcode=\"caption\" id=\"attachment_1506\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1506\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1506 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/interfluency.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/07\/roman-white-toga.jpg?w=630\" alt=\"Roman white toga\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cCandidate\u201d comes from the Roman custom of those seeking public office wearing a white (<em>candidum<\/em>) toga, symbolizing purity. It\u2019s unclear if this would make apt electoral attire today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Convention<\/strong>, from Latin <em>convenire<\/em> \u201cto come together.\u201d Spanish&nbsp;<em>convenci\u00f3n<\/em> has been widely used for such gatherings for some time; in the early\/mid 20th century it surpassed an older term still not entirely obsolete: <em>asamblea <\/em>(assembly).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConvention\u201d can also mean a broadly accepted custom, as when broadcasters say a show starts at \u201c9PM\/8PM Central\u201d it\u2019s understood 9PM means Eastern time. Spanish \u201cConvengamos en que\u2026\u201d (Let\u2019s agree that) uses this sense of \u201cconvention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Span. <em>convenio<\/em>, from the same Latin root,&nbsp;means \u201cagreement\u201d as in an international treaty or a legal settlement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Candidate<\/strong> and&nbsp; <em>candidato<\/em> go back to a Roman custom: aspirants to public&nbsp;office wore white togas. Lat. <em>candidum<\/em> meant \u201cwhite, pure.\u201d Engl. \u201ccandid\u201d took French\u2019s sense \u201cfrank, sincere.\u201d Span. <em>c\u00e1ndido<\/em> takes up a different sense: \u201cna\u00efve.\u201d Neither \u201ccandid\u201d nor <em>c\u00e1ndido<\/em>&nbsp;generally spring to mind when thinking of politicians.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nominee.<\/strong> This sense is old in English, from at least the 1680s. The Spanish equivalent: <em>candidato<\/em>, simply, or <em>titular<\/em> (<em>el titular del partido Republicano<\/em>, the Republican Party nominee). A quaint term is \u201cstandard-bearer\u201d (\u201cstandard\u201d a term for \u201cflag\u201d); Span. has an equivalent,&nbsp;<em>abanderado<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Running.<\/strong> Candidates \u201crun\u201d for office (or \u201cstand\u201d in the UK). In Spanish&nbsp;<em>se postulan<\/em> or <em>se presentan<\/em>, which are both also ways of saying \u201cto apply\u201d\u2014as for a job. The electorate is a strange employer, though, as it is forced to hire someone even if not satisfied with the applicants.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a1Buenas palabras! Good words!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pablo<\/p>\n<p><em>Copyright \u00a92016 by Pablo J. Davis. &nbsp;All Rights Reserved. An earlier version of this essay originally appeared in the Jul. 17-23, 2016&nbsp;edition of&nbsp;<\/em>La Prensa&nbsp;<em>Latina (Memphis, Tennessee) as number 189 in the weekly bilingual column,&nbsp;\u201cMisterios y Engimas de la Traducci\u00f3n\/Mysteries and Enigmas of Translation\u201d. &nbsp;Pablo Juli\u00e1n Davis, PhD, CT is an ATA (American Translators Association) Certified Translator, Engl&gt;Span; a Tennessee State Courts Certified Interpreter, Engl&lt;&gt;Span; and an innovative trainer in the fields of translation, interpreting, and intercultural competency, with over 25 years experience. He holds the doctorate in Latin American History from The Johns Hopkins University, and is a Juris Doctor Candidate at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, University of Memphis (May 2017).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlace para espa\u00f1ol\/Click here for Spanish Dear reader, We\u2019re about to see two political conventions whose result may not be foreordained. Many find this&nbsp;strange, even unthinkable. But it\u2019s how conventions used to be\u2014before they became blockbuster TV specials with lots of flash but no real drama. 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