Nov 26, 2019 19:45
4 yrs ago
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Spanish term

una instancia administrativa

Spanish to English Social Sciences Government / Politics
From an ILO report on the history of the minimum wage. The "procesos" are back and forths around whether minimum wages are the same for all countries and industries or whether there are variations.

Estos procesos denotan la dificultad práctica que existe para determinar múltiples salarios mínimos desde una instancia administrativa, aun en consulta con los actores sociales.

Is centralized administration accurate?

These cases show how difficult it is in practice for a centralized administration to determine multiple minimum wages, even when it consults the relevant social actors.

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Proposed translations

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[by any single] administrative authority

"Instancia" in internationalese usually refers to a administrative body or entity. Linguee lists 'authority' as a possible translation. It can also mean a 'court', which is why I'm posting a 3 confidence level.

But the idea is that no single authority can dictate the wide range of minimum wages.
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : Or government body.
1 hr
Thank you, Phil. In this case, it's about international oversight of minimum wages in different countries, so it's not likely to be a particular government.
agree neilmac
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Thank you, Neil!
agree AllegroTrans : Yes this works and it implies an authority with power to fix the minimum wage
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Thank you, Allegro!
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an administrative instance

Quite exactly what the meaning is I am not sure (I think it could be referring to the difference between scattered administrative decisions and an overall legal setting of minimum wages) but nobody will be able to argue with a literal translation.
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an administrative department

Could also be an option, although I do like Muriel's "authority". (by an authority/ from a department).
Example sentence:

The services offered by the Administrative Department of the General Secretariat can be found here

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