Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
responsible
English answer:
NOT a noun! -- person (those) responsible for/in charge of
Added to glossary by
Brie Vernier
Sep 22, 2006 17:25
17 yrs ago
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English term
Legal-Patent-Accounting-Pharma-Medical
Native in: French (Variants: Swiss, Standard-France, Belgian) 
, Italian (Variants: Emiliano-Romagnolo, Lombard, Swiss , Standard-Italy, Piedmontese, Genoese, Milanese) 
Works in: French to Italian, English to Italian, Spanish to Italian, and 9 more.
responsible
English
Tech/Engineering
Engineering: Industrial
UNI ISO Manual
Hello dear colleagues english mothe tongue
I have the following sentence in a translation for Italian and I see that "responsible" is used like a noun, as far as I know in English it is an adjective BUT of course I can be wrong.
What do you think? The documents comes from USA
Thank you very much for your help :)
Angio
Here the sentence
Documents describing the management procedures of the processes and describing in detail the operational modes for the execution and registration of the activities; an instruction is addressed to the responsible for the development of the activities which are described in said documents.
I have the following sentence in a translation for Italian and I see that "responsible" is used like a noun, as far as I know in English it is an adjective BUT of course I can be wrong.
What do you think? The documents comes from USA
Thank you very much for your help :)
Angio
Here the sentence
Documents describing the management procedures of the processes and describing in detail the operational modes for the execution and registration of the activities; an instruction is addressed to the responsible for the development of the activities which are described in said documents.
Responses
| 4 +12 | person responsible for/in charge of |
Brie Vernier
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Brie Vernier
Germany
Germany
Native in English
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English
Germany
Bridging the language gap since 1995
Native in: English (Variants: US, British, UK)
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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person responsible for/in charge of
You are correct, it is an adjective, not a noun, even though many native German speakers (and apparently others) often use it as such.
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Note added at 11 mins (2006-09-22 17:37:10 GMT)
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Incidentally, although you say your text comes from the US, it does not sound like it was written by a native English speaker.
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Note added at 11 mins (2006-09-22 17:37:10 GMT)
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Incidentally, although you say your text comes from the US, it does not sound like it was written by a native English speaker.
Peer comment(s):
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Marian Greenfield
: you're right all the way around... bet it's either a translation or written by a non-native speaker
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Thanks, Marian
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Can Altinbay
: Actually, unfortunately, it does sound like a lot of text coming from business people who are, yes, native speakers... except that there appears to be a word or more missing after "responsible".
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Thanks, Can
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Kirill Semenov
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Thanks, Kirill
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Jonathan MacKerron
: responsible person
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Thanks, Jonathan -- while that is not incorrect, I personally would never write it that way
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Jack Doughty
: Could it be a typo for THOSE responsible?
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Certainly a possibility -- Thanks, Jack
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Will Matter
: I would've said "... to those responsible for...". Hi, Brie.
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Thanks, Will -- that works for me!
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Neil Mann
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Thanks, nmmad
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Suzan Hamer
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Thanks, Suzan
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cmwilliams (X)
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Thanks, cmwilliams
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NancyLynn
: it can be used as a noun in French as well - but not in English
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Thanks, Nancy -- English just isn't a "nominal" language -- we prefer verbs : )
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maryrose
: And also with Marian - looks like a translation of, or written by a speaker of, a Romance language.
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Thanks, maryrose
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Sophia Finos (X)
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Thanks, Sophia
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks a lot:) "
Discussion
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