Spanish C2 · Day 36
Day 36: Reparto justo de órganos — Official and administrative Spanish (part 2)
What you'll learn
- Grammar: Official and administrative Spanish (part 2)
- Reading: El peso del preferente
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Grammar point: Official and administrative Spanish (part 2)
Administrative Spanish distinguishes between language that performs an institutional act and language that merely reports, prepares, or explains one. At C2, the challenge is to control this difference without relying on inflated vocabulary. Compare «Por la presente queda nombrado vocal del comité.» with «Le informamos de que su nombramiento se halla previsto.» The first formulation presents the appointment as an act …
Key vocabulary (8 of 20 words)
- la asignación de órganos – the allocation of donor organs
- la perspectiva de buen resultado – the prospect of a successful outcome
- la urgencia – urgency
- la maximización del beneficio – the maximization of overall benefit
- la presunción de igualdad – the presumption that people should be treated equally
- la cláusula de penuria – a provision allowing exceptions in cases of exceptional hardship
- el margen de discrecionalidad – the scope for discretionary judgment
- la atribución de responsabilidad propia – the attribution of personal responsibility
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