huisache - What is the English translation? English translators help technical English translators with the translation of huisache

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246 months ago

LondonGirl (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	huisache
Context:	an "unqualified lawyer" -is th
Keywords:	a "huisache" was sent by some

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246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan wrote:

bogus lawyer

My comment:

"lawyer" is used by the uneducated or the "common people", instead of attorney.
"Bogus" means fake, but adds a nice touch by emphasizing the idea of the person passing himself off as a lawyer when he's not.

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246 months ago

wrote:

Nice

246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan wrote:

unregistered bogus attorney (lawyer)

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246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan wrote:

or...unregistered fake attorney (lawyer)

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246 months ago

Cath Murray wrote:

You could use 'charlatan lawyer'.

My comment:

This would get the meaning across. If anyone has a more official term, please submit it...

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246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan wrote:

In the UK I think this would be a good translation, as there doesn't appear to be a more specific "official" term. In the US, the term charlatan brings more to mind a flamboyant peddler of "Miracle Snake-Oil Treatment" ...

246 months ago

Cath Murray wrote:

Rabble

My comment:

American slang. A brawling advocate, a pettifogger.

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246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan wrote:

A 'rabble' means a disorganised or unruly crowd.

246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan wrote:

Correct, Catherine. RABBLE is not the correct translation for "abogado vocinglero". Perhaps Pedro's thinking of "rabble-rouser", so you could have "rabble-rousing lawyer" ...

246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan wrote:

two-bit lawyer

My comment:

American slang

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246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan wrote:

This sounds good, but does it imply the person is qualified? If so, it would be misleading. I am British; request confirmation from US native, please!

246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan wrote:

As an American, I have to admit that the term is ambiguous in use. The literal definition is a qualified lawyer who works cheaply (by implication, not well). In use, it's also applied to semi- or unqualified lawyers; but, as the term's ambiguous, it seems not the best translation.

246 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

incompetent lawyer

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246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan wrote:

Equally... an incompetent lawyer means a bad one, not an unqualified one.

246 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

You are right! And this is exactly what it means and why "unqualified" is not correct, or at least only part of what is meant.

246 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

pettifogger, shyster-lawyer (Guat)

My references:

Según diccionario Simon & Schuster's International

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246 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

I agree, but of the two I would use shyster-lawyer

246 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

lawyer without title

My comment:

huisachear es un mexicanismo que significa ejercer la profesión de abogado sin tener título

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246 months ago

Juan N Manzano wrote:

Its a term used only in Mexico and El salvador, this is the right answer.

246 months ago

Juan N Manzano wrote:

This may be the correct explanation of 'huisachear', but it is not a good translation into English.

246 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

rábula

My comment:

I imagine that you want the Spanish term for that, and this is it, as defined by the DRAE:

rábula.
(Del lat. rabŭla).
1. m. Abogado indocto, charlatán y vocinglero.

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246 months ago

Juan N Manzano wrote:

Your answer in Spanish is impeccable. I have submitted its translation into English which in US slang would be 'Rabble'. The proper word in Spanish would not be 'huisache' but 'huisachero' or 'huizachero'.

246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan wrote:

Thanks for the helpful info about the Spanish, but I think we need the English. And, as indicated earlier, RABBLE is NOT the correct translation for "abogado vocinglero". Perhaps you are thinking of "rabble-rouser", so you could have "rabble-rousing lawyer", but rabble by itself refers to a crowd or group of people.

246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan wrote:

I'd NEVER suggested "rabble". Nothing had been indicated earlier, because my answer was the first. I made a mistake and suggested a Spanish, rather than English word.

246 months ago

Cinnamon Nolan wrote:

You're right, Ralph: You never suggested "rabble". However, Pedro did in his comment on your answer, repeating his suggestion from his earlier separate answer, so it seemed wise to stress that "rabble" cannot be correct, The Spanish definition was indeed helpful; thank you, Ralph.

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