Useful vocabulary on Catalan affairs, for English translations

Here is a list of words that keep cropping up in Catalan (and often Spanish) texts, and that need good translations into English, for obvious reasons.

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Comissió electoral ........ Electoral Commission (or board)
Col·legi electoral ......... Polling station
Mesa electoral ............ Voting table
Urna ........................ Ballot box

Sindicatura Electoral de Catalunya ...... Catalan Electoral Office. 
       President / Síndic Electoral ..............  Presiding officer / Chief Electoral Officer.
Sindicatura Electoral de demarcació .... Division Electoral Office.

Estatut d'autonomia ....... Statute of Autonomy (regional constitution)
Comunitat autònoma ........ Region (17 in Spain)
Nacionalitat .............. Stateless nation (Catalonia, and several other regions)
 
Conseller (de la Generalitat) .... Minister (of the Catalan government)
Generalitat de Catalunya ......... Governing institutions of Catalonia*
Parlament de Catalunya ........... Parliament (EAC 55 & ff)
President de la Generalitat ...... President of Catalonia (EAC67 & ff)
Govern i administració de la Generalitat ... Government (EAC68 & ff)

.......... Legal Advisory Commission (EAC72)
............ Economic, Social and Work Council (EAC72)
Departament (o "Conselleria) ..... Department, Ministry

Consell de Garanties Estatutàries. Council for Statutory Guarantees (EAC79)
Síndic de Greuges ................ Ombudsman (EAC80)
Sindicatura de Comptes ........... Audit Office (EAC81)
Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya ... Catalan Broadcasting Authority (EAC82)

actuació ..................... proceeding

acusació ("auto de procesamiento")..... indictment
admetre a tràmit ........... admit
advocacia de l'Estat ........ State Lawyers' Office
al·legar ....................... to claim
al·legat ....................... plea
arxivament (d'un cas) ...... closure (of a case)
arrostrar ..................... to face, to address
"auto" (interlocutòria) ..... court decision
càrrega argumental ........ argumentative load
carrera judicial ............. judicial corps [IATE recull "judiciary"]
carrera fiscal ................ prosecutors' corps
causa penal .................. criminal proceedings
cèdul·la ...................... writ
"colegir" ...................... deduce
comptabilitat ................ book-keeping
contenciós-administratiu ... administrative [IATE recull "administrative disputes"]
contraposar ................... to play off
"dejación" ..................... neglect
delicte ......................... offence
demanda ...................... claim / lawsuit
demandante .................. plaintiff / complaining party
desobediència ................ contempt of court

diligencias .................... procedure
enjudiciament criminal (llei de) ... criminal procedure (law)

"enjuiciar" .................... to try, to judge
erigir-se ...................... to claim to be
estimar  ...................... hold, uphold

fet imputat .................. alleged offence
fiscalia........................ public prosecutor's office [IATE en diu Office
of the Prosecutor-General]
fiscal .......................... public prosecutor
Fiscal General de l'Estat.... State Prosecutor-General [IATE en diu State Public Prosecutor]
impugnació (jurídica/legal)... legal challenge 
incoar ........................ initiate 
inhabilitació ................ debarment from public office, disqualification
instrucció ................... investigatiuon
interlocutòria ("auto") .... court decision 

Interposar .................. to lodge
interventor ................. comptroller
investigat ................... defendant
jutge/jutjat d'instrucció .. investigating judge/court
judici oral .................. oral trial
llei rituària ................. procedural law
lletrat ....................... counsel, solicitor
Magistrat ................... Judge
malversació de fons ....... embezzlement, misappropriation of public funds
ministerio fiscal............ attorney general's office, public prosecutor's office
nul·litat de ple dret ....... null and void
obstar ........................ to prevent, to be an obstacle 
ocioso ........................ futile
oportunidad ................. expediency
part actora .................. petitioning party
part dispositiva ............. enacting part
personar-se ................. appear
plet .......................... lawsuit
potestat ..................... power, authority
prescindir ................... forego
pretensió .................... claim
prevaricació ................. prevarication, malfeasance
previsor ...................... far-sighted, anticipatory
procedència ................. appropriateness
procés ........................ case, process, procedure
procurador ................... barrister
puntual ....................... occasional, timely
querella ...................... lawsuit
querella penal ............... criminal proceedings, criminal charges 

querellat ..................... defendant

rebel·lió ...................... rebellion
recurrent ..................... petitioner / appellant
recurs ........................ appeal

requeriment ................. demand
Sala ........................... Chamber
sedició ....................... sedition 
sentència .................... judgment, sentence, ruling,
supòsit ....................... case, scenario
susceptible .................. subject to, may be
susceptible de ser .......... liable to
trámite ...................... procedure
trastocar .................... to disrupt
Tribunal de Comptes ...... Comptrollers' Court
Tribunal Suprem (TS) ........ Supreme Court
Tribunal Contenciós-Administratiu ... Administrative Dispute Court
Tribunal Constitucional (TC) ..... Constitutional court
Tribunal Superior de Justícia de Catalunya (TSJC)... High Court of Catalonia [IATE en diu High Court of Justice of Catalonia]
tutel·la ....................... protection
ultratge ...................... outrage, insult 
versemblança ............... plausibility
vici ........................... flaw
vigència ......................validity
violentar .................... violate

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* "Article 2 EAC
1. The Generalitat is the institutional system around which Catalonia’s self-government is politically organised.
2. The Generalitat consists of Parliament, the Presidency of the Generalitat, Government and the other institutions established in Chapter V of Title II."


referèndum ................... referendum 
consulta ..................... non-binding referendum 
consulta no referendària ..... non-binding referendum 


Sources: 

• http://web.gencat.cat/ca/generalitat/estatut/
• http://www.parlament.cat/document/cataleg/150259.pdf
• http://estudiscatalans.blogspot.com/2017/07/referendumbill.html (unofficial)

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