Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Administrador del timbre

English translation:

Stamp tax administrator [collector]

Added to glossary by achitophel
Jul 21, 2018 09:48
5 yrs ago
Spanish term

Administrador del timbre

Not for points Spanish to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature Mexicanisms
Hello,

This term appears in Rulfo's El día del derrumbe, link here. http://www.literatura.us/rulfo/derrumbe.html

If you search for it there, you can see fuller context, which isn't actually much help.

In googling it, I came across this site which provides instructions for Adminstradores del timbre.
https://developers.sw.com.mx/knowledge-base/guia-para-el-adm...

I've seen it translated as tax inspector. Is that correct? Or is it something like an accountant? And is it a specifically Mexican thing?

Thanks for your help.

Discussion

Domini Lucas Jul 21, 2018:
@asker Hi there. I'm not clear if you are actually translating Rulfo´s short story, or using it as an example?

Proposed translations

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Stamp tax administrator [collector]

I believe this is the more precise equivalent to administrador del timbre.
Sometimes refered to a stamp tax collector.

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Note added at 1 day 5 hrs (2018-07-22 15:29:54 GMT)
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... and yet others just as tax collector.

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Note added at 8 days (2018-07-29 21:10:05 GMT)
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Sin problema, achitophel.
Un placer si te sirve.
Saludos!
Note from asker:
Pues, muchas gracias por la respuesta. Lo voy a dejar como 'tax collector', aunque me ayuda ahora saber más precisamente de qué se trata.
Me olvidé de decir que no contesté antes porque estuve unos días en una zona remota de mi país con escasa conectividad.
Peer comment(s):

agree lorenab23 : Nice!
8 hrs
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