Re: [Dacco-users] basket

[Lou H. <xy...@vi...>]

At 21:20 13/10/06 +0200, Gill Martin wrote:

>I tant!  Acabo de perdre una batalla sobre l'ús de la non-paraula
>"competency" - competència, és a dir "skill". Vols apuntar-te a la
>campanya per a la re-nordificació de la llengua anglesa?

(I believe that campaign was abandoned some 800 years ago. ;-)

CALD has it:

competence
noun [U] (ALSO competency)
the ability to do something well:

My Webster's from 1937 has it as a synonym of "competence".  What makes 
you think it's a non-word?

OTOH (On the other hand), DACCO is missing a definition for the sense 
of "competència" meaning "right to decide":

Això no és de la meva competència.
?? I'm not empowered to act on this.
?? This isn't within my sphere of influence.

"responsibility" probably comes closest as a translation, but there's a 
nice distinction between "competència" i "responsibilitat".

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All the best (Adéu-siau),
Lou Hevly
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