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English translation: Lead Justice writing the opinion of the Court

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Spanish term or phrase:Ponente
English translation:Lead Justice writing the opinion of the Court
Entered by: Adrian MM.

21:41 Nov 11, 2021
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Changing constitutions
Spanish term or phrase: Ponente
In the Supreme Court of Venezuela a request (petition?) was made to not apply certain articles of the constitution regarding Indigenous representation in various of the nation's legislative bodies (local and state assemblies municipal councils). They were to be replaced with others

Justice Juan José Mendoza Jover was designó

"En la misma fecha, se dio cuenta en Sala y se designó ponente al Magistrado Juan José Mendoza Jover". Also

"En fecha 05 de junio de 2020, reunida la Sala Constitucional, resolvió darle carácter de Ponencia Conjunta".

I would like to k now what a "ponente" is in this context and also what a Ponencia Conjuta is in Venezuealn constitutional law

I have found several translations of ponente, very different depending on the country for example in Spain it can be working group or parliamentary grouping and in other countries ponencia is translated as report , proposal etc.

Can anyone help me find a definitive answer? please
occinco
Canada
Local time: 05:51
appointed lead to write the opinion of the Court ; joint reporting lead, Ven.
Explanation:
Other ways of approaching the adjudicatory process in Venezuela. Aware of previous ProZ glossary entries, I had been running scared of seeing an answer starring an 'exponential justice'.

En la misma fecha, se dio cuenta en Sala y se designó ponente al Magistrado Juan José Mendoza Jover > on the same date, a *Divisional record was made and Mr. Justice JJMJ was appointed Reporting Judge > ECJ: Judge-Rapporteur > as the lead to write the opinion of the court. *Venezuelan 'amparo' Const. Appeals Division

En fecha 05 de junio de 2020, reunida la Sala Constitucional, resolvió darle carácter de Ponencia Conjunta> on 05 June 2020, the assembled Constitutional Division of the Court, decided to bestow upon *him* the status of Joint Reporting Lead Justice.
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Adrian MM.
Austria
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone who responded. All gave more or less the same translation of 'ponente' but I chose to give the4 point to Adrian because he replied with humour

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1Informant; reporter
Andrew Bramhall
3appointed lead to write the opinion of the Court ; joint reporting lead, Ven.
Adrian MM.
Summary of reference entries provided
It's the justice designated to draft the court's opinion
Robert Carter

  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Informant; reporter


Explanation:
"On the same date, the Chamber was informed and Judge Juan José Mendoza Jover was designated as rapporteur".

"On June 5, 2020, the Constitutional Chamber, in its meeting, resolved to give it the status of a Joint Report.

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 97

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans: rapporteur, but NOT reporter (which sounds like a journalist) and not informant who would be the person reporting a crime
1 hr
  -> Yes, 'rapporteur' as you state;
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
designarse Ponente; ponencia conjunta
appointed lead to write the opinion of the Court ; joint reporting lead, Ven.


Explanation:
Other ways of approaching the adjudicatory process in Venezuela. Aware of previous ProZ glossary entries, I had been running scared of seeing an answer starring an 'exponential justice'.

En la misma fecha, se dio cuenta en Sala y se designó ponente al Magistrado Juan José Mendoza Jover > on the same date, a *Divisional record was made and Mr. Justice JJMJ was appointed Reporting Judge > ECJ: Judge-Rapporteur > as the lead to write the opinion of the court. *Venezuelan 'amparo' Const. Appeals Division

En fecha 05 de junio de 2020, reunida la Sala Constitucional, resolvió darle carácter de Ponencia Conjunta> on 05 June 2020, the assembled Constitutional Division of the Court, decided to bestow upon *him* the status of Joint Reporting Lead Justice.

Example sentence(s):
  • IATE: Juez Ponente Judge-Rapporteur Judge who acts as Rapporteur
  • The term "opinions," as used here, refers to several types of writing by the Justices. The most well known are the opinions of the Court announced in cases in which the Court has heard oral argument.

    Reference: http://iate.europa.eu/search/result/1636705636577/1
    Reference: http://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/traduccion/ponencia+con...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 586
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone who responded. All gave more or less the same translation of 'ponente' but I chose to give the4 point to Adrian because he replied with humour
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Reference comments


37 mins peer agreement (net): +6
Reference: It's the justice designated to draft the court's opinion

Reference information:
This has been asked a number of times before, but IMO the best answer is given in the following link by Rebecca Jowers, so I see no need to post it as an answer again:
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/law-general/52...

Robert Carter
Mexico
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 1372

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Cristina Zavala: https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/law-patents/50...
8 mins
  -> Thanks, Cristina.
agree  Toni Castano: Hola Robert, sí, "ponente" or "magistrado ponente", the latter is the usual expression. Another one here, same author: https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/law-general/15...
13 mins
  -> Hola Toni, gracias.
agree  AllegroTrans
31 mins
  -> Thanks, Chris.
agree  Helena Chavarria: I love Rebecca Jowers' answers! // I'm fine, thanks. I hope things are going well for you, too.
2 hrs
  -> Hi Helena, how's it going? Yes, they're a great resource for us laypeople.
agree  Andy Watkinson
7 hrs
agree  Gilda Martinez
18 hrs
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