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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries代理取締役
Pronunciation / Transliteration: dairi torishimariyaku
"社長の不在中、代理取締役が業務を引き継ぎました。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A temporary person appointed to take on the managerial and executive responsibilities of a director who is temporarily absent or incapacitated.
"The board appointed a substitute director to oversee the film production while the primary director recovered from illness." - 2
An alternate member of a company's board of directors who serves and votes in the absence of a regular board member.
"According to the corporate bylaws, a substitute director may attend meetings and exercise voting rights when the permanent director travels abroad."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Italian phrase 'direttore sostituto', combining 'direttore' (from Latin director, meaning one who guides or rules) and 'sostituto' (from Latin substitutus, past participle of substituere, to put in place of). The term historically evolved in administrative, corporate, and artistic contexts to designate an individual temporarily or officially holding a supervisory or directorial role in place of another.
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directeur suppléant
Transliteration: di.ʁɛk.tœʁ sy.ple.ɑ̃
"Le directeur suppléant a dirigé la réunion en l'absence du président."
Stellvertretender Direktor
Transliteration: ʃtɛl.fɛʁˌtʁɛt.n̩.dɐ diˈʁɛk.toːɐ̯
"Der stellvertretende Direktor übernahm die Leitung der Abteilung."
direttore sostituto
Transliteration: di.retˈtoː.re sostiˈtuː.to
"Il direttore sostituto ha firmato i documenti contrattuali."
director suplente
Transliteration: di.rekˈtoɾ suˈplen.te
"El director suplente asumió el control temporal del proyecto."
diretor substituto
Transliteration: di.ɾeˈtoʁ suʃ.tiˈtu.tu
"O diretor substituto conduziu a assembleia geral."
स्थानापन्न निदेशक
Transliteration: sthaanapann nirdeshak
"मुख्य निदेशक की अनुपस्थिति में स्थानापन्न निदेशक ने कार्यभार संभाला।"
替补董事
Transliteration: tì bǔ dǒng shì
"替补董事在董事长缺席期间主持了会议。"
대행 이사
Transliteration: dae-haeng i-sa
"대행 이사가 임시 회의를 주재했습니다."
代理取締役
Transliteration: dairi torishimariyaku
"社長の不在中、代理取締役が業務を引き継ぎました。"
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