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The chief authorising officer and the accounting officer shall take the necessary steps towards clearing, in respect of the exact amounts and within the appropriate period, advances granted under this Article.
El ordenador principal y el contable tomarán las medidas necesarias para que los anticipos otorgados en virtud del presente artículo sean liquidados por su importe exacto y en el plazo apropiado.
If payment is suspended, the accounting officer shall give the reasons for his decision in a written statement which he shall send forthwith to the chief authorising officer and, for information, to the financial controller.
En caso de suspensión de los pagos, el contable expondrá los motivos de su decisión en una declaración por escrito que remitirá inmediatamente al ordenador principal y, a título informativo, al interventor.
The fire chief said he couldn't come because he had a mare about to foal, but I told him this wasn't a game of dice, it was something much more urgent.
El jefe de bomberos me dijo que no podía ir porque tenía una yegua a punto de parir, pero le dije que no se trataba de una partida de dados sino de algo mucho más urgente.
Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 2666
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Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño
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Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño
© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
I nodded. A small - town police chief in Bellingham, Washington, had caught the Hillside Strangler - something the LAPD. war machine hadn't been able to do.
Asentí con la cabeza: el jefe de la policía de un pueblo grande, Bellington, en Washington, que había cazado al Estrangulador de Hillside... algo que toda la maquinaria policial de Los Ángeles había sido incapaz de lograr.
Kellerman, Jonathan / When The Bough BreaksKellerman, Jonathan / La Rama Rota
La Rama Rota
Kellerman, Jonathan
When The Bough Breaks
Kellerman, Jonathan
© 1985 by Jonathan Kellerman
That's not what the chief quack seems to think.
Al parecer no es eso lo que piensa el matasanos jefe.
Scarrow, Simon / The Eagle's ConquestScarrow, Simon / Roma Vincit!
Roma Vincit!
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
© de la traducción: Montserrat Batista, 2002
© de la presente edición: Edhasa, 2002
The Eagle's Conquest
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
Present at the interrogation was Santa Teresa police chief Pedro Negrete, who brought as special guests two city judges and Cesar Huerta Cerna, head of the Deputy Attorney General's Office of Sonora's Northern Zone.
Presenció el interrogatorio el jefe de la policía de Santa Teresa, Pedro Negrete, quien llevó, como invitados especiales, a dos jueces de la ciudad y a César Huerta Cerna, el jefe de la Subprocuraduría General de Justicia de la Zona Norte de Sonora.
Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 2666
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño
© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
Mandatory minimum requirements for certification of chief engineer officers and second engineer officers on ships powered by main propulsion machinery of 3000 kW propulsion power or more
Requisitos mínimos aplicables a la titulación de jefes de máquinas y primeros oficiales de máquinas de buques cuya máquina propulsora principal tenga una potencia igual o superior a 3000 kW
Macro and Cato squeezed in either side of the narrow bed on which a linen shroud covered the chief centurion's body.
Macro y Cato se metieron dentro, uno a cada lado de la estrecha cama sobre la cual una mortaja de lino cubría el cuerpo del centurión jefe.
Scarrow, Simon / The Eagle's ConquestScarrow, Simon / Roma Vincit!
Roma Vincit!
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
© de la traducción: Montserrat Batista, 2002
© de la presente edición: Edhasa, 2002
The Eagle's Conquest
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
Legate Geta exchanged a look with his chief centurion and briefly raised his eyes before drawing closer to the tribune crouching beneath his shield.
El legado Geta cruzó la mirada con su centurión jefe y por un momento levantó los Ojos al cielo antes de acercarse más al tribuno, agazapado tras su escudo.
Scarrow, Simon / The Eagle's ConquestScarrow, Simon / Roma Vincit!
Roma Vincit!
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
© de la traducción: Montserrat Batista, 2002
© de la presente edición: Edhasa, 2002
The Eagle's Conquest
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
For the payment of certain categories of expenditure, advance funds may be set up at the decision of the chief authorising officer following a favourable opinion of the accounting officer and of the financial controller.
Para el pago de determinadas clases de gastos, podrán crearse administraciones de anticipos por decisión del ordenador principal tras el dictamen favorable del contable y del interventor.
"There's nothing more exciting than revealing an unexplored, alien world," says Marc Rayman, Dawn's chief engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
"No hay nada más emocionante que develar un mundo alienígeno e inexplorado", dice Marc Rayman, quien es el ingeniero principal de la misión Dawn, en el Laboratorio de Propulsión a Chorro (JPL, por su sigla en idioma inglés).
The purpose of the recitals is to set out concise reasons for the chief provisions of the enacting terms, without reproducing or paraphrasing them.
La finalidad de los considerandos es motivar de modo conciso las disposiciones esenciales de la parte dispositiva, sin reproducir ni parafrasear su texto.
'Do you have a pass signed by the chief secretary?'
– ¿Tienes un pase firmado por el primer secretario?
Scarrow, Simon / The Eagle's ConquestScarrow, Simon / Roma Vincit!
Roma Vincit!
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
© de la traducción: Montserrat Batista, 2002
© de la presente edición: Edhasa, 2002
The Eagle's Conquest
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
The police chief wanted to know whether he had been in Santa Teresa on official business or as a tourist.
El jefe de la policía quiso saber si estaba en Santa Teresa en misión oficial o como turista.
Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 2666
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño
© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
'The second force need not require too many men, their chief role is to be the final surprise Caratacus cannot deal with.
El segundo ataque no hace falta que sea muy numeroso, su único ideal papel es el de ser la sorpresa final con la que Carataco no sepa qué hacer.
Scarrow, Simon / The Eagle's ConquestScarrow, Simon / Roma Vincit!
Roma Vincit!
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
© de la traducción: Montserrat Batista, 2002
© de la presente edición: Edhasa, 2002
The Eagle's Conquest
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow

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chief cells
células principales
chief resident
jefe de residentes
chief accountant
contador principal
chief of staff
Jefe de Estado Mayor
chief of staff
Jefe de Gabinete
chief inspector
inspector jefe
editor in chief
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editor in chief
redactor jefe
editor in chief
editor en jefe
chief justice
presidente de la corte suprema
commander in chief
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Chief of Staff
jefe de Estado Mayor
Chief Constable
jefe de policía
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