I too am not a lawyer, however, having been involved with a lot of nonprofit governance, I think that for these purposes, in other languages, yes - "Board of Trustees” and “Board of Directors” are basically interchangeable. The selection of words is usually a stylistic or homage based reason more than a legal distinction. That is not always the case, and when available, I recommend using “Board of Trustees” - but if there’s a language issue presented by this, I think "Board of Directors" is a reasonable substitute to base a translation on. Again, I say that not being with Legal and not as an official WMF recommendation, just my own personal two cents. :)
-greg > On Jan 26, 2017, at 3:07 PM, Guillaume Paumier <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > 2017-01-26 9:38 GMT-08:00 Lena Traer <[email protected]>: >> >> Would you say that the Board of Trustees at WMF has the same role as the >> traditional Board of Directors? If that is the case, "Conseil >> d'administration" likely is most appropriate translation. >> >> In Russian, the "board" is also translated as "council". However, "Board of >> Directors" and "Board of Trustees" translate slightly differently. I think >> non-profit organizations are likely to use "Board of Trustees" whereas >> for-profit corporations use "Board of Directors". > > I'm not very familiar with the legal intricacies of the different > kinds of Boards. To be completely accurate, the best term would > probably be the English one ("Board of Trustees"), simply because it > has an official definition in a specific geography and doesn't have an > exact equivalent in other locales. But for the reasons given by > Matthieu, it's generally better to try and find the closest > approximation. > > In France, both non-profit organizations and for-profit organizations > can have a "Conseil d'administration". It's also the French phrase > we've been using on the Foundation's website since 2004 (although the > page hasn't been kept up-to-date with changes in Board members > recently): https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Conseil_d%27administration > > Hope this helps :) > > -- > Guillaume Paumier > > _______________________________________________ > Translators-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l _______________________________________________ Translators-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l
