gérant président

19:44 May 22, 2020 

Thanks to everyone for your help, and sorry for the delay in getting back to this question. Things have been so wacky lately. Stay safe everyone!

23:42 May 5, 2020 

If you have a whole list of job titles you cannot really be expected to produce "one fit" answers. Try checking the Swiss companies' websites and/or company search results for English titles

21:38 May 5, 2020 

On what your client prefers and why they want those files translated. There's no difference between the two, but I think nowadays the US C-suite is more international than the UK XYZ-Director equivalents—although for some vague reason MD seems more appropriate to me for a small company than CEO, which for the same vague reason conjures up the boss of a medium to big firm. However, the use of terms like CAO and EVP on your client's website suggests they want US lingo.

In short: I dunno! I'd run both options by the client if possible, and also check that this really IS the MD/CEO.

20:47 May 5, 2020 

Thanks Wolf and AllegroTrans! Since "Managing Director" is getting so many agrees, do you think that could possibly work for US English too.

12:19 May 5, 2020 

Checking if this company has preferred English titles for its bosses. They may even have an English translation of these titles on their website - many Swiss companies do

11:37 May 5, 2020 

I hate translating job titles! Unless you know what the person's duties and responsibilities are, it often ends up being little more than guesswork.

From what I can tell, associé in Swiss company law is simply the term for the peeps setting up a company and owning all or part of it; partners in the loose sense of the word (business partners) but not in the legal sense (partnership with unlimited liability). So you can probably scrap partner.

Also, if this is a private company, strictly speaking there are no directors in the sense of a BOD overseeing the company on behalf of public shareholders because there are no public shareholders and hence no BOD. So you can probably scrap director as well, unless you opt for Managing Director (more of a UK term).

If this is a small company (only three gérants?), then I'd avoid EVP, which is doled out like candy in large corporations to soothe the bristling egos of subexecutives.

I'd go with CEO, but CAO (or COO) might also be right if the person isn't the boss. Are you able find that out?

03:27 May 5, 2020 

Thanks for your reply, Wolf. I have since come across the same term in another file (there is a batch of files). It is in a list of company employees under the heading "Partners, managers and people having signing capability". So from that, it looks like he is probably not considered a director. Although when I look the same person up on the company web site, it gives three different titles for him: Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel. In that same list, there are two people listed as just "gérant", and one as "associé". I would post his name, but I'm hesitant to do that for confidentiality reasons. I'm translating into US English. Hope this helps.

21:06 May 4, 2020 

@Asker, do you have any more information about the company or the holder of that position? Are other positions in the same company also listed? Are you translating into US or UK English?

18:18 May 4, 2020 

Hi Cathy, Thanks for your reply. It's an SARL (Limited Liability Company).

16:38 May 4, 2020 

Hello, could you please indicate the company legal type? Otherwise it is difficult for anyone to give an accurate answer. Thanks.