Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Delinquent
Spanish translation:
delincuente juvenil
English term
United States
Architect/Translator for over 30 years
Native in: Spanish
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Delinquent
I don't think "delictivo" works here.
| 4 | delincuente juvenil |
Víctor Zamorano
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| 4 +1 | menor condenado (or) menor infractor |
Rebecca Jowers
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| 4 | moroso |
Carolina Sempere
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Proposed translations
Spain
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delincuente juvenil
La entre ambas frases es que en la primera se habla de acusación y en la segunda de condena o sentencia.
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Note added at 49 minutos (2020-01-11 15:22:00 GMT)
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La DIFERENCIA entre ambas frases, quería decir...
| ¡Gracias, Víctor! |
Spain
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menor condenado (or) menor infractor
=
si el menor fuera condenado por un acto que sería clasificado como delito si el alumno fuera adulto
In Spain, at least, “delincuente” is not used to describe a minor who has been sentenced for a criminal offense, being termed a “minor infractor” in the Spanish Ley Orgánica 5/2000, de 12 de enero, reguladora de la responsabilidad penal de menores.
In the event this may prove useful, here is a blog post detalining the differences between criminal procedure terminology as applied to adult offenders vs. the terminology of juvenile justice in Spain: https://rebeccajowers.com/2016/05/19/espanol-juridico-3/
| agree |
Víctor Zamorano
: Pues sí, menor infractor suena mejor que nada...
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moroso
Artículo segundo. Seguimiento de la evolución de la morosidad y resultados de la eficacia de la Ley.
c) Morosidad, el incumplimiento de los plazos contractuales o legales de pago
https://www.boe.es/buscar/pdf/2010/BOE-A-2010-10708-consolidado.pdf
https://www.boe.es/buscar/pdf/2004/BOE-A-2004-21830-consolidado.pdf
| Not really. As you can read above, it's about students... Thanks, though. |
Discussion
“‘juvenile delinquency,’ when employed as a technical term rather than merely a descriptive phrase, is entirely a legislative product ....” Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, Criminal Law 940 (3d ed. 1982).
adjudicated delinquent
1. declarado culpable
2. menor infractor
You could use 1 or, if you prefer a more cleaned up version, 2, as Rebecca has suggested. I would steer away from menor condenado, because the original makes no reference to a sentence (condena), and moroso (late, arrears). If you want to use delincuente, you need to be explicit, delincuente juvenil, as Victor has.
VS
"...adjudicated DELINQUENT for an offense that would be classified as a felony if the student was an adult"
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Por ejemplo, dismissed [despedido], adjudicated delinquent [sentencia delincuente], adjudicated not delinquent [sentencia no delincuente], etc. Este no existe si ...