delegate

délégué, représentant

Personne choisie pour parler ou agir au nom d’autres personnes, surtout lors d’une réunion ou d’une conférence.

En anglais simple : A person chosen to speak or act for others, especially at a meeting or conference.

• Each school sent a delegate.
• The delegates voted on the proposal.
• She attended the conference as a union delegate.

Comment l'utiliser : a delegate to something (He was elected as a delegate to the annual conference.); a delegate from somewhere (We welcomed a delegate from each region.)

Synonymes : representative, deputy

Expressions courantes : conference delegate, union delegate, delegate from somewhere

délégué sans droit de vote

Personne représentant un territoire dans une assemblée législative, mais sans droit de vote.

En anglais simple : A person who represents a place in a lawmaking body but cannot vote there.

• The delegate cannot vote in the chamber.
• Each territory sends a delegate to Congress.
• The delegates spoke during the committee meeting.

Comment l'utiliser : delegate to something (She became a delegate to Congress.)

Synonymes : nonvoting representative

Expressions courantes : nonvoting delegate, territorial delegate, delegate to congress

déléguer

Confier une tâche ou une partie de son autorité à une personne qui travaille sous ses ordres.

En anglais simple : To give a task or some of your authority to someone who works under you.

• You need to delegate some tasks.
• She delegated responsibility for training to me.
• Can you delegate more work to your team?

Comment l'utiliser : delegate something to someone (The manager delegated the task to her assistant.)

Synonymes : assign, entrust

Expressions courantes : delegate a task, delegate authority, delegate to someone