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Student33
03-08-2009, 03:15 AM
Should I use the word (counselor/chancellor) in the following sentence please?

The Egyptian programme to improve environmental conditions, particulary in regard to sewage disposal and drinking water utilities, ranks among the best in the world, said Giza Governor, Counsellor /Chancellor Maher Al-Guindi.
Marius Hancu
03-08-2009, 04:10 AM
Use the words used in the local English-language press. What was exactly he doing in that position, before being the governor of Ginza (is that a province or a city?)?
Student33
03-08-2009, 04:51 AM
Giza is a district.
I thought the word (Chancellor) is the correct word because its meaning in the dictionary is (a person in a position of the highest or high rank, especially in a government or university) whereas the word counselor means:
(someone who is trained to listen to people and give them advice about their problems:
The college now has a counsellor to help students with both personal and work problems.
a marriage-guidance counsellor
Marius Hancu
03-08-2009, 09:49 AM
First, is he still in both government and university?

There are many names for the highest ranks in a government of a province/district.
Bridget
03-09-2009, 05:28 AM
Could you be looking for "councilor"?

If not, counsellor/counselor has also the meaning of "a lawyer who pleads cases in court".
OddThomas
03-09-2009, 08:18 AM
The word you are looking for is governor. Maher Al-Guindi is the former governor of Giza. Have you done the research? Did you learn that the former governor who had made political enemies is now a respected ecologist and water purification expert?
Bridget
03-10-2009, 03:49 AM
The word you are looking for is governor. Maher Al-Guindi is the former governor of Giza. Have you done the research?

Can't a governor also be a council/or?
Bridget
03-10-2009, 04:03 AM
Should I use the word (counselor/chancellor) in the following sentence please?

The Egyptian programme to improve environmental conditions, particulary in regard to sewage disposal and drinking water utilities, ranks among the best in the world, said Giza Governor, Counsellor /Chancellor Maher Al-Guindi.


See here:

"The most recent one being the discussion session about "Solid Waste Management - Challenges & Solutions" that was organized by AEEC. This Session was hosted by the Arab Contractors and honored by the presence of H.E. Nadia Makram Ebeid the State Minister of Environment, Council Maher El Guindy, Governor of Giza and several government officials and businessmen."

http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/publications/TechPublications/TechPub-17/egypt1.asp

So, you should use "Council", but note that he is now "ex-Governor".

Council and councilor refer principally to a deliberative assembly (such as a city council or student council), its work, and its membership.

http://www.bartleby.com/61/27/C0682700.html