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Cindy-

Although I was a Spanish speaker for 29 years, was born in Puerto Rico
before moving here, I never saw these words together. I was not a librarian
then but used libraries a lot as I had research classes.

It was not until I moved here to the U.S. until I saw a need for these
combinations of words.

I would translate your request as "Bibliotecario Referencista" or
"Bibliotecario de Referencia" if a male or "Bibliotecaria Referencista" or
"Bibliotecaria de Referencia" if a female.

Note my first option is used as a type of position. It is equivalent to
saying "Ingeniero Electricista." The second option is combining the nowns
but using the Spanish equivalent of the word "of."

Referencia Bibliotecario or Referencia Bibliotecaria is a no-no. It is an
aberration. It is an horror!!! It is like saying "Electricidad Ingeniero" o
"Electricidad Ingeniera."


Take care,

Luis R. Ramos, Librarian, ACORN Community High School, Brooklyn NY
flyer13@hotmail.com

>How do you say "reference librarian" in Spanish?  I have asked several
>nativ=
>e=20
>speakers, but nobody knows.  Babelfish says it's "referencia
>bibliotecario,"=
>=20
>but I think that's wrong.  You can't use two nouns together that way.  I=20
>really want this job!
>
>
>Muchas gracias/Thanks,
>

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