Talk:List of speakers of the National Assembly of Slovenia

Speaker
I've restored "president" to "speaker" as per Speaker (politics) and also here (Frequency) and here (Merriam-Webster dictionary) and here (Oxford dictionary) and here (Cambridge dictionary) because this is the usual term for this position in English. Please discuss the issue here before further changes. The comment "The word Speaker (when refering to the head of parliament) does not exist in the Slovenian language" is not well grounded because the word president also does not exist in Slovene, nor does the word National Assembly—they are all English words. When choosing the best equivalent of Slovene predsednik Državnega zbora for English WP, usual English usage and meaning should be taken into account rather than relying on which words resemble others in spelling between languages. Doremo (talk) 03:01, 25 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I think that the term "president" should be restored. I suppose that the word "speaker" is mostly used in Western Europe and in Commonwealth countries. In Norway we use the word "President of the Storting". We don't have not a Norwegian translation of "speaker". In France they say The President of the French Senate, not the Speaker of the French Senate. The US Vice President is the President of the Senate. Most of the Latin American nations have presidents of the national assemblies, no speakers. Mbakkel2 (talk) 28 Oct 2015 (CET)
 * The Slovenian parliamentary system is modeled on those of western Europe; if the word "speaker" is mostly used in western Europe, then it's a good match (in addition to the dominance of the term in English plus the dictionary definitions). Doremo (talk) 03:23, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

It should also be noted that the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) is using the term speaker (e.g., here and here and here). Doremo (talk) 03:59, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

I think that term President should be used, cause it is used on all other articles as well. (Slovenian here)Sredina (talk) 15:53, 18 June 2018 (UTC)


 * It would be a poor change because "president" is already used for predsednik države 'president' and it would result in ambiguous references to "the president" (which is made even worse by references to the heads or leaders of individual political parties as "presidents" as well). The term "speaker" follows the usual English usage and meaning for the position, and it is clear and unambiguous. Doremo (talk) 16:18, 18 June 2018 (UTC)