In a recent tweet entitled “anglicismos gone wild,” Mariano Vitetta–@marianovitetta (EN-ES translator and law professor in Buenos Aires) featured an Argentine publication* in which the term “compliance” is used multiple times. Indeed, “compliance” is definitely one of those English terms that is often present in Spanish-language company law texts. For those who prefer to avoid anglicismos when possible, here are a few of the compliance-related concepts that Spanish law firms and some of my corporate clients use:

• compliance; regulatory compliance—cumplimiento normativo
• compliance audit—auditoría de cumplimiento
• compliance complaint box—buzón de cumplimiento
• audit and compliance committee—comisión de auditoría y cumplimiento
• criminal compliance; compliance with crime detection and prevention rules—cumplimiento normativo penal
• compliance and crime prevention—cumplimiento normativo y prevención de delitos
• statement of IFRS compliance—declaración de cumplimiento con las NIIF
• anti-corruption compliance model; crime prevention/deterrence model—modelo de cumplimiento normativo penal
• chief compliance officer (CCO); compliance manager—responsable de cumplimiento normativo
• compliance guidelines—programa de cumplimiento normativo
• compliance unit—unidad de cumplimiento

*Jesús-María Silva Sánchez. “Criminal Compliance: Apuntes penales sobre el cumplimiento normativo.” Hammurabi—José Luis DePalma, Editor.