[HPFGU-OTChatter] Undersecretary

[William Silvester]

zanooda:
> OK, I need to ask one more translation-related question 
before everybody starts writing about the movie :-). Can 
anyone explain better than the dictionary what Umbridge's 
job is :-)? It is called "Senior Undersecretary to the 
Minister". I looked up "undersecretary", but "senior" 
confuses me a little. Can there be a "junior undersecretary" 
then? What exactly is Umbridge's position, especially from 
the British point of view? I believe Geoff is on vacation, 
> but maybe someone else knows this. 

  
William:  
I suspect JKR had her tongue firmly in cheek when she devised 
the pompous sounding titles that Umbridge had. I think it is 
more a jab at bureaucratic pomposity and self-importance than 
an attempt at an actual title.