Apr 9, 2008 19:51
16 yrs ago
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on or about
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Law (general)
It's just at the beginning of a phrase in a legal document: On or about April 3, 2005, XXXX entered into an agreement... I understand that this is an expression that is used in the law so as not to specify a certain date, but is there a corresponding expression or idea in Spanish? Please help, and many thanks.
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Flavio Posse
United States
United States
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United States
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el 3 de abril del año 2005
The "on or about" is a redundancy placed in the complaint (or information if a felony). It is there in case the complaint needs to be amended and the date changed for some reason. Sort of a procedural CYA. But the date, for all intents and purposes, is April 3 2005.
This issue is discussed at lenght in court interpretation training and practice.
This issue is discussed at lenght in court interpretation training and practice.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for corroborating my decision here, Flavio. There are so many examples of this kind of redundancy in
American legalese, like "cease and desist' and "null and void." It's nice to know there are people out there thinking instead of just taking things literally and going with accepted usage."
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José Alberto Ruiz Pérez
Spain
Spain
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Spain
It's all about communication!
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el 3 de abril, o en una fecha cercana
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mi interpretación
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Cristina Heraud-van Tol
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Ignacio Mella
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Mariana Lucia Sammarco
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Pettunya
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Yvonne Becker
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Cecilia Lanzillotta
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Julie Thompson
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helena2501
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Xenia Wong
Native in English
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Spanish
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Excellence-promptness-guarantee-20 yrs.
Native in: Spanish , English
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alrededor del 3 de Abril de...
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sug.
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Dunkel
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Dunkel, muy amable...xen :))
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Rafael Molina Pulgar
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Rafael, agradecida....xen :))
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Nelida Kreer
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Niki, muy amable...xen :))
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Maria Ramon
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María, muchas gracias...xen :))
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Marina, muy amable...xen :))
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Silvia Serrano
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Silvia, muy amable...xen :))
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Carolina Ruiz
Native in Spanish
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A clear translation, on time!
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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el 3 de abril o alrededor de dicha fecha
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Yo lo pondría de esta manera. Saludos :)
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Jorge Amparan
Mexico
Mexico
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Mexico
Up to 7,000 words a day
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, US, Mexican)
Works in: English to Spanish
El ó alrededor del 3 de Abril de...
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La traduccion para "on" en fechas es "el" y "about" sin duda es alrededor, asi que esta es mi propuesta.
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Terejimenez
Native in Spanish
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The highest standards of quality
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish to English
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en o aproximadamente el día 3 de abril del 2005
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en o aproximadamente el día 3 de abril del 2005
en o aproximadamente el día 3 de abril del 2005
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