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ES-EN Certified translation (consta emblema)
Thread poster: Raphaela Wiss
Raphaela Wiss
Raphaela Wiss
Spain
Local time: 08:06
English to Spanish
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May 20, 2011

Hello everyone,
I am about to start translating a legal document from Spanish into English (certified translation) and I have a question I hope someone will be able to answer.
When I translate documents into Spanish, if there is a emblem or signature, for example, in Spanish I write "Consta emblema..." or "Consta firma...". How do you normally write this in English?

Thank you very much in advance
 
Steven Capsuto
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United States
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Spanish to English
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Square brackets May 20, 2011

At the point where it appears in the document, I put the word "emblem" or "signature" (or "round stamp" or whatever else appears on the page) in square brackets.

So, for example:

[signature]

Joseph Schmo
Chairman of the Board

It used to be common practice to put "[illegible signature]" but that's practically redundant since most signatures are illegible.
 
Raphaela Wiss
Raphaela Wiss
Spain
Local time: 08:06
English to Spanish
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TOPIC STARTER
Great option May 20, 2011

Hi Steven,
thank you very much for the fast reply. Your option sounds great to me =)
So you basically leave out the whole "consta" thing... You know, Spaniards always make things more complicated
About the square brackets, yes, I also put them in Spanish but forgot to mention it in the post...

Thanks a lot!

Have a nice day =)
 
Henry Hinds
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United States
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English to Spanish
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Illegible signature - not redundant May 20, 2011

Most signatures are indeed illegible, but I do not consider "illegible signature" to be redundant, because if the signature is legible, then I put S/ followed by the legible name of the person signing.

When going into Spanish I do not use "consta" or anything similar; I use Mexican Spanish and the Mexicans do not use anything like that.

[Editado a las 2011-05-20 21:30 GMT]
 
Ldiesman (X)
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EN-ES Certified translation Feb 26, 2012

Hello!

Now I would like to know the reverse of your question. I'm translating a legal form and the header reads:

U.S. Department of Justice
United States Marshals Service [Seal]

So two questions:

1) If the document is going to be submitted to the Mexican government, what should I use if not [Consta emblema]? and
2) Should I translate the text to the left of the emblem as well?<... See more
Hello!

Now I would like to know the reverse of your question. I'm translating a legal form and the header reads:

U.S. Department of Justice
United States Marshals Service [Seal]

So two questions:

1) If the document is going to be submitted to the Mexican government, what should I use if not [Consta emblema]? and
2) Should I translate the text to the left of the emblem as well?

Thank you! ▲ Collapse
 


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