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Glossary entry (derived from question below)

English term or phrase:

California All-purpose Acknowledgement

Spanish translation:

reconocimiento o constancia para uso general (de California)

Added to glossary by Silvia Brandon-Pérez

Aug 30, 2007 16:25

17 yrs ago

112 viewers *

English term

Elizabeth Guevara Chávez

California All-purpose Acknoledgement

English to Spanish Law/Patents Law (general) law, power of attorney

I need to translate into Spanish the title of a power of attorney. It is given in the State of California in a written form. In the margin of the form it has the words "California All-porpuse Acknolegment". The teacher of translation told us that it is a Power of Attorney. I consider that the translation of these terms would be "Reconocimiento General del Estado de California. My doubt is that Reconocimiento in Spanish is not the same than "Poder Legal o Mandato", that is the real meaning of this document. In Guatemala we use a very much difficult legal lexical similar to Chile and Argentina and sometimes the translations don't have the same meaning.

Proposed translations (Spanish)

5 +1	reconocimiento para uso general (de California)	Silvia Brandon-Pérez
4 +2	reconocimiento/ constancia a todos los efectos (legales)	Robert Copeland

Change log

Aug 30, 2007 16:34: Monika Jakacka Márquez changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Sep 23, 2007 15:22: Silvia Brandon-Pérez Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (1): Sandra Cifuentes Dowling

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Proposed translations

19 mins

Silvia Brandon-Pérez

United States

2442 answers

Native in English & Spanish

Specializes in field

Selected

reconocimiento para uso general (de California)

http://www.jurisdocuments.com/Samples/AcknowFree.pdf

Te adjunto una muestra de un 'acknowledgment'. Este formulario no es un poder; es simplemente como piensas un reconocimiento para el uso general, usado por notarios, que indica que la persona que se ha presentado es la que firma el documento, etc.

Peer comment(s):

agree

Bernadette Mora

5994 days

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.

17 mins

Robert Copeland