Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
faisant fonction de (président)
English translation:
acting (President)
French term
faisant fonction de
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Aude Sylvain
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| 5 +1 | according to the Section 2 |
Liliane Hatem
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| 4 | invoking / based on Section 2 |
Francis Marche
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| 3 | Acting as/Serving as/In the capacity of |
Gad Kohenov
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| Acting President |
cmwilliams (X)
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Mar 6, 2010 23:44: Chris Hall changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Mar 11, 2010 12:12: Aude Sylvain Created KOG entry
PRO (2): cmwilliams (X), George C.
Non-PRO (3): writeaway, mchd, Chris Hall
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Proposed translations
France
Also a senior lawyer - 12 years in IP
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French
acting President
Je comprends plutôt "section" comme une section d'une chambre (tribunal, cour), d'un groupe de parlementaires etc, et non comme une disposition juridique.
Le mot "section" est rarement utilisé en ce dernier sens en fr., on parlera d'article, de paragraphe, d'alinéa...
je pense que la structure de la phrase est "le [Président faisant fonction] [de la deuxième section] a décidé..."
La personne faisant fonction de Président de la deuxième section a décidé...
voir
"An Acting President is a person who temporarily fills the role of an organization's or country's president, either when the real president is unavailable (for example ill or on vacation) or when the post is vacant (for example because of death, injury, resignation, or dismissal)."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acting_president
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lien de la Q à laquelle je fais référence (merci Writeaway !) : http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/certificates_dip... - commentaire de Françoise V sous la proposition de Catherine Cellier-Smart
Israel
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Acting as/Serving as/In the capacity of
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writeaway
: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/certificates_dip... /that's not the point. it's an identical posting with an identical source text and those 2 answers are already on the first one.
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I found my answers in Termium plus.
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Donatella Talpo
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Merci beaucoup!
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Euqinimod (X)
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Merci beaucoup!
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Francis Marche
: A mistranslation.
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Chris Hall
: I agree with Francis - a mistranslation here. The context posted by the Asker needs to be taken into consideration, which you have not done.
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France
36 years experience on 4 continents
Native in: French , English
Works in: English to French, French to English
invoking / based on Section 2
Someone can "act as" or "serve as" chairman but a chairman can hardly "act as" a "section". I think you have to read "faisant fonction de" as meaning "faisant usage de" like in "faire usage de l'article 16", etc..
"Une section" probably refers to a set a legal provisions. I'd suggest something like "invoking the 2nd Section" or "based on the 2nd Section", etc., just like in here:
As stated above that for invoking the Section 263, one of the conditions is that the order of the Assessing Officer is erroneous. ...http://www.taxmann.net/Datafolder/flash/flashcas0207_4.htm
Lebanon
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according to the Section 2
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you can put it this way: "the President, according to the section 2, has decided..." (avec des virgules)
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Note added at 22 hrs (2010-03-07 09:29:56 GMT)
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It is ok, no problem, the important thing is the meaning.
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Francis Marche
: You are right. Doesn't make sense otherwise
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Merci Francis
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Chris Hall
: "according to Section 2"
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Thank you Chris, have a nice day
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cmwilliams (X)
: It's 'acting president of the second section (of the European Court of Human Rights). See references below.//Sorry, but It's a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (Second Section).
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They are not talking about Human Rights, but about government
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Reference comments
Acting President
Le 12 novembre 2008, le président faisant fonction de la deuxième section a décidé de communiquer la requête au Gouvernement. Comme le permet l'article 29 ...
www.asgi.it/public/parser_download/save/cedu_19012010.pdf
The Court is divided into five "Sections", each of which consists of a geographic and gender-balanced selection of justices. The entire Court elects a President and five Section Presidents, two of whom also serve as Vice-Presidents; all terms last for three years. Each section selects a Chamber, which consists of the Section President and a rotating selection of six other justices.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights
EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. COUR EUROPÉENNE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME ..... administered to him without the second applicant's consent and that a —do .... measures was accorded by the Acting President of the Section with effect ...
www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/8571369E-81D1.../Section4.pdf
| This is very useful. Thank you. Have a goood Sunday! Kind regards Ségolène |
Discussion
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