Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Circunscrição
English translation:
circuit
Added to glossary by
Marlene Curtis
Mar 13, 2011 21:55
13 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Circunscrição
Portuguese to English
Law/Patents
Law (general)
Birth Certificate
I usually translate this as "district". But the context here is:
"4o Distrito de 2a cirscunscrição"
thus my confusion as to how to distinguish the two.
thanks!
"4o Distrito de 2a cirscunscrição"
thus my confusion as to how to distinguish the two.
thanks!
Proposed translations
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4 +2 | circuit |
Marlene Curtis
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3 +1 | precinct |
Donna Sandin
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3 | borough |
Martin Riordan
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4 -1 | District |
Mark Robertson
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3 -1 | circuit court |
Charles R. Castleberry
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1 | prefecture....? |
Nick Taylor
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Change log
Mar 20, 2011 11:10: Marlene Curtis Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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circuit
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
Mark Robertson
: Circuit refers to courts not local government, or administrative districts. The term has its origin in judges moving from place to place while on circuit. The glossary entry is weak, if not suspect. Circunscrição has a much wider meaning than circuit.
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I think it refers to courts...
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agree |
vertebem
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Grata!
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agree |
Charles R. Castleberry
: http://www.google.com/search?hl=pt-BR&client=gmail&rls=gm&q=...
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Grata!
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neutral |
Donna Sandin
: I usually use "circuit" in the case of birth certs it does not really MATTER for purposes of the use of the document in another country as long as you have something reasonable and it helps if it looks to the user like the "literal" translation
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Neutral???
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agree |
ana luiza
: Donna is always brilliant in her solutions!!!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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borough
That´s one of the options that Michaelis gives... It´s an administrative area.
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District
Stick with district for circunscrição and translate distrito as sector
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
Marlene Curtis
: Mark, District is District and should not be translated as Sector. 4th District of the 2nd District?/Life is not always literal, but translations can be so.
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I wish life was so simple and literal! Synonyms are banned? Roll on MT...
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circuit court
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
Mark Robertson
: a circunstrição can be an administrative, electoral, judicial, police, or other territorial jurisdiction.
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prefecture....?
prefecture? (don't shoot me down its just a suggestion)
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precinct
I still use "circuit" as explained above in my "neutral" and heretical comment but this could be a useful "invention" in this case. In some personal documents you find even more administrative divisions in the same doc. At least "comarca" gets agreement as "judicial district" and "distrito" as "district" but beyond that.....
Discussion
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