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Glossary entry

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!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 circuit
3 +1 precinct
3 borough
4 -1 District
3 -1 circuit court
1 prefecture....?
Change log

Mar 20, 2011 11:10: Marlene Curtis Created KOG entry

Discussion

Marlene Curtis Mar 14, 2011:
Divisão administrativa seria uma boa solução.
Circunscrição de Mungári local information and maps. Circunscrição de Mungári is a second-order administrative division in Mozambique (general), Mozambique,
http://travelingluck.com/Africa/Mozambique/Mozambique (gener...
Marlene Curtis Mar 14, 2011:
Circunscrições Lista de circunscrições de registro civil das pessoas naturais
http://www.cerd-rj.com.br/uteis_ver.php?cod=2

Proposed translations

+2
14 mins
Selected

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.
42 mins
I think it refers to courts...
agree vertebem
12 hrs
Grata!
agree Charles R. Castleberry : http://www.google.com/search?hl=pt-BR&client=gmail&rls=gm&q=...
13 hrs
Grata!
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
19 hrs
Neutral???
agree ana luiza : Donna is always brilliant in her solutions!!!
3561 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
5 mins

borough

That´s one of the options that Michaelis gives... It´s an administrative area.
Reference:

http://michaelis.uol.com.br/moderno/ingles/index.php?lingua=portugues-ingles&palavra=circunscri%E7%E3o

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-1
7 mins

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.
54 mins
I wish life was so simple and literal! Synonyms are banned? Roll on MT...
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-1
9 mins

circuit court

Peer comment(s):
disagree Mark Robertson : a circunstrição can be an administrative, electoral, judicial, police, or other territorial jurisdiction.
53 mins
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11 hrs

prefecture....?

prefecture? (don't shoot me down its just a suggestion)
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+1
20 hrs

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.....
Peer comment(s):
agree ana luiza : I ALWAYS agree with you, Donna!!
3560 days
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