Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
lettre remise en mains propres
English translation:
hand-delivered letter
French term
lettre remise en mains propres
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Laurette Tassin
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| 4 +14 | delivered by hand |
Helen Moss
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| 4 +4 | personally handed letter |
ormiston
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Dec 19, 2011 09:24: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Bus/Financial"
Dec 25, 2011 08:54: Laurette Tassin Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
France
Traduction / Formation
Native in: English (Variants: British, Australian, New Zealand, US, French) 
, French (Variants: Standard-France, African, Swiss, Belgian)
Works in: French to English, English to French
hand delivered letter
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Note added at 2 days23 hrs (2011-12-22 08:45:56 GMT)
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hand-delivered,
cc your are absolutely right, mon oubli est donc corrigé merci!
personally handed letter
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The letter has to be as short as possible. The letter should not have any errors. The letter should be personally handed over to the authority in school or office. ...
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Silifke
: handed in hand
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Leslie Marcus
: Yes, "letter handed over in person"
2 mins
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Sheila Wilson
2 mins
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Tony M
: 'personally-handed' sounds awkward to me used attributively like this
13 mins
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Tony I respected the phrase as posted, assuming the writer would work it into context
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EJP
18 mins
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Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
: Agree with Leslie's suggestion.
29 mins
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Hal D'Arpini
: See Tony's reason.
1 day 7 hrs
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cc in nyc
: Nope, not in a business context. (BTW, the link didn't work for me.)
2 days 5 hrs
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I have been mulling this over. I agree that my suggestion is awkward but the emphasis is should be the recipient not the deliverer;, i.e. the letter is 'to be delivered to the recipient in person'
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United Kingdom
Accurate translations on time!
Native in: English (Variants: British, US) 
Works in: French to English
delivered by hand
The letter was delivered by hand to the recipient
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Tony M
3 mins
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Thanks Tony!
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Emiliano Pantoja
1 hr
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Thank you Emiliano!
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Charlie Bavington
1 hr
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AllegroTrans
1 hr
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Evans (X)
1 hr
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mimi 254
1 hr
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B D Finch
2 hrs
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C. Tougas
3 hrs
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Lots of Glosary entries for this one which is pro but quite common. The glossary search has hundreds to trail through and the first one is "delivered in person". Alwqys worth checking!
3 hrs
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LJC (X)
3 hrs
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Verginia Ophof
8 hrs
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Jean-Claude Gouin
: OR 'hand-delivered' ...
12 hrs
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Sabrina Rutton
1 day 5 hrs
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cc in nyc
2 days 5 hrs
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