Spanish term
Leído y confrontado el original con sus fotocopias
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Having read the original and compared it with the photocopies
United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
After the original was read and compared with the photocopies thereof
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Charles Davis
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Gracias, Charles.
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franglish
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Gracias, Franglish.
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chica nueva
: The original having been read and compared with (o algo así) the photocopies. Como participio absoluto, tiene sentido del pasivo.
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Gracias, Chica.
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Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
read, and comparing the original with the photocopies
Presumably, 'leído' refers only to the original, which was read out in the presence of the parties prior to signature, and the photocopies were compared with the original (but not read out loud, since that could get extremely borfing...) so they can be delivered as certified or authentic copies of the original.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-06-19 23:36:30 GMT)
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Note that everyone who has answered (so far...), including myself :( , has got it back to front. And so has the author of the Spanish text.
It should say: "the photocopies were compared with the original", since it is the photocopies, not the original, which might have invalid content (or pages missing, or be illegible, or...).
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Michael Powers (PhD)
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Tks Mike.
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AllegroTrans
: literal yes, but you can't start a sentence with "read" in English, albeit you can in Spanish
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If I was suggesting that the sentence should start with 'read', I'd have written "Read". Kudoz is for term help, not elementary grammar.
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"After reading the original, having contrasted the photocopies with it [...]"
After reading the original, having contrasted the photocopies with it and signed the former and the latter in the presence of a notary, the grantor stated […]
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