Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
courrier recommandé/ lettre recommandée avec accusé de réception (RAR)
English translation:
registered mail OR letter with advice of delivery / registered letter, return receipt requested
Added to glossary by
Yolanda Broad
Oct 9, 2003 19:47
21 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
Reliable German/French to English
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) 
Works in: German to English, French to English
un courrier RAR
Non-PRO
French to English
Law/Patents
Chacune des parties pourra résilier le présent contrat par l’envoi d’un courrier RAR à l’autre partie et ce moyennant un préavis minimum d’un mois.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+5
1 hr
Pierre POUSSIN
France
France
Native in French
France
Fast and accurate.
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Latin to French, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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400
Selected
Registered mail with aknowledgment of receipt
Or aknowledgement (U.S. ENglish)
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Note added at 1 hr 43 mins (2003-10-09 21:30:40 GMT)
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Agree with pascie: Not necessary to use \"aknowledgment of receipt\"
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Note added at 1 hr 43 mins (2003-10-09 21:30:40 GMT)
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Agree with pascie: Not necessary to use \"aknowledgment of receipt\"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks a lot!"
-2
9 mins
registered letter
no need to specify because the person this letter is addressed has to sign it and he is the only one who can pick up this letter
Peer comment(s):
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William Stein
: That's completely wrong. The registration concerns the date of sending, the actual receipt is proved by the acknowledgment of receipt.
1 hr
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Tony M
: No, the 'advice of receipt' (back to the sender is a separate service, and is IMPORTANT to specify
3 days 22 mins
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+2
13 mins
registered mail OR letter with advice of delivery
I believe that is the 'official' term used in the UK.
'advice' of course means the same thing as 'acknowledgement', it is just the way it is usuually expressed.
And it IS important to specify that, since in France the fact that the sender holds a copy of the signed receipt (the 'advice' that is sent back to them) has legal significance; NOT ONLY has the letter to be signed for (but only La Poste knows that), BUT ALSO the sender receives official notification of this.
'advice' of course means the same thing as 'acknowledgement', it is just the way it is usuually expressed.
And it IS important to specify that, since in France the fact that the sender holds a copy of the signed receipt (the 'advice' that is sent back to them) has legal significance; NOT ONLY has the letter to be signed for (but only La Poste knows that), BUT ALSO the sender receives official notification of this.
Peer comment(s):
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Hepburn
15 hrs
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Thanks, Claudette!
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Yolanda Broad
111 days
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Thanks, Yolanda!
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+1
40 mins
registered letter, return receipt requested
This is for the US. I believe "advice of delivery" is the British equivalent.
267 hits in Google. You can look it up. (although some are foreign).
For example:
tradesman must give notice of the amount due and the time and place of the sale
by mailing a certified or registered letter, return receipt requested, to the ...
www.law.utexas.edu/dawson/lien/in_lien.htm
267 hits in Google. You can look it up. (although some are foreign).
For example:
tradesman must give notice of the amount due and the time and place of the sale
by mailing a certified or registered letter, return receipt requested, to the ...
www.law.utexas.edu/dawson/lien/in_lien.htm
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
William Stein
: So what, there are 291 google hits for my variation with acknowledgment of receipt". Your variation is full of translations, too.
38 mins
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| agree |
Yolanda Broad
111 days
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Thanks for the posthumous recognition
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+1
2 mins
William Stein
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Native in English
Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
1737
registered letter with notice of receipt (requested)
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Note added at 4 mins (2003-10-09 19:51:47 GMT)
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or with acknowledgment of receipt
courrier Registré avec Accusé de Réception:
Domaine(s) : - commerce
français
anglais
accusé de réception n. m.
acknowledgement of receipt
Définition :
Avis que l\'expéditeur reçoit d\'une autre personne pour l\'informer que la chose qu\'il lui a envoyée s\'est rendue à destination
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Note added at 1 hr 20 mins (2003-10-09 21:07:53 GMT)
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291 google hits for \"registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt\". I dont see why it matters what the ultraspecific US or UK version since the system doesn\'t correspond exactly anyway. The important thing is to be in clearly comprehensible international English.
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Note added at 1 hr 21 mins (2003-10-09 21:09:02 GMT)
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It is \"Lettre Recommandée\", though, not \"Registrée\" (mea culpa)
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Note added at 4 mins (2003-10-09 19:51:47 GMT)
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or with acknowledgment of receipt
courrier Registré avec Accusé de Réception:
Domaine(s) : - commerce
français
anglais
accusé de réception n. m.
acknowledgement of receipt
Définition :
Avis que l\'expéditeur reçoit d\'une autre personne pour l\'informer que la chose qu\'il lui a envoyée s\'est rendue à destination
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Note added at 1 hr 20 mins (2003-10-09 21:07:53 GMT)
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291 google hits for \"registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt\". I dont see why it matters what the ultraspecific US or UK version since the system doesn\'t correspond exactly anyway. The important thing is to be in clearly comprehensible international English.
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Note added at 1 hr 21 mins (2003-10-09 21:09:02 GMT)
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It is \"Lettre Recommandée\", though, not \"Registrée\" (mea culpa)
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
pascie
: no need to specify as registered letter involves by itself the receipt acknowlegement
9 mins
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| agree |
Abdellatif Bouhid
: (recommendée avec accusé de réception)
22 mins
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| neutral |
lenkl
: according to Google, this is what they say in Italy and Hungary at least
41 mins
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| agree |
sarahl (X)
: I thought it was return receipt? and we say recommande
47 mins
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| neutral |
Tony M
: Regarding your 1st note: of course, it MAY not be important; but surely if standard terms exist that are materially equivalent, it is worth using them, AS LONG AS they will be comprehensible for the intended readership
3 days 32 mins
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You misunderstood: I'm saying 1) there is no one standard term for the US and the UK; 2) using either specific term would not be generally comprehensible; 3) the systems don't correspond exactly anyway; 4) the literal translation here is clearest and best
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