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Swedish term or phrase:
åldersbetyg
English translation:
Birth certificate
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Cristian Iscrulescu
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åldersbetyg
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Personal document
The title of a personal document - it looks very muck like a birth certificate. Norstedts Engelska Ordbok has it as 'hist., se personbevis'. Is it an obsolete form used for 'personbevis'?
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| 4 +1 | Birth certificate |
T-K Noranta
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| 4 | Proof of identity |
Mitch Hammarstrom
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| 4 -2 | proof of age card |
Terje Ostgaard
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Birth certificate
Synonyms.
Åldersbetyg is not exactly obsolete (my dictionary from -73 lists åldersbetyg but not personbevis).
Today, I think personbevis is generally used instead of åldersbetyg.
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Perhaps it is so in Norway. In Sweden, it is "a birth certificate, which is a document issued by the local registrar". There it is issued by the tax authorities, and you need an åldersbetyg/personbevis to prove your identity in order to get a card (ID-kort).
Stora svenska ordboken (Norsteds 1986): "intyg med uppgifter om viss persons namn, födelsetid och civilstånd m. m. ~ krävs bl. a. när man söker pass"
Åldersbetyg is not exactly obsolete (my dictionary from -73 lists åldersbetyg but not personbevis).
Today, I think personbevis is generally used instead of åldersbetyg.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-03-23 05:16:53 GMT)
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Perhaps it is so in Norway. In Sweden, it is "a birth certificate, which is a document issued by the local registrar". There it is issued by the tax authorities, and you need an åldersbetyg/personbevis to prove your identity in order to get a card (ID-kort).
Stora svenska ordboken (Norsteds 1986): "intyg med uppgifter om viss persons namn, födelsetid och civilstånd m. m. ~ krävs bl. a. när man söker pass"
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Terje Ostgaard
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proof of age card
There are lots of references on the Internet for this. It is not the same as a birth certificate, which is a document issued by the local registrar (usually A4 or A5 size paper). It is, in fact, a card.
Reference:
http://www.pass-scheme.org.uk/
http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/TendringDC/Leisure/ProofofAgeCardFAQ.htm
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Proof of identity
I live in the States and I've never even heard the term "Proof of Age Card" and "Birth Certificate" isn't the correct translation.
Example sentence:
Åldersbetyg krävs för att köpa snus.
Proof of identity is required to buy snuff.
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