Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

hacer juego

English translation:

follow

Added to glossary by Myriam Garcia Bernabe
Sep 7, 2010 23:39
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term

hacer juego

Spanish to English Law/Patents Transport / Transportation / Shipping Court ruling
...apreciación inservible conforme al citado artículo
217 -1 de la Ley Enjuiciamiento Civil para resolver el litigio, pues repárese que tampoco HACE JUEGO siquiera de la vía de las presunciones.

Any help appreciated
TIA
MGB
Proposed translations (English)
4 follow
3 +2 match/fit

Discussion

Myriam Garcia Bernabe (asker) Sep 8, 2010:
Addendum The origin is Spain. And I don't seem to find a formal meaning of the expression...
Jairo Payan Sep 8, 2010:
Sería interesante saber el país de origen aunque la respuesta de Steven podría ser uno no sabe si podría tratarse de algún lenguaje especial de orden jurídico

Proposed translations

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follow

From this short glimpse of the source text and the earlier post, I suspect this document will be full of bombastic redundancies and unwieldy forms typical of obscurantist legalese.

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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-09-08 15:29:27 GMT)
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follow: come as a logical consequence; follow logically; "It follows that your assertion is false"; "take a certain course; "follow the rules";
= comply: act in accordance with rules, commands ; etc...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Indeed it was very bombastic... many thanks!"
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match/fit

This is a rather informal usage, but I think it fits.

"que tampoco HACE JUEGO siquiera"
...neither does it match, even...
...neither does it fit, even...
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agree Natalia Pedrosa (X)
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agree David Hollywood
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Thank you, David!
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