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10:52 Jun 19, 2019 |
French to English translations [PRO] Law/Patents - Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs / Certificate of French Citizenship | |||||||
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on the basis of the following documents Explanation: This is what I have used in the past. It's not literal, but it factually describes what is going on: the list of supporting documents form the basis of the registrar's understanding and certification of the individual's nationality. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2019-06-19 11:58:46 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Although I think the more frequent formulation is "sur le vu des pièces suivantes"; and now I'm second-guessing whether I have used "on the basis of" for "visant" or "sur le vu de" or both... https://consultation.avocat.fr/userfiles/articles/38306-2018... http://cdn.jetaide.com/forum/download.php/344,58/cnf.jpg |
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stamping the following documents Explanation: https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/viser//1 |
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upon sight of the following documents; (otherwise) initial(l)ing... Explanation: - sighting as opposed to citing (visant et rappelant > as cited and quoted > see the web. ref.). upon sight of, unless used for "AU VU DES PIECES SUIVANTES" Although appears ambiguous for an action by the 'Service de la Nationalité', the locution would or could have been: 'ayant visé les pièces suivantes' - so changing the emphasis to initialling or countersigning (stamping or even indexing) - a potential ambiguity that seems to have thrown the answer in two different directions. Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/law-contracts/40... |
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