Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
la comparante
English translation:
the applicant
Added to glossary by
B D Finch
Nov 8, 2017 18:06
6 yrs ago
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French term
la comparante
French to English
Law/Patents
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
At the end of a certificate that states that X was granted Belgian nationality last year in Country X, and has now required of the Registrar in Brussels that he transcribe her certificate into the register of nationalities, which he duly did. So is she the appearer (only justification in my eyes: within the text, X "a comparu devant = appeared before" the Registrar) / the claimant / the petitioner / the party / something else? It's written above where the said comparante signs her name.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +4 | the applicant |
B D Finch
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| 4 +2 | the appearer |
Katarina Peters
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| 3 +1 | the appearing party |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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References
| We've had this several times before. |
philgoddard
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Proposed translations
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13 mins
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the applicant
Not a direct translation, but I think that's what she is.
Peer comment(s):
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AllegroTrans
: Yes, one often has to apply a degree of lateral thinking when translating this kind of text
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Thanks AT
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Jennifer Levey
: Good plain English conveying "meaning in context" and not mere words.
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Thanks Robin
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writeaway
: but she's not the applicant here. She has been granted citizenship and now she's just appearing. /she's appearing before the registrar for this purpose. she's not applying for anything
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She's applying for the Registrar to transcribe her certificate, not applying for citizenship. Not much point just turning up and being looked at.//She's opening her mouth and saying "please put this in the register"; that's an application.
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Applicant is good for a number of legal contexts and comes in very handy for adminstrative matters too.
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Thanks Nikki
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Thanks Gallagy
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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14 mins
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
the appearing party
Appearing before the Registrar/at the Registrar's office.
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/comparants-legal.614...
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/comparants-legal.614...
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42 mins
Katarina Peters
Canada
Canada
Native in English
Works in field
Canada
Accuracy and A1 presentation
Native in: Hungarian , English (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Hungarian to English, and 13 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
the appearer
:)
Peer comment(s):
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Jennifer White
: This is correct. Lots of refs for this in this context. also eg: https://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/law_general/159...
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Thanks, Jennifer.
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writeaway
: https://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/law_general/159...
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Thanks, writeaway.
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Reference comments
15 mins
philgoddard
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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53
Reference:
We've had this several times before.
It means declarant.
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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writeaway
: it's not exactly unusual terminology in such docs. It's been asked any number of times and can be found on the www too. however I'm not sure the translation in your ref applies to this particular case
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Shabelula
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mchd
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