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prestanoms

English translation: intermediary who takes responsibility for signing a legal document on behalf of someome prevented from doing so by nationality p

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Catalan term or phrase:prestanoms
English translation:intermediary who takes responsibility for signing a legal document on behalf of someome prevented from doing so by nationality p
Entered by: Berni Armstrong

11:33 Dec 23, 2001
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial
Catalan term or phrase: prestanoms
seems to imply some kind of franchising.. or name lending ???
"Andorra en tant que mercat, en tant que punt de venda o de domicili exerceix un gran atractiu, tant per als particulars com per a les empreses. Els motius són a la vegada fiscals i econòmics, és a dir la recerca de l'augment de la xifra de negoci. Malgrat els instruments de protecció que existeixen en la legislació andorrana, les empreses estrangeres s'instal·len en el territori utilitzant tant les estructures d'empreses en cascada com el sistema del prestanoms."
Berni Armstrong
Spain
Local time: 03:44
intermediari andorrà.
Explanation:
What you have in Andorra is that you are only allowed to own a shop (for instance) if you are from andorra. Since it's very hard to get the Nacionality, there's only a few of them, so what they do is they can actually make a life out of their nacionality. So if you want to open a shop, you have to find one of these people who'll sing the contract for you (previous payment, of course). that person, is a PRESTANOMS, because he/she is basically lending you his/her name (prestar=lend).

Hope this brings some light.

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Noony
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Thank you Noony!

Intermediary was just the word I was looking for. I'll add a note based on your comments. Thanks!
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5well..
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
5intermediari andorrà.
Noony


  

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well..


Explanation:
Hi Berni, it's someone SIGNING obbligations or contracts instead of someone who is not allowed to or financially can't. I haven't found the economical equivalent, but in journalism it is "prison editor", signing articles instead of the author, for example.

Hope it helped a bit...

Flavio


    European Commission
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
Switzerland
Local time: 03:44
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 69
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intermediari andorrà.


Explanation:
What you have in Andorra is that you are only allowed to own a shop (for instance) if you are from andorra. Since it's very hard to get the Nacionality, there's only a few of them, so what they do is they can actually make a life out of their nacionality. So if you want to open a shop, you have to find one of these people who'll sing the contract for you (previous payment, of course). that person, is a PRESTANOMS, because he/she is basically lending you his/her name (prestar=lend).

Hope this brings some light.



Noony
PRO pts in pair: 8
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Thank you Noony!

Intermediary was just the word I was looking for. I'll add a note based on your comments. Thanks!
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