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Maison de Justice

English translation: Court House

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21:02 Nov 17, 2009

French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Law (general)

French term or phrase: Maison de Justice

Hi

I was wondering if I should translate "Maison de Justice"? There is not much context - it features in the name of a government department which is invitings calls for tender for a contract (Direction générale des maisons de Justice)

Thanks

Lucy Collins KudoZ activity Questions: 333 (9 open) (16 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 03:49

English translation:Court House

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Ahmed Alami
Local time: 03:49

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4 +2

community justice center

philgoddard

1 +3

Court House

Ahmed Alami

Summary of reference entries provided

Maison de Justice (Belgium)

Nina Iordache

Discussion entries: 1

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9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Court House

Explanation:
suggestion

Ahmed Alami
Local time: 03:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12

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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

27 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

community justice center

Explanation:
I got this translation from IATE. If I've understood it correctly, it's a local alternative to a courthouse - legal officials work there, you can go there for legal advice, and it also offers arbitration services.

philgoddard
Local time: 21:49
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 94

Reference comments

11 hrs

Reference: Maison de Justice (Belgium)

Reference information:
It may a little more complicated and specific to Belgium:

http://www.just.fgov.be/index_fr.htm

My impression is the IATE refers to the French System.

I would keep it as such and explain it. There is no translation or English version of Maison de Justice (at SPF Justice - Belgium) or I have not found it yet. I mean an official translation of the term. Perhaps House of Justice or House of Law...

Nina Iordache
Romania
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Romanian
PRO pts in category: 16

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