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sous pli recommandé

English translation: By Registered Mail; By Registered Delivery

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French term or phrase:sous pli recommandé
English translation:By Registered Mail; By Registered Delivery
Entered by: Rowan Morrell

03:51 May 17, 2003
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Law (general) / legal
French term or phrase: sous pli recommandé
Business law
Mrs Gita Madhu
By Registered Mail
Explanation:
"Pli" here means envelope or letter, but can be translated as "mail" in this context. "Recommandé" is "registered". Literally, it's "in a registered envelope", but to make sense in English, the correct phrasing would be "By Registered Mail".
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Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 05:27
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4 +14By Registered Mail
Rowan Morrell
5by registered delivery
maryta


  

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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +14
By Registered Mail


Explanation:
"Pli" here means envelope or letter, but can be translated as "mail" in this context. "Recommandé" is "registered". Literally, it's "in a registered envelope", but to make sense in English, the correct phrasing would be "By Registered Mail".

Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 05:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Florence Evans
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
by registered delivery


Explanation:
In UK, delivery is more accurate than mail

maryta
Local time: 18:27
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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