acte d'état civil

English translation: vital record

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French term or phrase:	acte d'état civil
English translation:	vital record
Entered by:	Conor McAuley

16:54 Mar 11, 2005

French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: acte d'état civil

= birth cert? Or does it mean more than that? Death certs, marriage certs, etc?

Conor McAuley KudoZ activity Questions: 1264 (none open) (122 closed without grading) Answers: 2485 France
Local time: 08:51

vital record

Explanation:
Just to toss my hat in, seeing as "etat civil" (pardon the missing accent) is normally the Vital Records/Registry/Vital Statistics Office, it stands to reason that an "acte d'etat civil" would be vital record (which would include birth, death, marriage, etc). Good luck!

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Lindsay Sabadosa (X)
United States
Local time: 02:51

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Summary of answers provided

3 +4

vital record

Lindsay Sabadosa (X)

5 +1

certificate of birth/marriage/death

Calou

acts/reports of civil status

Francis MARC

civil record

Leonid Gornik

Answers

2 mins confidence:

acte d'état civil acts/reports of civil status

Explanation:
Ce qui est obligatoire (naissance, mariage/ndécès)

Termium:
Domaine(s)
– Civil Law
– Legal Documents
– Family Law
Domaine(s)
– Droit civil
– Documents juridiques
– Droit de la famille
Domaine(s)
– Derecho Civil
– Documentos jurídicos
– Derecho de Familia
acts of civil status Source
CORRECT, PLUR, QUÉBEC

actes de l'état civil Source
CORRECT, MASC, PLUR, QUÉBEC

actas del estado civil Source
CORRECT, FÉM, PLUR

CONT – acts of civil status: the only
acts of civil status are acts of birth,
acts of marriage and acts of death.
They contain only what is required
by law, and are authentic. Source

OBS – acts of civil status:
Expression and context reproduced
from section 107 of the Civil code of
Québec. Note that the last update of
the C.c.Q. dates from January 1,
2000. Source

CONT – actes de l'état civil: Les
seuls actes de l'état civil sont les
actes de naissance, de mariage et
de décès. Ils ne contiennent que ce
qui est exigé par la loi; ils sont
authentiques.

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 09:51
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 228

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

acte d'état civil certificate of birth/marriage/death

Explanation:
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Calou
Local time: 08:51
Native speaker of:

French

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

acte d'état civil

vital record

Lindsay Sabadosa (X)
United States
Local time: 02:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

Grading comment

Thanks to all.

1 hr confidence:

acte d'état civil civil record

Explanation:
You may also say "civil status record"

Reference: http://www.usatrace.com/civilrecords.html

Leonid Gornik
United States
Local time: 23:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian

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