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neant au casier

English translation: no criminal record

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French term or phrase:néant au casier
English translation:no criminal record
Entered by: Sarah Walls

00:16 Jan 9, 2003
French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: neant au casier
In a criminal records extract. I realise this means nothing on the record, but am wondering if there is a standard UK English expression for it. "No convictions recorded" ?
Sarah Walls
Australia
Local time: 09:43
no criminal record
Explanation:
Or (if the context is somewhat informal), "no record". "No priors" isn't, as far as I know, current in Britain or other English-speaking countries besides the U.S.
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Patrick Murphy
Local time: 18:43
Grading comment
Thanks, I think this fits the context best. Thanks to all for suggestions.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3No prior convictions, commonly known as, no priors in police parlance
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
4 +2no criminal record
Patrick Murphy


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
No prior convictions, commonly known as, no priors in police parlance


Explanation:
:)

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 8576

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Linda Young (X)
24 mins
agree  Louise Dupont (X)
3 hrs
agree  Arthur Borges: PERFECT.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
no criminal record


Explanation:
Or (if the context is somewhat informal), "no record". "No priors" isn't, as far as I know, current in Britain or other English-speaking countries besides the U.S.

Patrick Murphy
Local time: 18:43
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 16
Grading comment
Thanks, I think this fits the context best. Thanks to all for suggestions.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Louise Dupont (X)
25 mins
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: yes, this is one of those funny ones. In the UK if you have a criminla record, it means there is something on it. In France, everyone has one - which does not mean there is anything on it!
6 hrs
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