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English translation: to place on record, officially record, notarize, etc.


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French term or phrase:acter
English translation:to place on record, officially record, notarize, etc.
Entered by: Stephanie Mitchel
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01:48 Sep 13, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Management / construction management
French term or phrase: acter
OK, 1 fois pour toutes, what's the best way to render this one: to document, to certify, to enact? I don't want to use "take cognizance of" if I can avoid it, because in some situations human language is needed ;^).

Context: pleadings in a lawsuit between a hotel owner who was supposed to complete renovations, and the hotel operator who, after having sold its goodwill to the government of the country it was located in to comply with privatization laws, was forced to close up shop while the work dragged on and on and on. In this passage, background is being given.

Sentence: "[X] a adhéré au processus de privatisation de l'Hôtel et, pour le faciliter, accepté de céder son fonds de commerce à un prix symbolique, parce qu'il avait l'engagement de l'Etat que le repreneur aurait l'obligation de le maintenir sous gestion [X], ce qui a été ensuite acté entre [X] et [Y]."
Stephanie Mitchel
Local time: 02:59
notarized, written in a legal document
Explanation:
The agreement was registered in an "acte".

http://www.notaire.be/info/acheter/400_acte_generalites.htm
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Martine Brault
Canada
Local time: 03:59
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4 +3notarized, written in a legal document
Martine Brault
4officialisedxxxCMJ_Trans
4to act
Narasimhan Raghavan


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to act


Explanation:
Synonyme: prendre acte de
Terme qui semble issu du français communautaire des institutions bruxelloises du traité de Rome.
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Narasimhan Raghavan
Local time: 13:29
Native speaker of: Native in TamilTamil

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: but if you look up 'prendre acte de', the translation is 'to record' in this context. it never means 'to act'.
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notarized, written in a legal document


Explanation:
The agreement was registered in an "acte".

http://www.notaire.be/info/acheter/400_acte_generalites.htm


Martine Brault
Canada
Local time: 03:59
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: that's it. or 'officially recorded'. It's also on Eurodicatom (place on the record/minutes). I have answered this question several times-but can't remember if was for French or Dutch :-)
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agree  Anthony Chalkley
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agree  Adriana Adarve
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
officialised


Explanation:
one way out

xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 09:59
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