This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. French to English
  3. Real Estate

acte authentique de réalisation

English translation: notarized deed of sale

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:acte authentique de réalisation
English translation:notarized deed of sale
Entered by: Stephanie Mitchel

01:22 Aug 3, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Real Estate / Forms and contracts
French term or phrase: acte authentique de réalisation
From a buy/sell agreement in Guadeloupe, referenced as follows:
"transfert de propriété et l’entrée en jouissance auront lieu le jour de la signature de l’acte authentique de réalisation"
The official deed of completion/fulfillment/performance? Not sure in this specific context. Help?
Stephanie Mitchel
United States
Local time: 19:17
notarized deed of sale
Explanation:
As long as this transaction is being performed by a 'notaire', of course!

In mainland France, and I think it applies to DOM/TOM too, an 'acte authentique' is a 'notarized deed'

Although 'réalisation' could be translated otherwise, I think that 'deed of sale' is a more appropriate, and explicit, way, as one would expect to find the term in equivalent EN legalese.


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 day8 hrs (2006-08-04 09:25:30 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

In answer to Uma's interesting point:

I have been working closely with the notaires' profession, and these very documents, for some years now; it has been explained to me that 'notarial' simply means it is a document drawn up by a notaire (it is merely the adjective corresponding to notaire / notary), as distinct, for example, from a 'sous seing privé'; whereas 'notarized' means specifically 'made legal by being stamped, signed and sealed by the notary' — even OED makes this distinction.

HOWEVER, it is true that there seems to be a lot of confusion about these terms, and there is no doubt that even the professionals get it wrong at times.

You have to be a little careful and take some of the web references you find with a generous pinch of salt; a vast number of them come from non-legal professionals writing on French sites, or EN sites about FR property, and they are notorious for woolly and 'empirical' use of language.

There are even some that, although they *appear* to list 'acte authentique' and 'notarial deed' together, when you look deeper into them, it turns out they are actually making a distinction between the 2 terms.

One might consider, flippantly, that a shopping list could be 'notarial' if it happened to have been written by the notaire; but it would never be 'notarized'

I can't claim that this is an authoritative statement, but all I can say is that these are my own guidlines for usage, based on 10+ years experience working with these documents, and having had it explained to me face-to-face by more than one notaire.
Selected response from:

Tony M
France
Local time: 01:17
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3notarized deed of sale
Tony M
5legal document of execution
narasimha (X)
4notarial deed /authenticated deed
Uma Hariharan


  

Answers


2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
legal document of execution


Explanation:
l'acte authentic de realisation means the legal document of execution, as it refers here to property transfer.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs (2006-08-03 03:46:23 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

The complete sentence can be translated as follows : Transfer of property and entry of holding will be the day of signing the legal document of excution.

narasimha (X)
India
Local time: 04:47
Native speaker of: English
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
notarial deed /authenticated deed


Explanation:
for acte authentique - notarial deed. For "de realisation" you could use "of execution" or keeping execution implicit, you can use "of sale"

Edubourse.com - Acte authentique (notarial deed) - [ Translate this page ]Acte conclu entre deux ou plusieurs personnes avec la présence d'un notaire ou d'un autre officier ministériel. L'absence de ce dernier transformerait ...
www.edubourse.com/guide/lexique.php?Terme=660 - 59k - Cached - Similar pages


IMMOsud ariège mirepoix, agence immobilière ariege, immobilier ...ACTE AUTHENTIQUE (Notarial deed):. Document signed by both parties makink you the new owner. Time limit between the agreement and the final act goes from ...
www.immo-sud.com/help2.htm - 23k - Cached - Similar pages


acte - Dictionnaire Français-Anglais WordReference.com - [ Translate this page ]acte authentique, authenticated deed. acte à titre gratuit, gratuitous act ... acte notarié, notarial deed. acte notarié, notarial act ...
www.wordreference.com/fren/acte - 17k - Cached - Similar pages


deed - English-French Dictionary - WordReference.comauthenticated deed, acte authentique. deed of trust, acte de fiducie ... notarial deed, acte notarié. quitclaim deed, acte de renonciation ...
www.wordreference.com/enfr/deed - 12k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from www.wordreference.com ]

French property dictionary » Kay Dream HomesPURCHASER. ACTE AUTHENTIQUE…NOTARIAL DEED. ACTE DE VENTE…CONVEYANCE DEED. ADOUCISSEUR … WATER SOFTENER. AGENT IMMOBILIER…FRENCH REAL ESTATE AGENT ...
www.kaydreamhomes.com.fr/Dictionary.asp - 125k - Cached - Similar pages

DIGIGREFFE.COM - [ Translate this page ]acte authentique : document drawn up by a notary, lawyer or public official; notarial deed. - copie authentique : authentic copy ...
www.digigreffe.com/Dev2Go.web?Anchor=glossaire_a&rnd=18 - 84k - Cached - Similar pages

Recharacterizing the transfer of receivables - International Tax ...... of receivables were not accomplished (notice served by a special legal officer to the debtor or acceptance by the debtor in an authenticated deed). ...
www.internationaltaxreview.com/?Page=10&PUBID=35&ISS=12612&... - 33k - Cached - Similar pages


Judicial Committee Judgement... virtue of Article 717, both gift and acceptance had to be in the form of a notarially authenticated deed. But the donees had never executed such a deed. ...
www.hrothgar.co.uk/WebCases/pc/reports/00/50.htm - 14k - Cached - Similar pages


Antibes 06 Alpes Maritimes PACAThese deadlines are presented as an indication and cannot be cumulated . We expect the authenticated deed to be signed within an average waiting period of 3 ...
www.espargilliere.com/savoir1.htm?lang=en - 25k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages


ANME (www.anme.org)The first is the public deed, followed by the authenticated deed under private ... The deed is then termed an authenticated deed under private writing ...
anme.org/content.php?lang=en&legis=it&theme=33&chap=159&numart=3 - 5k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages


deed - English-French Dictionary - WordReference.comauthenticated deed, acte authentique. deed of trust, acte de fiducie. deed of trust, contrat fiduciaire. deed poll, acte unilatéral ...
www.wordreference.com/enfr/deed - 12k - Cached - Similar pages





Uma Hariharan
Local time: 04:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ben Gaia: Nice research
2 hrs
  -> thanks
disagree  Tony M: 'notarial' does not have quite the same legal meaning as 'notarized' and 'authentic' is a faux ami in this particular context
2 hrs
  -> Would you please be kind enough to tell me the difference. My understanding is notarial deed is drawn and executed by a notary and the notarized deed is authenticated/validated by the notary (certified). why faux ami here?
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
notarized deed of sale


Explanation:
As long as this transaction is being performed by a 'notaire', of course!

In mainland France, and I think it applies to DOM/TOM too, an 'acte authentique' is a 'notarized deed'

Although 'réalisation' could be translated otherwise, I think that 'deed of sale' is a more appropriate, and explicit, way, as one would expect to find the term in equivalent EN legalese.


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 day8 hrs (2006-08-04 09:25:30 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

In answer to Uma's interesting point:

I have been working closely with the notaires' profession, and these very documents, for some years now; it has been explained to me that 'notarial' simply means it is a document drawn up by a notaire (it is merely the adjective corresponding to notaire / notary), as distinct, for example, from a 'sous seing privé'; whereas 'notarized' means specifically 'made legal by being stamped, signed and sealed by the notary' — even OED makes this distinction.

HOWEVER, it is true that there seems to be a lot of confusion about these terms, and there is no doubt that even the professionals get it wrong at times.

You have to be a little careful and take some of the web references you find with a generous pinch of salt; a vast number of them come from non-legal professionals writing on French sites, or EN sites about FR property, and they are notorious for woolly and 'empirical' use of language.

There are even some that, although they *appear* to list 'acte authentique' and 'notarial deed' together, when you look deeper into them, it turns out they are actually making a distinction between the 2 terms.

One might consider, flippantly, that a shopping list could be 'notarial' if it happened to have been written by the notaire; but it would never be 'notarized'

I can't claim that this is an authoritative statement, but all I can say is that these are my own guidlines for usage, based on 10+ years experience working with these documents, and having had it explained to me face-to-face by more than one notaire.

Tony M
France
Local time: 01:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 365

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paul Hirsh
56 mins
  -> Thanks, M/M!
agree  LJC (X)
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lesley!
agree  writeaway: ok, saw one ref of the 3 on Google that mentioned 'réalisation de vente'. but saw in legal dico, in completely different contexts, that réalisation can mean sale./why are we doing all the research?
15 hrs
  -> Thanks, W/A! But we already know it IS a sale, so it is really 'réalisation de la vente'; 'completion' is a bit of a risk word to use, since people tend to misunderstand it; the act taking place is completion OK, but the Deed signed is a Deed of Sale
neutral  Uma Hariharan: I find more references for acte authentique being notarial deed than notarized deed. Please explain the difference.
1 day 1 hr
  -> Thanks, Uma! Please see note that I'm about to add above
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search