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Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs / birth certificate | | Japanese term or phrase: 作方（？）者 | It is a word entered in the category その他。 I cannot really read the middle character, because it's handwritten. It is katahen and then something on the right side, it could be 文. I'm not sure such a kanji exists.
Here's the whole sentence, which doesn't make any sense to me: 出生証明書の作方（?）者は、生まれた子の父である。 |
| | | 作成者 | Explanation:
Like your other question, it appears you have split one character into two by separate "hen" and "tsukuri".
Moreover, you mistakingly read 成's left part for 方.
To me, this sentence cannot be read no other than 出生証明書の***作成者***は、生まれた子の父である。
Yes handwriting text is very difficult to decipher. I am encountering similar problem all the time in similar type of documentl (mostly in PDF format).
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Note added at 25 mins (2010-08-01 23:19:15 GMT)
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Woops, this is J to E question. Then my English translation of your question is "author".
HTH
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Note added at 19 hrs (2010-08-02 18:51:33 GMT)
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Dear Christine, yes you are right. Father do not draft up b.c. As you know, under Japanese family registry 戸籍謄本 is the most important document under which all family memeber are documented for few generations. The father of newborn, acknowldge the child is sirred by him, and report that fact to city (or whatever) authority. The clerk recieve the report, and the data goes to 戸籍謄本 to be finaly acknowledged by the Mayor. This finalize the process.
Therefore unlike USA, no such thing as 出生証明書 do exist as formal document. Therefore I am under imprssion this 出生証明書 is created for some private deal, or for the purpose of documentation in foreign country. If so the father can be the author of the certificate. How such is formalized and become official document, I don't know. HTH |
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Local time: 17:20
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Explanation:
Like your other question, it appears you have split one character into two by separate "hen" and "tsukuri".
Moreover, you mistakingly read 成's left part for 方.
To me, this sentence cannot be read no other than 出生証明書の***作成者***は、生まれた子の父である。
Yes handwriting text is very difficult to decipher. I am encountering similar problem all the time in similar type of documentl (mostly in PDF format).
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Note added at 25 mins (2010-08-01 23:19:15 GMT)
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Woops, this is J to E question. Then my English translation of your question is "author".
HTH
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Note added at 19 hrs (2010-08-02 18:51:33 GMT)
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Dear Christine, yes you are right. Father do not draft up b.c. As you know, under Japanese family registry 戸籍謄本 is the most important document under which all family memeber are documented for few generations. The father of newborn, acknowldge the child is sirred by him, and report that fact to city (or whatever) authority. The clerk recieve the report, and the data goes to 戸籍謄本 to be finaly acknowledged by the Mayor. This finalize the process.
Therefore unlike USA, no such thing as 出生証明書 do exist as formal document. Therefore I am under imprssion this 出生証明書 is created for some private deal, or for the purpose of documentation in foreign country. If so the father can be the author of the certificate. How such is formalized and become official document, I don't know. HTH
| humbird
United States
Local time: 17:20
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Native speaker of:  Japanese, English
PRO pts in category: 12
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Asker: Thank you humbird and Rod, but does it make sense that a father draws up the birth certificate for his child? Mustn't it be done by some kind of authority?
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