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cortes generales

English translation: Parliament


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Spanish term or phrase:Cortes Generales
English translation:Parliament
Entered by: AnneM
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16:28 Feb 6, 2002
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Government / Politics / government
Spanish term or phrase: cortes generales
Context:
En julio del 1999 las Cortes Generales aprobaron una modificación de la ley...
Thank you
AnneM
Local time: 22:46
Parliament
Explanation:
It doesn't say whether it's Congress or Senate, Lords or Commons, or any other rank. Parliament seems more general.
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Sheilann
Spain
Grading comment
Thank you Sheila and everybody else for clarifying my doubt. I haven't been able to access Jafroome's links but from what I can see 'General Courts' tends to be used for courts of law or in texts which have been translated to refer to parliament systems in different countries. The context I had was very general and it was not necessary to describe the functioning of the system as such.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1ParliamentVince Medlock
4ParliamentSheilann
4General Courtsjafroome


  

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
General Courts


Explanation:
simply as above - from experience

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Note added at 2002-02-06 17:22:30 (GMT)
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please see this link:
www.dom.se/dom/DVhemsida/English/gcourts.htm

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Note added at 2002-02-06 17:24:15 (GMT)
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or this one:
www.sci.or.ir/english/sel/lif13.htm

jafroome
Local time: 21:46
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Parliament


Explanation:
It doesn't say whether it's Congress or Senate, Lords or Commons, or any other rank. Parliament seems more general.

Sheilann
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you Sheila and everybody else for clarifying my doubt. I haven't been able to access Jafroome's links but from what I can see 'General Courts' tends to be used for courts of law or in texts which have been translated to refer to parliament systems in different countries. The context I had was very general and it was not necessary to describe the functioning of the system as such.
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Parliament


Explanation:
In July, 1999, Parliament approved a change in the law...

See Eurodicautom

Vince Medlock
United States
Local time: 15:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Parrot: In Spain it's both the Senate and the Congress in session.
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