concepción

English translation: decision

18:06 Jan 14, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Birth certificate
Spanish term or phrase: concepción
In the left margin of a birth certificate from Spain:
La inscrita en esta acta, XXX XXX, ha sido emancipado. Se practica este asiento en virtud de concepción de los padres, titulares de la patria potestad, según acta realizada en el Juzgado....
spanruss
United States
Local time: 00:15
English translation:decision
Explanation:
It's a marginal note. My impression is that the girl has been emancipated with the permission of her parents and not by a court resolution. Obviously, she's under age but capable of looking after herself. My reasoning is that "concepción" does not refer to the fact of conceiving the child, but to conceiving the idea.

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Note added at 1 day51 mins (2008-01-15 18:58:00 GMT)
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Authorisation or permission would perhaps be more to the point. The girl probably asked to be emancipated, not her parents. The thing is to convey the meaning because legalese can be rather archaic.
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Sheilann
Spain
Local time: 06:15
Grading comment
Yes, very tough to render. But this is a "birth" certificate, not a "conception" certificate, and there is no conceivable (pardon the pun) reason why biological "conception" would be a focus of the legal proceedings involved. Thx, Sheilann
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María Amuchástegui
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Sheilann


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conception


Explanation:
sólo que no estoy segura de que si se debe seguir la misma línea (el mismo palabrerío). yo no lo haría.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-01-14 19:16:28 GMT)
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the process of a sperm and an egg joining and causing a baby to start to form (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dict.)

María Amuchástegui
Argentina
Local time: 02:15
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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agree  nigthgirl
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decision


Explanation:
It's a marginal note. My impression is that the girl has been emancipated with the permission of her parents and not by a court resolution. Obviously, she's under age but capable of looking after herself. My reasoning is that "concepción" does not refer to the fact of conceiving the child, but to conceiving the idea.

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Note added at 1 day51 mins (2008-01-15 18:58:00 GMT)
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Authorisation or permission would perhaps be more to the point. The girl probably asked to be emancipated, not her parents. The thing is to convey the meaning because legalese can be rather archaic.

Sheilann
Spain
Local time: 06:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 146
Grading comment
Yes, very tough to render. But this is a "birth" certificate, not a "conception" certificate, and there is no conceivable (pardon the pun) reason why biological "conception" would be a focus of the legal proceedings involved. Thx, Sheilann
Notes to answerer
Asker: That is what I was thinking.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: Yes, "conception" in its usual meaning seems very odd as part of a note on a birth certificate - but we need more context from the asker
9 hrs
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