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documentary check

English translation: Checking documents

02:41 Jan 16, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Law/Patents - Finance (general)
English term or phrase: documentary check
Hello,

Would you explain the term "documentary check" in the following context, please?


"documentary check and assessment of conformity with the applicable regulations"

Checking of documents or checking and issuing relevant documents attesting the conformity? Which one?

Thak you
Yasin Koç
Local time: 02:07
Selected answer:Checking documents
Explanation:
I think here "documentary check and assessment of conformity with the applicable regulations" means "Checking and assessing relevant documents to see if they conform with applicable regulations".

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Julia Zou
China
Local time: 07:07
Grading comment
thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +5Checking documents
Julia Zou


  

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Checking documents


Explanation:
I think here "documentary check and assessment of conformity with the applicable regulations" means "Checking and assessing relevant documents to see if they conform with applicable regulations".



Julia Zou
China
Local time: 07:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Hollywood: tend to agree
1 hr
agree  Jack Doughty
3 hrs
agree  AllegroTrans
8 hrs
agree  Phong Le
10 hrs
agree  Editor James: Preferred: "reviewing and assessing...." Check(ing) is an idiomatic catchall for many things. In this sense it means "checking out."
11 hrs
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