Sep 15, 2006 14:48
18 yrs ago
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French term
La législation ne concerne que la seule signature à l'exclusion du contenu de ce
French to English
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Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
phrase for official Moroccan government stamp
It wouldn't let me put the whole sentence up there, so here you go:
"La législation ne concerne que la seule signature à l'exclusion du contenu de ce document."
I simply can't think of a way to make this sound nice in English.
Thank you.
"La législation ne concerne que la seule signature à l'exclusion du contenu de ce document."
I simply can't think of a way to make this sound nice in English.
Thank you.
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Ian Davies
Australia
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The lesgislation only applies to the signature and not the document content
just a suggestion
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Note added at 13 hrs (2006-09-16 04:25:46 GMT)
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that should of course be ***legislation ***
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Note added at 13 hrs (2006-09-16 04:25:46 GMT)
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that should of course be ***legislation ***
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Comment: "Thank you.
And I like "only applies." I think people are more likely to say that."
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Céline Débiton
France
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The legislation only refers to the signature itself, except the content of this document.
Idée...
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a05
: or applies
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YES ! "applies" ! This is better... Thanks !
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Martin Cassell
: perhaps "excluding the content ..."
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thanks !
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Gina W
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thanks
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chinesetrans
: excluding is a good word
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thanks
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Richard Benham
: This is just not idiomatic English.
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ok, thanks !
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The legislation concerns/affects only the signature, to the exclusion of the document's content
Bon travail!
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Note added at 21 hrs (2006-09-16 11:52:49 GMT)
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Traditional Marriage: One Man and One Woman to the Exclusion of All Others. A submission by L. Owen Giebelhaus. Member of Calvary Evangelical Lutheran ...
www.elcic.ca/docs/2005/giebelhaus.pdf
Idiom: to the exclusion of someone or something
So as to leave out or make no time or room for them or it.
http://www.allwords.com/word-to the exclusion of someone.htm...
... preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else (abstractedness);
www.rikai.com/wordmap/abstraction#n%6
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Note added at 21 hrs (2006-09-16 11:52:49 GMT)
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Traditional Marriage: One Man and One Woman to the Exclusion of All Others. A submission by L. Owen Giebelhaus. Member of Calvary Evangelical Lutheran ...
www.elcic.ca/docs/2005/giebelhaus.pdf
Idiom: to the exclusion of someone or something
So as to leave out or make no time or room for them or it.
http://www.allwords.com/word-to the exclusion of someone.htm...
... preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else (abstractedness);
www.rikai.com/wordmap/abstraction#n%6
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Richard Benham
: Not idiomatic English.//"To the exclusion of" is not idiomatic in this sense. It is OK in the sense of "so as to exclude".
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What part of the sentences is not idiomatic?
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