reconnaître (un enfant)

English translation: legally recognize

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French term or phrase:	reconnaître (un enfant)
English translation:	legally recognize
Entered by:	suezen

12:12 Apr 24, 2005

French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs / birth certificate

French term or phrase: reconnaître (un enfant)

This has come up before in Kudoz and the translation suggested was "officially acknowledge parenthood". In the case before me, the phrase appears on a French birth certificate issued by an ambassador to French parents living in a foreign country, where their child was also born. But what I find strange is that the date given for this official acknowledgement is a month before the birth - has anyone ever come across this before?
I suppose the same translation can still be used, but it is not quite the same thing as registering the birth of a child at city hall (the latter happened when the parents and the ambassador jointly signed the birth certificate after the child's birth.) Many thanks.

Monica Sandor KudoZ activity Questions: 35 (none open) Answers: 75 Belgium
Local time: 18:16

legally recognize

Explanation:
an alternative to acknowledge

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Note added at 29 mins (2005-04-24 12:41:59 GMT)
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maybe these sites will help
pour reconnaître un enfant naturel ? Avant la naissance de
l\'enfant, s\'adresser à n\'importe quelle mairie. ...
www.pratique.fr/vieprat/fam/mater/daf0608.htm - 8k
avant la naissance de l\'enfant, si elle veut que son enfant porte son nom.
... Il ne faut pas confondre le fait de reconnaître un enfant et le droit ...
membres.lycos.fr/.../la-famille/la-mat-rnit-/ reconnaissance-d\'un-enfant-naturel.htm

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Vous pouvez reconnaître votre enfant avant sa naissance et même après ...à un des parents, l\'autre parent ne peut pas reconnaître l\'enfant au cas où ...
www.diplomatie.be/fr/services/ civilstatedetail.asp?TEXTID=731 - 34k - 22 avr 2005

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For the anecdote, when I wanted a fiche d\'etat familiale (no longer necessary) I was told that it was sure that my husband was the father of the our children but I was not legally recognised as the mother as I had never signed a paper stating maternity (we were not officially married in France at that point as we had not declared the marriage which took place in another country.) Papers, papers .....

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suezen
Local time: 18:16

Grading comment

Thanks, the sources were helpful to confirm that one can indeed do this before birth.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

2 +4

recognize

writeaway

3 +3

legally recognize

suezen

acknowledgment prior to birth

sarahl (X)

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

reconnaître (un enfant) recognize

Explanation:
a father recognizes the child as being his. if it's concerning both parents, don't know-how can a mother not 'recognize' a child as being hers?

writeaway
Works in field
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English
PRO pts in category: 47

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

reconnaître (un enfant)

legally recognize

suezen
Local time: 18:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 62

Grading comment

Thanks, the sources were helpful to confirm that one can indeed do this before birth.

9 hrs confidence:

reconnaître (un enfant) acknowledgment prior to birth

Explanation:
yes, the mother-to-be has this option if she's not married. you do this at your local mairie.

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Note added at 9 hrs 12 mins (2005-04-24 21:25:38 GMT)
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www.blerancourt.com/etat_civil.html

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Note added at 9 hrs 14 mins (2005-04-24 21:27:18 GMT)
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oops!
www.blerancourt.com/etat_civil.htm

sarahl (X)
Local time: 09:16
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 14

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