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procès-verbal

English translation: written statement

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French term or phrase:procès-verbal
English translation:written statement
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09:52 Nov 22, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
French term or phrase: procès-verbal
un procès-verbal, communément appelé "PV", est un acte juridique écrit qui retranscrit des constatations, des déclarations ou une ...
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Iraq
Local time: 20:12
statement
Explanation:
if you are describing the French system it would be advisible to retain the French terms

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-11-22 10:03:53 GMT)
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Statement
3. a. A formal written or oral account, setting down facts, an argument, a demand, etc.; esp. an account of events made to the police or in a court of law. L18.

J. Colville
The P.M. made a statement in the House.

Guardian
Yasser Arafat..addressed a message disowning the PLO statement.

J. Wainwright
You..telephoned the police, then made this statement to a Detective Sergeant.

Source: OED
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Graham macLachlan
Local time: 20:12
Grading comment
I went with written statement ,thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4statement
Graham macLachlan
4 +1records, minutes (summary of what was said at proceedings)
Ellen Kraus
5Official report
Karine Gentil
3written statement
Jenny w
3report
Assimina Vavoula
Summary of reference entries provided
Wikipedia definitions
Stephen Chalk

Discussion entries: 1





  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
statement


Explanation:
if you are describing the French system it would be advisible to retain the French terms

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-11-22 10:03:53 GMT)
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Statement
3. a. A formal written or oral account, setting down facts, an argument, a demand, etc.; esp. an account of events made to the police or in a court of law. L18.

J. Colville
The P.M. made a statement in the House.

Guardian
Yasser Arafat..addressed a message disowning the PLO statement.

J. Wainwright
You..telephoned the police, then made this statement to a Detective Sergeant.

Source: OED

Graham macLachlan
Local time: 20:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 298
Grading comment
I went with written statement ,thanks
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes çela va sans dire; thanks Graham


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch
54 mins
  -> thanks
agree  Rimas Balsys
4 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
5 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  Laura Christensen
11 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
written statement


Explanation:
a suggestion

Jenny w
France
Local time: 20:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
records, minutes (summary of what was said at proceedings)


Explanation:
redacteur d´un procès verbal est <the minutes taker<, qui dresse ou établie un procès-verbal

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Note added at 21 Min. (2008-11-22 10:14:00 GMT)
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in addition, it may just as well be the written summary of what the offender said when being interrogated by the police

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 20:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 126

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Etienne Muylle Wallace: record is more fin the case of a meeting.
5 mins
  -> merci !
neutral  B D Finch: Not appropriate in this context: "minutes" are of meetings, "records" is too general.
52 mins
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
report


Explanation:
... too.

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Note added at 39 mins (2008-11-22 10:31:18 GMT)
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record(s) also...

Assimina Vavoula
Greece
Local time: 21:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 48
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Official report


Explanation:
This can also be an official statement. You have to make sure that the word official is in there

Karine Gentil
United States
Local time: 14:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 43
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Reference comments


41 mins
Reference: Wikipedia definitions

Reference information:
These definitions are clear enough.

It depends on the context of course as the term is very broad

Article needs updating...


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proc%C3%A8s-verbal
Stephen Chalk
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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