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Armoires

English translation: Coat of Arms

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French term or phrase:Armoiries
English translation:Coat of Arms
Entered by: Gary Raymond Bokobza

09:15 Mar 12, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
French term or phrase: Armoires
Iranian marriage certificate:

Traduction officielle du texte Persan
Armoires de la R.I. d'Iran
République Islamique d'Iran
Ministère de Justice
Organisation Iranienne d'enregistrement des actes et propriétés...
Gary Raymond Bokobza
Spain
Local time: 02:15
Coat of Arms
Explanation:
Heraldry

It should be "Armoiries" in French
Selected response from:

Florence Bremond
France
Local time: 02:15
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +7Coat of Arms
Florence Bremond
4 +2shield
sarahl (X)
4 +2Coat of Arms
John Peterson
3 -1seal
Martha Melter


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
shield


Explanation:
typo : c'est armoiries

sarahl (X)
Local time: 17:15
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 58

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bourth (X): Coat of arms. Would make sense, unless it's a funny translation of "archives, records office", though that appears to be covered by "org. d'enregistrement ..."
3 mins
  -> thanks, Alex
agree  Scott Horne (X)
5 hrs
  -> thanks, Scott
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Coat of Arms


Explanation:
Heraldry

It should be "Armoiries" in French

Florence Bremond
France
Local time: 02:15
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bourth (X): Can but ...
3 mins
  -> It might be a description of a drawing on the original Iranian document, I think
agree  zaphod
21 mins
  -> thanks Zaphod
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
4 hrs
agree  Scott Horne (X)
5 hrs
agree  Azure
6 hrs
  -> thanks to all
agree  Hacene: spot on
7 hrs
agree  Shog Imas
15 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Coat of Arms


Explanation:
Though you might try seal (sceau) if the coat of arms is some sort of sign of authentification.

John Peterson
Local time: 01:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bourth (X): Can but ...
2 mins
neutral  Florence Bremond: I agree with Coat of Arms of course, but I have doubts about the seal, because it seems to me that this is the header (a printed drawing, in fact, I would say), the seal is usually added at the bottom - though I'm not aware of Iranian practices.
18 mins
  -> Agree, but thought it might be worth taking a bit of a wild guess given the context.
agree  Scott Horne (X)
5 hrs
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
seal


Explanation:
If it's an official certificate it must be seal

Martha Melter
France
Local time: 02:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Scott Horne (X): no
5 hrs
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