Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
dott.
English translation:
Mrs Justice
Italian term
dott.
I am proofreading a lawsuit from Italian > English and have come across the term "dott." in the original Italian. Now, I know what this means, however this person is the presiding judge. The translator has it in English as "Mrs." but that just does not seem right to me at all.
I am thinking of putting down "Hon." or "Hon. Judge so and so"... am I wrong in thinking this way? Or is there some nuance I am not catching since in the original Italian there is no mention of "l'Onorevole" and thus I should just put down the presiding judge's name without any specific title?
Many thanks.
| 2 +1 | Mrs Justice |
Marco Solinas
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| 4 +1 | her worship |
Thomas Roberts
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Native in: English 
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Works in: Italian to English, French to English
Mrs Justice
| agree |
Giovanni Pizzati (X)
2 hrs
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| neutral |
writeaway
: that could make a few people smile
2 hrs
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Multilingual academic lawyer
Native in: English (Variant: Scottish) , Italian (Variants: Standard-Italy, Lombard, Calabrian (Calabrese))
Works in: Italian to English, German to English, French to English, and 3 more.
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