Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
"N" "N" (Mexico)
English translation:
Names Unknown: John Doe / Mary Doe
Added to glossary by
Elena Sgarbo (X)
Feb 11, 2003 20:25
21 yrs ago
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Spanish term
"N" "N" (Mexico)
Spanish to English
Law/Patents
Context: A police report refers to Maria "N" "N" and Juan "N" "N"... Does this simply mean their last names are unknown? (I've never seen this before.)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | Yes, Names Unknown: John Doe / Mary Doe |
Elena Sgarbo (X)
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| 5 | No Name |
mónica alfonso
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| 4 | NN |
Edith Kelly
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Proposed translations
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Selected
Yes, Names Unknown: John Doe / Mary Doe
The last name "Doe" is the equivalent of "NN" in Spanish.
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Elena
Suerte
Elena
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mónica alfonso
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No Name
In reality, though it is used in Spanish as is, it comes from this English phrase. Unfortunately, in Argentina we are very familiar with this acronym...
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Note added at 2003-02-11 21:02:39 (GMT)
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So, I guess you can use it all the same in your translation, but writing both Ns together (\'NN\').
Hope this helps you.
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Note added at 2003-02-11 21:02:39 (GMT)
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So, I guess you can use it all the same in your translation, but writing both Ns together (\'NN\').
Hope this helps you.
56 mins
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Switzerland
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NN
leave as NN
It's English taken over into Spanish.
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Note added at 2003-02-11 21:25:20 (GMT)
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It\'s oftentimes used for conferences when the speaker is not known when the conference is being convened.
. Page 2. eCl@ss Presentation Speaker: NN 2 What is a Classification traditionally
used for? ... eCl@ss Presentation Speaker: NN 3 What`s meant by \"Classification\"? ...
www.ape-trad.pt/e-papers/ecl@ss Association.pdf -
It's English taken over into Spanish.
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Note added at 2003-02-11 21:25:20 (GMT)
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It\'s oftentimes used for conferences when the speaker is not known when the conference is being convened.
. Page 2. eCl@ss Presentation Speaker: NN 2 What is a Classification traditionally
used for? ... eCl@ss Presentation Speaker: NN 3 What`s meant by \"Classification\"? ...
www.ape-trad.pt/e-papers/ecl@ss Association.pdf -
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