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incurre en dicho punible

English translation: commit the following act is guilty of a punishable crime

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Spanish term or phrase:incurre en dicho punible
English translation:commit the following act is guilty of a punishable crime
Entered by: Michael Powers (PhD)

00:41 Dec 22, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / documento inculpatorio de Colombia
Spanish term or phrase: incurre en dicho punible
Según el artículo 316 del Código Penal, incurre en dicho punible: "... Quien capte dineros deo público, en forma masiva y habitual sin contar con la previa autorización de la autoridad competente ..."
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 14:55
anyone who commits the following act is guilty of a punishable crime:
Explanation:
I think that this rather wordy translation is necessary in order to both capture the meaning and to sound like reasonably natural English.

Suerte.
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Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 14:55
Grading comment
Thank you.

Mike :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5anyone who commits the following act is guilty of a punishable crime:
Robert Forstag
5 +1commits such penal offense
Carl Stoll
5incurrs in such punishable act
Ana Brassara
5this crime is committed when
Henry Hinds
4said crime is committed
Mauricio López Langenbach


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
incurrs in such punishable act


Explanation:
incurrs in such punishable act

Ana Brassara
Local time: 15:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 349
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
anyone who commits the following act is guilty of a punishable crime:


Explanation:
I think that this rather wordy translation is necessary in order to both capture the meaning and to sound like reasonably natural English.

Suerte.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 14:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 797
Grading comment
Thank you.

Mike :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Reed James
16 mins
  -> Thank you, Reed. Happy Holidays.
agree  Carmen Riadi
34 mins
  -> Thank you, Carmen.
agree  Marina Soldati: Merry Christmas
49 mins
  -> To you to Marina. Thank you for all of your help and support throughout the past several months. Thank you also for serving as such a fine example of both linguistic skill and professional decorum. All the best.
agree  Graciela Guzman
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, Graciela. Happy Holidays.
agree  getraductor: He oído: **hecho o acto punible, pero no **dicho**
1 day 1 hr
  -> Gracias, Gesqui. Feliz Navidad.
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
this crime is committed when


Explanation:
Según el artículo 316 del Código Penal, incurre en dicho punible: Quien capte dineros del público = According to article 316 of the Penal Code, this crime is committed when a person receives funds from the public

It has to be given quite a different twist.

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 12:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 5063

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Robert Forstag: Where is the antecedent of "this crime"?
5 mins
  -> There is no antecedent of "this crime", "dicho punible" is it. Of course it must have been mentioned before, but we don't have that CONTEXT.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
said crime is committed


Explanation:
Dicho punible o dicho delito.

Mauricio López Langenbach
New Zealand
Local time: 06:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
commits such penal offense


Explanation:
Although the isolated phrase should be translated as I wrote above, to translate the whole sentence you'd have to restructure it entirely, writing: "Whoever [does this or that] commits such penal offense." Although "punible" is literally "punishable [act]," this term is not used in U.S. legal language. In its stead "penal offense" is used.

Carl Stoll
Argentina
Local time: 15:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 116

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margarita Palatnik (X)
3 hrs
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