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averiguaciones previas consignadas

English translation: prosecuted investigation

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Spanish term or phrase:averiguación previa consignada
English translation:prosecuted investigation
Entered by: Patricia Rosas
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22:58 May 5, 2003
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents / public security
Spanish term or phrase: averiguaciones previas consignadas
la impunidad es la diferencia entre delitos denunciados y las averiguaciones previas consignadas
Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 19:12
investigations that lead to prosecutions
Explanation:

...impunity is the difference between crimes reported and investigations that lead to prosecutions...

Mejor que no sea tan literal.

(México)
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Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 20:12
Grading comment
Thank you--your deft phrasing fit the context perfectly! I am placing in the glossary the following pair: averiguación previa consignada--prosecuted investigation. Do you find that appropriate in a broader sense??
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5investigations that lead to prosecutions
Henry Hinds
4prior investigations/verifications on record
Parrot


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
prior investigations/verifications on record


Explanation:
granting that nothing comes after "consignadas".

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 04:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 7645
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
investigations that lead to prosecutions


Explanation:

...impunity is the difference between crimes reported and investigations that lead to prosecutions...

Mejor que no sea tan literal.

(México)


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Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 20:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 26512
Grading comment
Thank you--your deft phrasing fit the context perfectly! I am placing in the glossary the following pair: averiguación previa consignada--prosecuted investigation. Do you find that appropriate in a broader sense??
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