Nov 7, 2007 17:10
16 yrs ago
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Bulgarian term

ЕГН

Bulgarian to English Social Sciences Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs death certificate
This is from a Bulgarian death certificate that I need to understand. This abbreviation is right beside the name of the deceased person.

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EGN Personal Number

Yeah, I know... I'm a man and not a number... unless I am Bulgarian...

"Personal No." is the official formula which appears in Bulgarian identity cards and Bulgarian passports.

"EGN" (daily bandied in Bulgarian life as "eh-geh-neh" and regularly given the neuter gender definite article as in "eh-geh-ne-to") stands for "единен граждански номер" which literally translated into English would be something entertaining like "uniform citizen's number". "EGN" is sufficiently grittily generic and officially specific to be left as is in an English translation, I feel.

The EGN comprises ten figures including a date of birth in yymmdd format plus four random and supposedly unique numbers.
Example sentence:

"Kvo vi e egeneto?" (in that uniquely Bulgarian supercillious-verging-on-nasty voice from an official; literally "What's your EGN?")

"Zaradi egeneto e" (literally, "It's down to my EGN [that I suffer from XYZ age-related conditions]"

Peer comment(s):

agree Maria Malamova-Pancheva : Peter, your comments are very culture specific and fun!! I'll make a mental note of your suggestion as per the EGN issue.
18 mins
благодаря!
agree Ivan Klyunchev : EGN (Personal Number) I think it is better to use parentheses.
1 hr
Съгласен. Благодаря!
agree Yavor Dimitrov : Peter's comments have always been witty, artful, and full of linguistic flavour.
1 hr
be nice if I could get my spelling right, too :) Thanks!
agree Empty Whiskey Glass
3 hrs
Благодаря!
agree Yassen Tounev : Or Personal Number (EGN). I think this way is better.
3 hrs
Thanks, Yassen!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks to all"
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5 mins

PIN

Personal Identification Number /PIN/

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Note added at 15 mins (2007-11-07 17:26:12 GMT)
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Can be translated also as Personal Number
Peer comment(s):

agree Krasimira Kalcheva
23 mins
agree Iva Ilieva
37 mins
agree V_Nedkov : I think calling it Personal ID Number can save a lot of questions
1 hr
agree Alexandra Staneva
1 hr
agree Milena Dieva
2 hrs
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19 mins

National Registry Number

I believe this is better than PIN, because PIN is associated with bank cards and ATMs or SIM cards and cell phones "a secret numeric password shared between a user and a system that can be used to authenticate the user to the system"
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21 mins

social security number

Така е в Щатите.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Ivan Klyunchev : И какво общо има това с нашето ЕГН? Аз тук си имам застрахователен номер, който Е РАЗЛИЧЕН от ЕГН.
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Общото е, че и тях ги търсят в бази данни по този номер, както и нас по ЕГН.
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12 hrs

unified civil number

I found in my Bulgarian Passport the term used 'personal number', however, unified civil number closer meets the content of the term and is being used.

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Note added at 2138 days (2013-09-15 03:53:07 GMT) Post-grading
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Actually, the proper term is Uniform Civil Number.
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