Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Bona Fide

French translation:

de bonne foi

Added to glossary by FX Fraipont (X)
Feb 17, 2019 13:52
5 yrs ago
6 viewers *
English term

Bona Fide

Non-PRO English to French Law/Patents Law: Contract(s) Bankruptcy
Done in good faith and without knowledge of a defect
Proposed translations (French)
4 +3 de bonne foi
4 bona fide
Change log

Feb 17, 2019 14:29: Rachel Fell changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Mar 3, 2019 07:59: FX Fraipont (X) Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (1): Daryo

Non-PRO (3): GILLES MEUNIER, mchd, Rachel Fell

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Proposed translations

+3
1 min
Selected

de bonne foi

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Peer comment(s):

agree Christian Fournier
1 min
agree Eliza Hall
2 hrs
agree AllegroTrans
6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
21 hrs

bona fide

lawyers all over Europe use Latin terms in many languages - makes life far easier and reduces potential for misunderstanding.

Contrary to what say those obsessed with hunting down "les anglicismes" would say it's not one - it's Latin.

https://www.linternaute.fr/dictionnaire/fr/definition/bona-f...

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Note added at 3 days 1 hr (2019-02-20 15:30:49 GMT)
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correction

Contrary to what would say those obsessed with hunting down "les anglicismes" it's not one - it's Latin.
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Reference comments

29 mins
Reference:

linguee

Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree writeaway : 4. [honesty] he did it in good faith il l'a fait en toute bonne foi https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/anglais-francais/faith...
8 mins
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