Could you edit my grammar.

English translation: what does actually mean?

09:54 Apr 6, 2005
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English term or phrase: Could you edit my grammar.
It can be concluded that Miss Lenny, nationality USA, ID 1478-1478-145, actually is a daughter of Mr. xxx and Mrs yyy, and born on September 2, 1974 and residing at XYZ street, USA.
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Note that the date September 2, 1974 is the birthdate of Miss Lenny, not her mother.
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Selected answer:what does actually mean?
Explanation:
I think you need to change "actually" which in my view is too colloquial for a written translation. But it is not clear to me whether "actually" means "she is the daughter of X and Y (as was claimed)" or "she is not the daughter of A and B (as has been claimed) but is in fact the daughter of X and Y".

In the first case I would say:
It can be concluded that Miss Lenny, nationality USA, ID 1478-1478-145 and residing at XYZ, is indeed the a daughter of Mr. xxx and Mrs yyy and was born on September 2, 1974.

In the second case I would replace "indeed" with "in fact".





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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
could you edit my grammar.
see the corrections


Explanation:
It can be concluded that Miss Lenny, an American citizen, ID 1478-1478-145, is actually a daughter of Mr. xxx and Mrs yyy, was born on September 2, 1974 and resides at XYZ street, USA.


Henrique Serra
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
could you edit my grammar.
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Explanation:
It can be concluded that Miss Lenny, nationality USA, ID 1478-1478-145, actually is a daughter of Mr. xxx and Mrs yyy, and born on September 2, 1974 and residing at XYZ street, USA.
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One can draw the conclusion that Ms. Lenny, a U.S. citizen residing at XYZ street USA, whose ID # is 1478-1478-145 and whose date of birth is Sept. 2, 1974, is in fact the daughter of Mr. xxx and Ms. yyy.

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Note added at 29 mins (2005-04-06 10:23:15 GMT)
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Note: My example is the second- I reposted the Asker\'s answer as reference.

Carmen Schultz
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could you edit my grammar.
what does actually mean?


Explanation:
I think you need to change "actually" which in my view is too colloquial for a written translation. But it is not clear to me whether "actually" means "she is the daughter of X and Y (as was claimed)" or "she is not the daughter of A and B (as has been claimed) but is in fact the daughter of X and Y".

In the first case I would say:
It can be concluded that Miss Lenny, nationality USA, ID 1478-1478-145 and residing at XYZ, is indeed the a daughter of Mr. xxx and Mrs yyy and was born on September 2, 1974.

In the second case I would replace "indeed" with "in fact".







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agree  Maurite Fober: this takes care of all the ambiguities
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agree  Robert Donahue (X)
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