σύμφωνα με όλους τους τύπους του πολιτικού γάμου

04:27 Oct 10, 2012 

Out of the three alternative answers given so far, i.e., those of Maya Fourioti, Dylan Edwards and myself, and after having given the question more thought, I think Dylan's answer is the best. I was tempted to give this answer myself when I first saw the question, and only chose not to because the Greek text included the words, "σύμφωνα με όλους τους τύπους του". However, Greek is a much more flowery language than English is and the Greeks frequently use five or ten words in situations where the English would use one or two. Although the Greek text says, "According to all formalities/conventions/ceremonies/customs of a civil marriage", the answer that Dylan gives expresses the meaning perfectly clearly and succinctly in English, because, for a civil marriage to happen, all of the formalities/conventions/ceremonies or customs will have to be fulfilled, and so it is not necessary to say so in English.