este acto se halla inscrito

English translation: this birth is/was recorded/entered

20:44 Feb 18, 2021

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs

Spanish term or phrase: este acto se halla inscrito

Estoy traduciendo una literal española de nacimiento que fue expedida a una venezolana quien obtuvo su nacionalidad española conforme a la ley 12/2015 del 24 de junio y no renunció a su nacionalidad anterior (la venezolana). La frase que consulto tiene los datos correspondientes a la partida de nacimiento venezolana y aparece al final de la literal española de nacimiento:

"**Este acto se halla inscrito** con fecha xxx en el registro local de xxx al tomo xxx, página xxx, número xxx."

¿A qué se refiere "acto" aquí? ¿Al nacimiento?

Muchas gracias por adelantado

Yvonne Becker KudoZ activity Questions: 4265 (2 open) (3 without valid answers) (73 closed without grading) Answers: 2174
Local time: 06:24

English translation:this birth is/was recorded/entered

Explanation:
As Robert rightly points out in the discussion entries, "acto" means event, not document. Since it was a birth, you might as well translate it as birth.
http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/acto

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philgoddard
United States

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this birth is/was recorded/entered

philgoddard

The foregoing information / This recordation was entered

Robert Carter

3 -1

enshrined in the act

Nelson Soares

a record hereof has been registered

Adrian MM.

Discussion entries: 8

Yvonne Becker

ASKER

Contexto adicional

02:58 Feb 19, 2021

Acabo de encontrar que en la ley de registro civil venezolana (tengo que buscar la española que define el término), dice:
"Actos y hechos registrables
Articulo 3. Deben inscribirse en el Registro Civil los actos y hechos jurídicos que se mencionan a continuación:
1. El nacimiento.
2. La constitución y disolución del vínculo matrimonial
3. El reconocimiento, constitución y disolución de las uniones estables de
hecho.
4. La separación de cuerpos.
5. La filiación.
6. La adopción..."

Robert Carter

Mexico

@Barbara

22:31 Feb 18, 2021

That's from contract law. As I mentioned, I was referring to administrative law.
Moreover, that answer is not strictly correct in any case because the "acto" in that case refers to the "meeting of minds" being recorded in the document. It doesn't mean the document itself.

Barbara Cochran, MFA

United States

22:29 Feb 18, 2021

Not confused at all, Robert: https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/law-patents/21...

And Yvonne seems to think, anyway, that it refers to the document. Why make the translation more convoluted than it actually needs to be?

Robert Carter

Mexico

22:26 Feb 18, 2021

@Toni: Yes, that's where my question was going, i.e., a decision, measure or administrative action (per Enrique Alcaraz, et al).
@Yvonne: Thanks for clarifying.
@Barbara: I think you're confusing "acto" with "acta". An "acto" in administrative law usually means some kind of action or measure by the authority, i.e. something "done"; whereas "acta" generally means the record of some action.

Toni Castano

Spain

Acto = acto administrativo

22:12 Feb 18, 2021

Yvonne, según mi entendimiento "acto" en este caso se refiere a "acto administrativo", "administrative action".¿Qué opinas?

Yvonne Becker

ASKER

Robert

21:15 Feb 18, 2021

No pareciera referirse a ninguna decisión. Como el número es el mismo que el de la partida de nacimiento venezolana, pienso que se refiere a ese documento o al nacimiento, pero preferí consultar para ver por qué usarían "acto" y no "acta"

Barbara Cochran, MFA

United States

Acto...

20:55 Feb 18, 2021

...in a legal context, is often translated as "document".

Robert Carter

Mexico

@Yvonne

20:51 Feb 18, 2021

Do you interpret the preceding text as some sort of decision/measure by the authorities?

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3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

enshrined in the act

Explanation:
Sug.

Nelson Soares
Brazil
Local time: 07:24
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

this birth is/was recorded/entered

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 190

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1 day 4 hrs confidence:

The foregoing information / This recordation was entered

Explanation:
I think "the foregoing information" is functionally equivalent to what "este acto" is referring to in Spanish, i.e., the "recordation" taking down of the information of a birth/marriage/death.

"recordation
n.
the act of entering an instrument in a public registry or records office(Citations)
the act of completing a process that formally transforms an information object into a record"
https://dictionary.archivists.org/entry/recordation.html

As an alternative, I don't think there's a lot of distance between Phil's idea and this suggestion. My only quibble (albeit a very minor one) is that, strictly speaking, "acto" means the recording of information of the birth, not the birth event itself.
My sense on reading the sentence is that the information was recorded on this sheet first, then transcribed in a register book, which may not always be the case.

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 04:24
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 245

1 day 4 hrs confidence:

a record hereof has been registered

Explanation:
... de este acto: of this 'dealing' vs. step, event, ceremony or transaction (West) can, as a genitive usually be rendered as 'thereof', so why not leave ambiguous.

In British birth certs.: an entry of a copy hereof has been regd.

Example sentence(s):

Vorliegender Registrierungsakt... > The present act of registration > el acto se halla inscrito, con fecha xxx, en el Registro local Guayaquil al Tomo 7M pagina xx número xxx.

Reference: http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewWrongentry.php?idForum=21&idTh...

Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 52

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