pour valoir ce que de droit

English translation: To whom it may concern

08:34 Feb 28, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs / attestation de stage
French term or phrase: pour valoir ce que de droit
En foi de quoi, cette attestation lui est délivrée pour valoir ce que de droit
Betty Fankam
France
Local time: 22:31
English translation:To whom it may concern
Explanation:
To whom it may concern

I, the undersigned, Bourth, professional translator of 30 years' experience, resident in France for the aforesaid period of time, hereby certify upon my honour that the French expression pour valoir ce que de droit featuring at the end of many legal and pseudo-legal (such as this) documents can in many instances be replaced in English by "To whom it may concern" at the top of the English equivalent of such documents.

Signed in Etherland this day 28th Feb. 2011.
[signature: Bourth]
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Local time: 22:31
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4To whom it may concern
Bourth (X)
4 +2with all advantages thereto pertaining
Liliane Hatem
3 +1to serve all legal intents and purposes
Callum Walker
5 -2In witness whereof
Amandine Added
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Stéphanie Soudais

Discussion entries: 11





  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
with all advantages thereto pertaining


Explanation:
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Liliane Hatem
Lebanon
Local time: 23:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Axel Yvan Amatagana
29 mins
  -> Thanks Yvan!

agree  cc in nyc: as per Termium (sorry, the link didn't work)
4 hrs
  -> Thanks cc in nyc!

agree  Jean Lachaud: C'est effectivement la bonne traduction
6 hrs
  -> Merci JL01!

neutral  Martin Cassell: appropriate if the source document were a legal/contractual document: but this is a certificate.
8 hrs

neutral  AllegroTrans: a certificatre does not confer advantages or rights; agree with Martin
11 hrs
  -> thanks again!

disagree  Martine C: non
4 days
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to serve all legal intents and purposes


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Callum Walker
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans
4 hrs

neutral  Martin Cassell: entirely appropriate if the source document were a legal/contractual document: but as this is a certificate, perhaps borderline unnecessary?
7 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -2
In witness whereof


Explanation:
In witness whereof, added to all contracts before signature in general

Amandine Added
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:31
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  writeaway: but this isn't a contract. see question title: attestation de stage
19 mins

neutral  Martin Cassell: the sentence quoted already begins with an equivalent of this phrase
51 mins

agree  Marlene Nicolas
3 hrs

disagree  AllegroTrans: NO, "en foi de quoi" means in witness whereof
3 hrs

disagree  Jean Lachaud: Non.
5 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
To whom it may concern


Explanation:
To whom it may concern

I, the undersigned, Bourth, professional translator of 30 years' experience, resident in France for the aforesaid period of time, hereby certify upon my honour that the French expression pour valoir ce que de droit featuring at the end of many legal and pseudo-legal (such as this) documents can in many instances be replaced in English by "To whom it may concern" at the top of the English equivalent of such documents.

Signed in Etherland this day 28th Feb. 2011.
[signature: Bourth]

Bourth (X)
Local time: 22:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martin Cassell: In witness whereof we herewith and hereunto append our concordat
25 mins

agree  writeaway: also an option already listed in the glossary.
30 mins
  -> Indeed, but my idea is to increase the likelihood of people find and adopting this translation rather than some of the others.

agree  Scribae-Ling (X): Correct and as mentioned by writeaway already part of the glossary
1 hr
  -> See comment to Writeaway above

agree  cc in nyc: ditto
2 hrs

disagree  Jean Lachaud: Non.
5 hrs

agree  juristrad
1 day 8 hrs
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Reference comments


11 mins peer agreement (net): +5
Reference: Archives

Reference information:
http://fra.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/law_patents/3500...

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/law_general/1029...

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/education_pedago...

etc.

Stéphanie Soudais
France
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  writeaway: there isn't enough time or space to list all the entries in the glossary!
47 mins
agree  Bourth (X): Yup (sigh).
1 hr
agree  liz askew
1 hr
agree  Martin Cassell: indeed. http://www.google.com/search?q=site:proz.com/kudoz/french_to... produces a dozen or more possibilities
1 hr
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
16 hrs
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