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S/N. Vuelta

English translation: [not numbered], verso

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Spanish term or phrase:S/N. Vuelta
English translation:[not numbered], verso
Entered by: Robert Carter

12:48 Jan 20, 2023
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
Spanish term or phrase: S/N. Vuelta
Hello, I am translating a Mexican birth certificate that states the following in Spanish, "A La Foja Numero S/N. Vuelta."

I have seen S/N before, and I believe it means sin numero or without number. I am wondering if the correct translation to English from Spanish would be "without a number on back (or on the reverse)"?
Any help you can provide is appreciated!
Yngrid
[not numbered], verso
Explanation:
It's not an address.

It should read something like "On the reverse of an unnumbered sheet" or "On folio [not numbered], verso".

"Some people may well have the custom of calling "fojas" pages and "folios" folios, but if so it is an arbitrary custom with no logical basis. "Page" is a mistranslation of "foja". "Foja" (an archaic spelling of "hoja") and "folio" are synonyms; the difference is usage is pure convention. A foja is not a page, because fojas are foliated (one number per sheet) not paginated (one number per page or side of the sheet).
…
"Page 34 verso" (verso is the English equivalent of vuelta) is nonsensical; a page doesn't have a reverse side."
Charles Davis, https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/law-general/49...
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Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 14:16
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4 +8[not numbered], verso
Robert Carter
4 -1S/N. Vuelta
Paul Ryan


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
S/N. Vuelta


Explanation:
It's an address.

Paul Ryan
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hernan Casasbuenas: Address should not be translated (it does mean "sin número")
17 mins
disagree  Joss Heywood: It's not an address
46 mins
disagree  Mary Gardner Hume: Noy an address
3 hrs
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
[not numbered], verso


Explanation:
It's not an address.

It should read something like "On the reverse of an unnumbered sheet" or "On folio [not numbered], verso".

"Some people may well have the custom of calling "fojas" pages and "folios" folios, but if so it is an arbitrary custom with no logical basis. "Page" is a mistranslation of "foja". "Foja" (an archaic spelling of "hoja") and "folio" are synonyms; the difference is usage is pure convention. A foja is not a page, because fojas are foliated (one number per sheet) not paginated (one number per page or side of the sheet).
…
"Page 34 verso" (verso is the English equivalent of vuelta) is nonsensical; a page doesn't have a reverse side."
Charles Davis, https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/law-general/49...

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 14:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Joss Heywood
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agree  philgoddard
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agree  Mary Gardner Hume
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agree  Jennifer Levey
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