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233 months ago

Karen Vincent-Jones   asked this question:

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233 months ago

   wrote:

or to whom it may concern

My comment:

this is often used even though there is no verb in English

233 months ago

   wrote:

to serve any purpose at law or ....for whom it may concern

233 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

for all legal intents and purposes

My comment:

From another well-known translator team web site

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233 months ago

Gina W   wrote:

Well, this is not incorrect, but it leaves out the verbs.

233 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

Agree with Christine. I think verbs are surperfluous here.

233 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

Verb is superflous here as it will appear as a Header of a page.

233 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

This ISN'T a header of a page. If you read Karen's entry above, you can see that it CLOSES the document. Accordingly, she might prefer to go with my translation. In my experience, this expression has never been a header of a page.

233 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

Take it easy Barbara. In fact I just looked at the expression but not to the question itself. Effectively, "For all legal intents and purposes" appears at the end of a page with the date and the signature ; contrarily to "To whom it may concern" which is a header of a page. I maintain my translation "For all legal intents and purposes" to CLOSE the document.

233 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

Re my research to confirm this expression: How to Legally Change Your Name Without a Lawyer-The National Legal Name Change Kit - Page 15 de Benji O. Anosike - Law - 1998 - 112 pages ... at that point, has in effect accepted it as her name "for all legal intents and purposes". Recent research * on this issue, found in 1973 only one state...

233 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

There is nothing wrong with my translation. Check out what other translators have to say about the phrase at wordreference.com.

233 months ago

Jennifer White   wrote:

Agree with Christine. I think verbs are surperfluous here.

233 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

to serve and avail for all legal intents and purposes

My comment:

I asked this exact question several months ago. It should be in the traduguide glossary.

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233 months ago

Gina W   wrote:

Yes, this is correct.

233 months ago

Gina W   wrote:

Merci, Gina.

233 months ago

Gina W   wrote:

Consider this my birthday gift to you, Karen... Please don't return it! LOL

233 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

Disagree: It is "For all intents and purposes"... www.mrsc.org/mc/rcw/RCW%20%2011%20%20TITLE/RCW%20%2011%20.%... RCW%20%2011%20.%2028%20.330.htm www.ppower.org/legal/SENATEBILLNO.388.doc www.mtc.gov.ph/docs/mc2001/mc10-2001.doc

233 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

Sorry I forgot to type "legal" before intents and purposes. Anyway, please have a look at the URLs.

233 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

There is nothing wrong with my translation. Check out what another translator has to say about it at wordreference.com.

233 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

We are not going to dispute Barbara, maybe these both expressions are correct. One translation may be in american language and the other one in English language? Let the asker to choose whether her document is from the US or from the UK. Any comment?

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