Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
acte d\'individualité
English translation:
one and the same person certificate
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patfie
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French term
acte d'individualité
French to English
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Law (general)
L'acte d'individualité est un acte qui permet d'attester qu'une personne dont l'ordre des noms a été écrit différemment sur des documents administratifs est bel et bien la même personne.
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one and the same certificate
Apparently the Indian embassy in Belgium can issue a 'one and the same certificate'
As does the Arizona Department of Transportation :
https://azdot.gov/content/one-and-same-certificate
https://apps.azdot.gov/files/mvd/mvd-forms-lib/38-4306.pdf
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Or you can be longwinded and do as UK site on passports does, with "2 pieces of evidence that shows [sic!] they use it [different order of names, different spelling] for all official purposes"
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...
As does the Arizona Department of Transportation :
https://azdot.gov/content/one-and-same-certificate
https://apps.azdot.gov/files/mvd/mvd-forms-lib/38-4306.pdf
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Or you can be longwinded and do as UK site on passports does, with "2 pieces of evidence that shows [sic!] they use it [different order of names, different spelling] for all official purposes"
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...
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philgoddard
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confirmation of name/identity
Or anything along those lines. You just have to make up a title that describes the purpose of the document.
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Jennifer Levey
: If we go down your 'anything along those lines' route we risk ending up with 'certificate of identity' - which would be totally incorrect (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Certificate_of_Iden... for example).
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confirmation of identity certificate
I assume this from the Republic of Benin, but asker hasn't told us
Really a mtter of finding a commonsense term that fits the definition. Clearly a direct translation would be pretty meaningless
Really a mtter of finding a commonsense term that fits the definition. Clearly a direct translation would be pretty meaningless
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Daryo
: if you had to invent from scratch a name for this "acte d'individualité" you couldn't find anything better // OTOH you have the not so rare problem of misleading (or even outright wrong) translations becoming the "usual" translation.
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Jennifer Levey
: But it's actually certifying that multiple formal identities refer to a single individual.
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Well, unless a full explanatory translation is to be used, I don't think there is a better option, and using "individuality" is a definite no no
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Certificate of Individuality
That’s how it is officially called in Cameroon
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AllegroTrans
: To prove how creative and different one is? No, sorry, meaningless in the context of a legal document and an awful translation from French
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https://www.cameroon.be/en/services/certificates
https://www.minfopra.gov.cm/images/pdf/communiques/press_rel...
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Anastasia Kalantzi
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Steve Robbie
: Good for Cameroon but clearly a calque - English-speakers in other countries wouldn't readily understand it. // Unfortunately that's not proof of anything. Standards in the translation business are not high.
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Thanks Robbie. However, I recently did a few of them for US and the they went through without any hitch
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Jennifer Levey
: Yes. The certificate establishes that two or more formal identities (as shown on ID cards, passports, birth certs. etc.) correspond to just one singular individual (one and the same person).
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Identification document or Certificate of Individuality
L'acte d'individualité est un acte qui permet d'attester qu'une personne dont l'ordre des noms a été écrit différemment sur des documents administratifs est bel et bien la même personne.
Actes d'individualité par personne lorsque l'intéressé est désigné sous différentes appellations
Two identification documents per person in cases where the individual is known by more than one name; (ReversoContext)
Bonjour mustapha12
Le problème est qu'il s'agit d'un document culturellement français. J'ai trouvé
Certificate of Individuality (??)
Quand même, c'est possible qu'on ne pouisse pas trouver rien de meilleur, parce qu'on ne le trouve pas dans la culture anglaise.
Salut
(WordRefetence forum)
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CERTIFICATE OF INDIVIDUALITY
The certificate of individuality is a document which enables to certify that the person whose name was written in a different order is indeed the same person.
Reference: Service-public.ma (Kingdom of Morocco)
—-Similar certificates are used by other governments.
Useful when different names appear on documents issued to the same person.
Sergio Schwartz, Sergio Samuel Schwartz, Sergio Schwartz Gonzalez, Sergio S. Schwartz may or may not be the same person. Existing documentation will be useful proof when other information on it matches. Helpful for woman who have maiden name and married names, each with or without middle names or initials and mother’s name or not.
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Philip Quarrier, former Computer Programmer (1962-2018)
Certificate of Individuality - British Consulate
https://www.thebulletin.be/certificate-individuality-british...
Act of Individuality
https://www.wikiprocedure.com/index.php/Sale_-_Obtain_an_Act...
Primary or Secondary Identification Document
https://help.id.me/hc/en-us/articles/360017833054-What-is-a-...
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What do I do if my name has changed?
https://help.id.me/hc/en-us/articles/360061573273
Actes d'individualité par personne lorsque l'intéressé est désigné sous différentes appellations
Two identification documents per person in cases where the individual is known by more than one name; (ReversoContext)
Bonjour mustapha12
Le problème est qu'il s'agit d'un document culturellement français. J'ai trouvé
Certificate of Individuality (??)
Quand même, c'est possible qu'on ne pouisse pas trouver rien de meilleur, parce qu'on ne le trouve pas dans la culture anglaise.
Salut
(WordRefetence forum)
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CERTIFICATE OF INDIVIDUALITY
The certificate of individuality is a document which enables to certify that the person whose name was written in a different order is indeed the same person.
Reference: Service-public.ma (Kingdom of Morocco)
—-Similar certificates are used by other governments.
Useful when different names appear on documents issued to the same person.
Sergio Schwartz, Sergio Samuel Schwartz, Sergio Schwartz Gonzalez, Sergio S. Schwartz may or may not be the same person. Existing documentation will be useful proof when other information on it matches. Helpful for woman who have maiden name and married names, each with or without middle names or initials and mother’s name or not.
Profile photo for Philip Quarrier
Philip Quarrier, former Computer Programmer (1962-2018)
Certificate of Individuality - British Consulate
https://www.thebulletin.be/certificate-individuality-british...
Act of Individuality
https://www.wikiprocedure.com/index.php/Sale_-_Obtain_an_Act...
Primary or Secondary Identification Document
https://help.id.me/hc/en-us/articles/360017833054-What-is-a-...
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What do I do if my name has changed?
https://help.id.me/hc/en-us/articles/360061573273
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AllegroTrans
: It's more than a simple ID and "individuality" no way
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It depends on each country's legislation bureaucracy, of course. In Greece this is our terminology about that issue.
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Robert Miki
: Yes, for Certificate of Individuality
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Thanks, Robert.
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