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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

dése fuerza de ley

English translation:

shall be given the force of law

Added to glossary by philgoddard
Mar 4, 2011 15:14
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term

Dése fuerza de ley

Spanish to English Law/Patents Law (general)
I'm translating a series of provisions from an Organic Law of a Latin American country and I found the following one:

Artículo 4.- Dése fuerza de ley al Decreto Supremo No. XXXXXX..........

I know it must be phrased as "It shall be given force of law to Supreme Decree No. XXXX", or something like that, but I just wanted to confim if this is ok.

Thank you!!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 shall be given the force of law
4 to make effective
3 to give legal status to...
Change log

Mar 18, 2011 14:27: philgoddard Created KOG entry

Discussion

ethais (asker) Mar 4, 2011:
Clarification Hi All,

After making some consultations with some fellow lawyers, thay all agree that an alternative for the text in question would be as follows:

***Concédase/Otórguese rango de ley al Decreto Supremo No. XXXXX*********

I hope this is any helfpul.

Thank you!!
ethais (asker) Mar 4, 2011:
There are no dates in this sentence. I have included it exactly as it is shown in the legal text. The XXXXX represents a hidden numbering for the Supreme Decree.
AllegroTrans Mar 4, 2011:
Asker What's the rest of the sentence here? This could be important, especially if it contains a date

Proposed translations

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shall be given the force of law

Supreme decree no. xxx shall be given the force of law. It's exactly the same construction in English.
Example sentence:

ll orders and regulations enacted by the Military Governor or other Government ministries shall be given the force of law.

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_land_and_property_laws

Peer comment(s):
agree Sandro Tomasi : Solid answer, explanation, example sentence and reference.
18 mins
agree ARS54 : ...coincido, :)
2 hrs
agree AllegroTrans : yes!
4 hrs
agree Yvonne Gallagher
6 hrs
agree Claudia Luque Bedregal
11 hrs
agree FVS (X) : Personally I'd take out the 'the'.
14 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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to give legal status to...

This seems to have the meaning of being made effective but the link provided refers to legal status so perhaps this is a better translation.
Reference:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decreto_legislativo

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Spanish term (edited): dar fuerza de ley

to make effective

xxx shall be made effective...

Por otra parte, creo que tu traducción no es correcta.
Nunca había escuchado "to give force of law".

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Note added at 30 mins (2011-03-04 15:44:32 GMT)
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En ese caso, te sugiero la siguiente alternativa:
"XX shall be enacted...."

Mira la definición de "to enact" en este link:
www.thefreedictionary.com/enact
Note from asker:
Gracias por tu respuesta Giovanni, Sin embargo, en este caso no considero que se trate de "effectiveness" puesto que el texto legal no alude a la validez o vigencia del Decreto sino a darle calidad o rango de Ley que, por regla general, no tienen los decretos. Saludos
Peer comment(s):
neutral philgoddard : Eduardo's attempt may not be grammatically correct, but he has the right idea!
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