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JEFE PROVINCIAL DEL REGISTRO CIVIL

English translation: Provincial Director of the Civil Registry Office

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Spanish term or phrase:JEFE PROVINCIAL DEL REGISTRO CIVIL
English translation:Provincial Director of the Civil Registry Office
Entered by: María Eugenia Wachtendorff

01:16 Jun 20, 2013
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: JEFE PROVINCIAL DEL REGISTRO CIVIL
This is a birth certificate from Ecuador being translated into English.

My attempt: PROVINCIAL DIRECTOR OF VITAL STATISTICS

Sound good or is there a better expression?
Richard Lardi
United States
Local time: 01:20
Provincial Director of the Civil Registry Office/Vital Statistics Bureau
Explanation:
Your translation is right :)


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Note added at 6 days (2013-06-26 22:59:54 GMT)
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Happy to help, Richard :)
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María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Local time: 01:20
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4 +3Provincial Director of the Civil Registry Office/Vital Statistics Bureau
María Eugenia Wachtendorff


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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Provincial Director of the Civil Registry Office/Vital Statistics Bureau


Explanation:
Your translation is right :)


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Note added at 6 days (2013-06-26 22:59:54 GMT)
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Happy to help, Richard :)

María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Local time: 01:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 92
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Asker: Thank you. I went with your first option :-)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cristina Gonzalez
2 hrs
  -> Gracias, Cristina
agree  Ruth Ramsey
5 hrs
  -> Gracias, Ruth
agree  AllegroTrans: I would personally not use your second option, it is far too specific to the US and would not be universally comprehensible
17 hrs
  -> Thanks, AllegroTrans. You are right!
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