Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

lettre consignée

English translation:

co-signed letter

Added to glossary by Wyley Powell
Feb 13, 2020 16:10
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French term

lettre consignée

French to English Bus/Financial Government / Politics Tax burden on small businesses
This is a report on steps taken by a business association to reduce the SME tax burden

"Nous avons rencontré une quinzaine de députés. Enfin, nous avons obtenu l’appui de 10 organisations dans une ***lettre consignée*** qui a été acheminée aux 125 députés."

"Registered letter"? TIA
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Discussion

ph-b (X) Feb 14, 2020:
mrrafe, Your Linguee examples all point to consigné dans/au (i.e. "mentioned in"), which wouldn't work with 125 députés.
ph-b (X) Feb 14, 2020:
Agree with Marco (and philgoddard)
mrrafe Feb 14, 2020:
Like consigned I still think consignee appears too often to be a typo and means sogmething other than co-signed; rather, a formal submittal to the assembly in the sense of a message consigned to them. This would better fit the meaning of the rohq link below, or these: https://www.linguee.com/french-english/translation/déclarati... (é's supplied)
philgoddard Feb 14, 2020:
Marco If you want to put "co-signed", it gets my vote. It makes perfect sense if the letter is sent by ten organisations.
Typo I would also say that it's probably a typo mistake.
mrrafe Feb 13, 2020:
archaic? From Google, seems that consignee may be older or more traditional spelling but not a typo.
Marco Solinas Feb 13, 2020:
Typo? Yes, it could be a typo for "letter cosignée". See https://rohq.qc.ca/nouvelles/lettre-cosignee-envoyee-au-prem...
mrrafe Feb 13, 2020:
Joint statement From the context, not a registered letter but something like an "open letter" or collective statement

Proposed translations

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French term (edited): lettre cosignée
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co-signed letter


The typo seems obvious, especially in this context.

Lettre cosignée : co-signed letter, or jointly signed letter.
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agree AllegroTrans
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Merci.
agree Paul Stevens
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Merci.
agree Yvonne Gallagher : of course
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Merci.
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consignment letter

A consignment letter is therefore a letter of agreement that is usually sent by a consignor to a consignee and usually countersigned by the carrier of the goods.
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disagree philgoddard : This doesn't fit the context.
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letter of declaration

See my 1st & 6th notes below; also three instances by searching "une lettre consignee" in the Convention Européenne Des Droits de L'homme (should be at https://books.google.com/books?id=eTfQkCZV1J0C&pg=PA95-IA1&l...

In EN suchtleda letter could be called a remonstrance. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remonstrance
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