Should I mention that this page is a translation of the back-page? Thread poster: Ghada Osta
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I am in the middle of translating a certificate that has stamps on the back of the page. The copy of the certificate that I will be making and that I will attach to the translation will be front and back as well.
My question is: I am planning to include a footnote that the translation page is a "translation of the back-page". Is there a better way to inform the reader about it? Should I mention it in the first place? The reader might not notice that there are stamps on the back, so by ment... See more I am in the middle of translating a certificate that has stamps on the back of the page. The copy of the certificate that I will be making and that I will attach to the translation will be front and back as well.
My question is: I am planning to include a footnote that the translation page is a "translation of the back-page". Is there a better way to inform the reader about it? Should I mention it in the first place? The reader might not notice that there are stamps on the back, so by mentioning it, I am basically pointing out that there is more to the certificate than the front page. Is it ok to do it this way? Any alternatives?
Any suggestions are highly appreciated! ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Translating a certificate that has stamps on the back of the page. | Sep 15, 2017 |
Hello Ghada, I am Italian and I worked for the Italian Government for 26 years. Beside many things, I made copies of documents from originals. To make them complete, I always put a note on the front page telling that that page was page n. 1 of (let's say) a 2 pages document. On the copy of the back I always wrote that it was the page n. 2 of a document of 2 pages. To finish and to make it official, I put on each page a reference of the law that rule the copies of documents, I signed each copy an... See more Hello Ghada, I am Italian and I worked for the Italian Government for 26 years. Beside many things, I made copies of documents from originals. To make them complete, I always put a note on the front page telling that that page was page n. 1 of (let's say) a 2 pages document. On the copy of the back I always wrote that it was the page n. 2 of a document of 2 pages. To finish and to make it official, I put on each page a reference of the law that rule the copies of documents, I signed each copy and put a stamp of me and of my office (on each copy), writing the day in which I gave the copies to the person that was supposed to receive them.
Hope that this will be of help.
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| | | | B D Finch 
France
Local time: 06:00
French to English
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| Recto and verso | Sep 16, 2017 |
If you want to make it clear that page 2 is actually the back of page 1, the usual way to do this is by marking them as recto (for the front) and verso (for the back).
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United States
Local time: 00:00
Member (2005)
English to Chinese
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| There are many ways of dealing with this | Sep 16, 2017 |
and it really doesn't much how you would do it. You can even translate the stamp on a separate page and the client will print the translation of the stamp on the back side of the paper.
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Ghada Osta
United States
Arabic to English
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TOPIC STARTER | Thank you for the suggestions | Sep 20, 2017 |
Thank you Marco for your suggestions. They are helpful in making copies, which I've done before in a previous job. In translation, I do make copies as well, but I stamp them with "certified to be a true & exact copy of original".
The translation papers are always numbered (1 of 2 and 2 of 2...) to ensure that they stay together and they are of course stamped.
B D Finch, thank you for answering my question. Yes, recto/verso is a good suggestion. I am also French educated, your ... See more Thank you Marco for your suggestions. They are helpful in making copies, which I've done before in a previous job. In translation, I do make copies as well, but I stamp them with "certified to be a true & exact copy of original".
The translation papers are always numbered (1 of 2 and 2 of 2...) to ensure that they stay together and they are of course stamped.
B D Finch, thank you for answering my question. Yes, recto/verso is a good suggestion. I am also French educated, your suggestion made sense to me.
Jyuan_us, thank you for taking the time to answer my question. I don't see how the client can "print the translation of the stamp on the back side of the paper" and become a certified translation if it's not stamped by the translator. ▲ Collapse
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