Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

escrito por el puño y letra

English translation:

Handwritten

Added to glossary by mpiazza
Nov 27, 2003 21:30
20 yrs ago
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Spanish term

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com (asker) Nov 28, 2003:
NOTE Can you say "written by the own fist of..."
Non-ProZ.com (asker) Nov 27, 2003:
NOTE Can you say "written by the own fist of..."

Proposed translations

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Spanish term (edited): escrito por el pu�o y letra
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handwritten

Suerte!
Peer comment(s):

agree Rantes
4 mins
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agree verbis : handwritten by.................
15 mins
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agree Patricia Baldwin
32 mins
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agree Maria Karra
1 hr
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agree Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) : this is the only coirrect answer, please!!!
2 days 18 hrs
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agree María Isabel Estévez (maisa)
9 days
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4 mins
Spanish term (edited): escrito por el pu�o y letra

written by the hand of (of the Secretary or Minister from that timeframe)

Oxford

de mi/
tu/su puño y letra in my/your/his own hand;

Mike :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Henry Hinds : No fist, that's for punching people out.
2 hrs
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+3
12 mins

WRITTEN IN HIS OWN HANDWRITING

REF: HARPER COLLINS

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Note added at 2003-11-27 21:45:30 (GMT)
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ANOTHER REF: DICCIONARIO DE TERMINOS JURIDICOS


PUÑO Y LETRA Y CON MI SELLO, DE MI: phr: UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL. [Exp: DE PUÑO Y LETRA DE X (in X\'s HANDWRITING, IN X\'s OWN HAND)]

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Note added at 2003-11-27 21:46:47 (GMT)
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I wouldn\'t say it like that \"written by the own fist.....\" look at my reference

You could say IN XXXX\'s OWN HANDWRITING
Peer comment(s):

agree Erika McGovern
6 mins
agree colemh : 8-)
2 hrs
agree Daniel Burns (X) : "In his own hand" rather than "handwriting".
5 hrs
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2 hrs

under one´s hand/in X´s handwriting/in X´s own hands

legal term from dict. de términos jurídicos Alcaraz Varó-Hughes
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3 hrs

written by the current Minister's own hand

I think this expression emphasizes the fact that it was the Minister himself who wrote it.
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4 hrs

handwritten by the Minister of ...

another option
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