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dichiara chiusa l’assemblea
azioni vincolate a garanzia
Nov 20, 2009 19:03
14 yrs ago
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Italian term

previa lettura, approvazione e sottoscrizione

Italian to English Law/Patents Law (general)
Null’altro essendovi a deliberare e, nessuno avendo chiesto la parola, il Sig. X dichiara chiusa l’assemblea alle ore X (ora italiana) previa lettura, approvazione e sottoscrizione del presente verbale
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 subject to these minutes being read, approved and signed

Proposed translations

+6
14 mins
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subject to these minutes being read, approved and signed

I don't think the Italian quite makes sense, because it implies that if the minutes aren't read and signed, the meeting won't be closed.
Peer comment(s):
agree claudiocambon : One could also say "once these minutes are read..." which suggests that this is the final task for the meeting, after which it is closed.
6 mins
Thanks Claudio.
neutral Oliver Lawrence : this is the difficulty I had (i.e. the meeting can't be closed until the minutes of it have been agreed! even the minutes of the previous meeting are normally agreed at the beginning not the end)
11 mins
I fully agree, but it's still what the Italian says!
agree simon tanner : I agree with Claudio - 'once...' gets round the problem while still being an acceptablr translation of 'previa'
1 hr
Thanks Simon.
agree Dr Lofthouse
4 hrs
agree maryrose : and with Claudio and Simon on "once"
6 hrs
agree James (Jim) Davis : Of course the thing is a farce-fiction. It is impossible to "close the meeting **at xx p.m.** after first/subject to reading and **approving** the minutes." They are approved without being read, because they are written afterwards, but in the present ten
11 hrs
agree pincorvaja (X)
12 hrs
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