German term
high standard academic English
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: English, German to English, English to German, and 5 more.
28.07.2007 or 07/28/2007
This is the first time, I am actually translating a financial/ legal document into American English (or supposedly AE).
Can someone please tell me whether dates within legal financial documents are written the European way (28.07.2007 as in the 28th of July 2007) or the American way (07/28/2007)?
I am thanking everyone for his/her valuable time spent on answering the question.
Best wishes,
Frauke
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Yvonne Becker
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| 5 +2 | February 28, 2007 |
Carmen Berelson
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Sabine Griebler
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Feb 21, 2008 12:07: Marcus Malabad changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (2): writeaway, Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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Also an Engineer
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Venezuelan)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
American way
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Note added at 28 mins (2008-02-21 03:35:56 GMT)
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Unless the translation is for India or Australia or any other country of the Commonwealth
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Cristina Moldovan do Amaral
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Thanks
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writeaway
: wouldn't it simply depend on the readership the doc is intended for? Why 100% sure the US way?
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She's translating into American English, so she should use the American way of expressing the dates. That's what I learnt when I studied translation
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Tatjana Dujmic
: when translating into AE, stick to their way!
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Exactly. Thanks
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ISO 8601
United States
20 years in legal/financial
Native in: German 
Works in: German to English, English to German
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