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firmar en blanco

English translation: sign blank documents

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Spanish term or phrase:firmar en blanco
English translation:sign blank documents
Entered by: Wilsonn Perez Reyes

00:38 Apr 3, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Human Resources / Mexico
Spanish term or phrase: firmar en blanco
Se demanda la nulidad de cualquier documento o documentos que los demandados tengan en su poder, y que me hayan obligado a firmar en blanco o en abuso de firma y que impliquen renuncia de mis derechos.

I'm not sure if this means that the person had to sign a blank page or without reading the document. I'm hoping someone is familair with this phrase. Thank you in advance.
jmf
United States
Local time: 01:28
sign blank documents
Explanation:
Pienso que la respuesta tiene que tener la palabra "blank".

Mi respuesta cubre todos los flancos.

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Many have been replaced with contract workers. ... Others were forced to ***sign blank documents*** and harassed and intimidated on a daily basis ...
https://cleanclothes.org/ua/2014/cases/modelama

The second proposal addressed practices such as deceptive advertisements, misrepresenting loan terms, and having consumers ***sign blank documents***—acts that involve fraud, deception, or misrepresentations.
https://books.google.com.sv/books?id=QIKfTVrhNfMC&pg=PA93&dq...
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Wilsonn Perez Reyes
El Salvador
Local time: 23:28
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3sign unconditionally
David Hollywood
4 +3sign blank documents
Wilsonn Perez Reyes
3sign a blank sheet of paper
Claudia Reynaud
Summary of reference entries provided
Taña Dalglish

  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
sign unconditionally


Explanation:
I would say

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https://books.google.com.ar/books?isbn=1742288243 - Traducir esta página
Martin Hawes - 2009 - ‎Business & Economics
This inability to sign unconditionally takes away a large measure of the strength that the 'guaranteed mortgage certificate' was supposed to give to your ...

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I think this would work fine in this context

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or: give blank approval

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or: give a blank check (US)/cheque (UK) if you prefer a figurative version

David Hollywood
Local time: 02:28
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 172

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JohnMcDove
6 hrs
  -> gracias John
agree  neilmac
6 hrs
  -> thanks Neil
agree  lugoben
18 hrs
  -> thanks lugoben
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sign a blank sheet of paper


Explanation:
I believe this refers to a common (albeit illegal) practice to ask employees to sign a blank sheet of paper upon hiring, which the employer may later fill out with the text of a letter of resignation, so the employer will not have to make any severance payments if the company wishes to terminate the employee at a later date (hence the "signed" letter of resignation).

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I have no proof of this, but this seems to be a condition for hiring required quite often in Mexico, unfortunately.

Claudia Reynaud
United States
Local time: 01:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
sign blank documents


Explanation:
Pienso que la respuesta tiene que tener la palabra "blank".

Mi respuesta cubre todos los flancos.

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Note added at 17 hrs (2017-04-03 17:55:32 GMT)
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Many have been replaced with contract workers. ... Others were forced to ***sign blank documents*** and harassed and intimidated on a daily basis ...
https://cleanclothes.org/ua/2014/cases/modelama

The second proposal addressed practices such as deceptive advertisements, misrepresenting loan terms, and having consumers ***sign blank documents***—acts that involve fraud, deception, or misrepresentations.
https://books.google.com.sv/books?id=QIKfTVrhNfMC&pg=PA93&dq...

Wilsonn Perez Reyes
El Salvador
Local time: 23:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 20
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MollyRose: That's how I understand the text, like signing a blank check.
3 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Molly.
agree  Christian [email protected]
6 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Christian.
agree  Andrée Goreux: Ilegal, pero exactamente eso
6 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Andrée.
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Reference comments


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Reference

Reference information:
firmar en blanco
PHRASE

1
Firmar un papel o un documento antes de que esté escrito en él lo que la firma debe autorizar.

http://termbank.com/en/spanish-english/sign a document
2 Law sign a document with blank portions firmar en blanco [v]


Diccionario Jurídico Inglés-español, Español-inglés Aspen
https://books.google.com.jm/books?id=sUIsKaZe9a4C&pg=PA407&l... (page 407)
Steven M. Kaplan - 2008 - ‎Foreign Language Study
... signatory, maker of a document firmar v – to sign, to execute ****firmar en blanco – to sign a document with blank portions, to sign anything without prior review ...***



Tureng - firmar - Spanish English Dictionary
tureng.com/en/spanish-english/firmar
English Spanish online dictionary Tureng, translate words and terms with different ... 34, Law, firmar en blanco [v], sign a document with blank portions.

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  philgoddard
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  JohnMcDove
4 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Wendy Streitparth
12 hrs
  -> Thank you Wendy.
agree  MollyRose
19 hrs
  -> Many thanks Molly.
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