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induciendo o manteniendo a otro en error

English translation: misleading or maintaining a misconception

05:38 Mar 17, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s)
Spanish term or phrase: induciendo o manteniendo a otro en error
"Delito de Estafa contemplado en el artículo 246 del Código Penal Colombiano: “El que obtenga provecho ilícito para sí o para un tercero, con perjuicio ajeno, induciendo o manteniendo a otro en error por medio de artificios o engaños, incurrirá en prisión..."

This is quoting a Colombian law. I am struggling with "induciendo o manteniendo a otro en error."
Lucinda Aragon
Local time: 01:12
English translation:misleading or maintaining a misconception
Explanation:
"A person who obtain unlawful gains for themselves or third parties, to the detriment of others, by misleading or maintaining a misconception through artifice or deception, shall be liable for a prison sentence of..."
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Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 02:12
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4misleading or maintaining a misconception
Robert Carter
4inducing or maintaining an other in error
Hisham Saad
4misleading, or continuing to mislead, another
Adrian MM.


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
misleading or maintaining a misconception


Explanation:
"A person who obtain unlawful gains for themselves or third parties, to the detriment of others, by misleading or maintaining a misconception through artifice or deception, shall be liable for a prison sentence of..."

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 02:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 558
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Asker: Thank you Robert! I appreciate your excellent answer!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
3 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil.
agree  Charles Davis
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Charles.
agree  franglish
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Franglish.
neutral  Adrian MM.: Whether or not an actual quote, it may, linguistically in context, be mixing up the 'rhemes and themes' > subject-verb-object. The second part looks like it is the subject who is labouring under a delusion, rather than a misled third-party.
3 days 6 hrs
agree  MollyRose
3 days 8 hrs
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
inducing or maintaining an other in error


Explanation:
where error is a state of misconception induced by fraudulent means which is the legal definition of swindle (estafa)

Hisham Saad
Egypt
Local time: 11:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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3 days 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
misleading, or continuing to mislead, another


Explanation:
The 'otro' does need to be reflected. In the words of the late Prof. Peter Newmark, every word needs to be translated or, even if redundant, accounted for (e.g. by being omitted!).



Example sentence(s):
  • KCC continues to mislead taxpayers

    Reference: http://painintheenglish.com/case/4476
    Reference: http://www.oscodaherald.com/stories/kcc-continues-to-mislead...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 278
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