apparently undocumented

French translation: apparemment sans papiers

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English term or phrase:apparently undocumented
French translation:apparemment sans papiers
Entered by: FX Fraipont (X)

05:54 Dec 23, 2019
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English term or phrase: apparently undocumented
Born in 1961, living in the USA. My secret to looking two years younger:
Apparently undocumented
Not insured
Unlicensed
Not able to afford medical bills
Using XXXX products
Jerzy CertTrans
United States
Local time: 05:05
apparemment sans papiers
Explanation:
Undocumented alien = without documents
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FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 12:05
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8apparemment sans papiers
FX Fraipont (X)
5apparemment sans papiers
alireza hematian (X)
3 +1Apparemment non-acté
Chakib Roula
3Sans document officiel apparent
Irène Guinez


Discussion entries: 2





  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Apparemment non-acté


Explanation:
Si on parle de la date de naissance,c'est monnaie courante des pays post-indépendants et dont certaines naissances n'ont jamais été actées.

Chakib Roula
Algeria
Local time: 11:05
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 21

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER: non acté
1 hr
  -> Merci Gilou

neutral  erwan-l: Le contexte ne semble pas orienter vers cette "piste", versus sans papiers tout court.
2 hrs

neutral  Daryo: this sounds like the slightly outdated French still used in Algeria.
8 hrs

neutral  Tony M: But a person cannot be 'acté', only some event (like birth) Since we do not know what is 'undocumented', the only assumption we can make is that it must be the person themsevles.
1 day 1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
apparemment sans papiers


Explanation:
Undocumented alien = without documents

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 12:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 1529
Grading comment
Thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  erwan-l
1 hr
  -> merci!

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
4 hrs

agree  Maïté Mendiondo-George: d'accord
5 hrs

agree  Kalamay Fondzenyuy
7 hrs

agree  Daryo: Simply!
7 hrs

agree  Timothy Rake
8 hrs

agree  alireza hematian (X)
12 hrs

agree  Tony M: Except I would have said 'a priori', since the sense here is really more 'seemingly'.
6 days
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
apparemment sans papiers


Explanation:
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alireza hematian (X)
Iran
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: It is more courteous to agree with an existing answer, rather than making another identical submission with no further supporting information.
12 hrs
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Sans document officiel apparent


Explanation:
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Irène Guinez
Spain
Local time: 12:05
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: That actually changes the meaning slightly: it is no longer 'apparently undocumented', but rather 'with no apparent documents' — which is not quite the same thing.
5 days
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