Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
procuration
English translation:
representation
French term
Cameroon
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procuration
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Tim Webb
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| 4 +4 | power of attorney |
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Non-PRO (1): mchd
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Proposed translations
representation
A procuration is not just the document used to make an appointment, it is also the appointment itself (donner procuration). In this case, a tax refund may be delayed if the taxable person is dead, a joint owner, represented by an appointee, ... etc.
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power of attorney
| Merci Joséphine je pense pour ma part que " Power of attorney " convient ici comme il s'agit des différents actes légaux qui pourraient interférer dans le processus de remboursement des taxes qui ont été retenus, et le retarder. Merci à tous pour les explications. |
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writeaway
: or proxy. is in ordinary Fr-En dictionaries and am sure the glossary would also be helpful in this case. unless there is a special problem in this particular doc.
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Thanks, true, proxy is used too
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AllegroTrans
: asker has to look carefully at context to choose whether POA or proxy is the most appropriate term
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True, so asker has to decide
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B D Finch
: I think that the limited context the Asker has given does point towards "power of attorney", not "proxy". The two terms are very different and cannot be used interchangeably.
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True, so asker has to decide
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Jean-Claude Gouin
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Discussion
http://www.minfin.fgov.be/portail2/fr/downloads/assignments/...
qu'il y a t'il de secret dans ces documents?
délai pour faire quoi? + remboursement de quoi exactement, par qui et à qui?
Cela permetrait (probablement) d'y voir plus clair., de comprendre qu'est ce que "procuration" vient chercher parmi "succession, indivision et cession"
Il est aussi fort possible que "procuration" a ici une acception depuis longtemps tombée en désuétude en France métropolitaine