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obtengo testimonio

English translation: I (hereby) produce a certified copy

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Spanish term or phrase:Obtengo testimonio
English translation:I (hereby) produce a certified copy
Entered by: Toni Castano

15:49 Sep 19, 2023
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s)
Spanish term or phrase: obtengo testimonio
From a Deed of Sale issued by a notary. It is the last sentence, although I suspect there is more to the document (there is no full stop, for example, nor any information on what is being sold, merely the details of the four parties involved) that I was not required to translate

A solicitud de representante del comprador y previas mis advertencias en materia de protección de datos, obtengo testimonio
William Pairman
Spain
Local time: 09:41
I (hereby) produce a certified copy
Explanation:
In the technical jargon employed by notaries public in Spain, a “testimonio” is just a certified copy of a notarial deed. In the case given, a deed of sale has been issued by a notary, as you, asker, describe. Its “testimonio” is just a certified copy of that deed produced by the notary public, certainly intended for the buyer themselves.

Ah, there is nothing wrong with the missing full stop at the end of that excerpt. That is nothing rare, unluckily, in such type of documentation…

https://dle.rae.es/testimonio
testimonio
2. m. Documento autorizado por funcionario público [in this case: Notary public], en el que se da fe de un hecho o se transcribe total o parcialmente el contenido de otro documento.
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Toni Castano
Spain
Local time: 09:41
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3I (hereby) produce a certified copy
Toni Castano
4I obtain (the following) testimonial evidence/declaration
Andrew Bramhall
3(I do) arrange an authenticated copy; (land search) bespeak an office copy
Adrian MM.


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I obtain (the following) testimonial evidence/declaration


Explanation:
At the request of the purchaser's representative, and subject to my data protection warnings, I hereby obtain the following testimony/ testimonial evidence/declaration;

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 68

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neutral  AllegroTrans: https://dle.rae.es/testimonio
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I (hereby) produce a certified copy


Explanation:
In the technical jargon employed by notaries public in Spain, a “testimonio” is just a certified copy of a notarial deed. In the case given, a deed of sale has been issued by a notary, as you, asker, describe. Its “testimonio” is just a certified copy of that deed produced by the notary public, certainly intended for the buyer themselves.

Ah, there is nothing wrong with the missing full stop at the end of that excerpt. That is nothing rare, unluckily, in such type of documentation…

https://dle.rae.es/testimonio
testimonio
2. m. Documento autorizado por funcionario público [in this case: Notary public], en el que se da fe de un hecho o se transcribe total o parcialmente el contenido de otro documento.


Toni Castano
Spain
Local time: 09:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 32
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Carter: Beat me to it, was going to suggest "I have made a certified" using the past tense to make it a little easier to understand, but "hereby produce" is totally fine. ¡Saludos Toni!
19 mins
  -> Always a pleasure to see/meet you here. ¡Saludos Robert!
agree  Ana Brause
43 mins
  -> Thanks for your confirmation.
agree  AllegroTrans
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  -> Thanks for your confirmation.
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obtener testimonio
(I do) arrange an authenticated copy; (land search) bespeak an office copy


Explanation:
Methinks 'obtengo' is present continuous as what the notary is doing in the office or having his or her clerk or secretary do, rather than applying to the Land Registry to 'bespeak' (yes, Old Conveyancers' School archaic for 'solicitar) a certified copy -> office or official cop entries of a land search / nota simple informativa,

Example sentence(s):
  • IATE: Procedural law CJEU [LAW] CJUE es copia certificada CJUE copia suscrita CJUE copia autenticada CJUE testimonio CJUE copia certificada conforme CJUE en authenticated copy CJUE certified copy

    Reference: http://www2.proz.com/personal-glossaries/entry/14774423-test...
    Reference: http://www2.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/law-patents/53...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 278

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Andrew Bramhall: And if the office copy was designed to measure, would you be bespeaking a bespoke copy?//@Allegro- there isn't, and furthermore, the 4x OED definitions of 'bespeak', none of them corresponds to AMM's usage here.
11 hrs
neutral  AllegroTrans: where is there any mention of a land search in the ST? // AB - "bespeak" is a time-honoured, albeit now rarely-used, legal term which you clearly do not understand
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