Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hebrew term or phrase:
Legal docs written in the future tense (in Hebrew)
English translation:
the Plaintiff will plead, etc.
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Jun 29, 2011 05:40
12 yrs ago
Hebrew term
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Native in: Hebrew 
Works in: Spanish to English, Hebrew to English, English to Hebrew
Legal docs written in the future tense (in Hebrew)
Hebrew to English
Law/Patents
Law (general)
Israeli Law - litigation
A legal document addressed to the court is written in the future tense, for example:
המבקש יטען, כי מיד לאחר שהמשיבה התעברה הובאה לידיעתו העובדה המהותית כי המשיבה סובלת ממחלות קשות
המבקש ידגיש, כי המשיבה בכל תוקף לטול טיפול תרופתי.
How should I translate "המבקש יטען" "המבקש ידגיש" into English (the plaintiff will/would/shall ?)
Thanks in advance,
המבקש יטען, כי מיד לאחר שהמשיבה התעברה הובאה לידיעתו העובדה המהותית כי המשיבה סובלת ממחלות קשות
המבקש ידגיש, כי המשיבה בכל תוקף לטול טיפול תרופתי.
How should I translate "המבקש יטען" "המבקש ידגיש" into English (the plaintiff will/would/shall ?)
Thanks in advance,
Proposed translations
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| 5 +3 | the Plaintiff will plead, etc. |
judithyf
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| 4 -1 | claims, emphasizes |
Marina Gorlach
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the Plaintiff will plead, etc.
It's a simple future tense - describes what is going to happen
Note from asker:
| I agree, but I wasn't sure. Thanks. |
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Marina Gorlach
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
25 years in medical and legal field
Native in: English , Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, Hebrew to English, Hebrew to Russian, and 2 more.
claims, emphasizes
The future tense is normally used in legal documents to indicate the present. The plaintiff states and claims things about the past facts, e.g., he became aware of the health issues of the defendant after certain things were brought to his attention.
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Note added at 40 mins (2011-06-29 06:20:59 GMT)
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Sorry, I don't think that the plaintiff *will* claim it, but rather that this is his claim. Legal Hebrew uses the future tense by default, other languages use the present.
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Note added at 40 mins (2011-06-29 06:20:59 GMT)
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Sorry, I don't think that the plaintiff *will* claim it, but rather that this is his claim. Legal Hebrew uses the future tense by default, other languages use the present.
Note from asker:
| Thanks. However, this is not the case here. It says: the plaintiff will claim (as opposed to the plaintiff claims, the plaintiff will argue, etc.) |
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Perry Zamek
: The future tense is used in pre-trial documents, and so the future tense is appropriate - i.e. "[When the matter gets to trial] the plaintiff will argue that..."
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