Sep 19, 2020 13:47
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French term

leur domicile

French to English Other Law (general)
Que ses bureaux ont été incendiés ainsi que leur domicile sis à ..... par des personnes qui lui en voulaient

Is it her house?
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Discussion

Eliza Hall Sep 22, 2020:
Domicile in the legal sense could be an office (a corporation's domicile is usually an office), but in this context that wouldn't make sense. The whole sentence says, "Que ses bureaux ont été incendiés ainsi que leur domicile sis à ..... par des personnes qui lui en voulaient..."

That certainly doesn't sound like domicile = office to me, for two reasons:
(1) It just said "bureaux" a few words earlier, and is now using "domicile" to refer to something else;
(2) It says "leur domicile." A corporation's domicile would be "son domicile."

As I read it, the sentence claims that someone is angry at "Mr. X" (I'm making that up because there's no name in the text), so they set fire to both Mr. X's office and to the home he shares with his spouse.
Paulina Sobelman Sep 19, 2020:
Je suis d'accord avec la discussion ici, puisqu'il y a une confusion entre leur (their) et lui (he/she), de plus domicile dépend si c'est leur maison (their home) ou leur bureau (their office). Faudrait préciser avec le client avant de voir la bonne traduction en anglais.
Caleb Goetz Sep 19, 2020:
leur domicile -> their home
Cyril Tollari Sep 19, 2020:
Leur pluriel, la propriétaire singulier : il manque du contexte
ABDESSAMAD BINAOUI (asker) Sep 19, 2020:
@Emmanuella On parle de la propriétaire
Emmanuella Sep 19, 2020:
De qui parle t'on?
ABDESSAMAD BINAOUI (asker) Sep 19, 2020:
@Emmanuella c'est écrit comme ça
Emmanuella Sep 19, 2020:
Ses bureaux / leur domicile? Merci de préciser

Proposed translations

+9
48 mins
Selected

his/her/their residence

Because "domicile" does not necessarily entail a house. Could be an apartment.
Peer comment(s):

agree Eliza Hall : This, or just "domicile," is the best translation since in addition to having the right meaning, it maintains the formal register of the original FR.
57 mins
neutral writeaway : Domicile is not necessarily a residence at all. Could be a lawyer's office.
59 mins
agree Joshua Parker
3 hrs
agree Timothy Rake
3 hrs
agree Yvonne Gallagher : Since offices are already mentioned...
3 hrs
agree Yolanda Broad
8 hrs
agree Ana-Maria Gontea
17 hrs
agree SafeTex
1 day 1 hr
agree AllegroTrans
1 day 5 hrs
agree Bokani Hart
3 days 21 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
14 mins

their house/home

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Peer comment(s):

neutral Eliza Hall : Correct meaning ("home" anyway--"house" could be wrong; it could be an apartment). But wrong register. "Domicile" is very formal; "home" is not.
1 hr
agree philgoddard : Home.
9 hrs
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