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redacción libre

English translation: freely worded statement

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Spanish term or phrase:redacción libre
English translation:freely worded statement
Entered by: patinba

11:41 Sep 4, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical (general)
Spanish term or phrase: redacción libre
Appears as a sub-heading in an Argentine certificate of good standing for a medical professional.

"Certificado - Redacción libre"

The document is digitally signed by Gestion Documental Electrónica, and I can see from here on Page 5 of their user guide [https://www.argentina.gob.ar/sites/default/files/manual-gedo...] that:
"Documentos de redacción libre: son aquellos documentos en los que **el usuario redacta todo el contenido a partir de un procesador de textos.**"

which I assume is the opposite of "Documentos con template o formularios controlados: son aquellos documentos **cuyos campos de redacción o ingreso de datos están preestablecidos.**"

I cannot think of a way to word this so that it reads naturally in EN. "Free wording/writing/composition" would be suitable if this referred to academic writing or essay writing techniques, but I think is too literal for this particular context.

"Custom certificate/attestation/statement"?
"Non-template certificate/attestation/statement"?
Lydia McC
Ireland
Local time: 23:06
freely-worded statement
Explanation:
Might be clear enough
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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 19:06
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Summary of answers provided
3 +8freely-worded statement
patinba
4 +1free text
William Bowley
5Free wording
Carina Brizuela
4text processor-based
Katarina Peters
3individually redacted
Andrew Barton


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
freely-worded statement


Explanation:
Might be clear enough

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 19:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 112
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Becker
1 hr
  -> Thank you!
agree  Antonella Perazzoni
2 hrs
  -> Gracias!
agree  Robert Copeland
2 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  MollyRose
4 hrs
agree  philgoddard: Yes, but without a hyphen, because freely is an adverb. You could also say "free-format".
5 hrs
agree  Robert Carter: Yes, I suppose individually drafted is the idea. Agree with Phil about the hyphen too.
11 hrs
agree  Lirka
1 day 10 hrs
agree  Maria da Glória Teixeira
7 days
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
text processor-based


Explanation:
this could be misleading, as the link you posted clearly says:
"Documentos de redacción libre: son aquellos documentos en los que **el usuario redacta todo el contenido a partir de un procesador de textos.**"

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 18:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
free text


Explanation:
There is no best translation of this term, however the Spanish term refers to a free-flowing or freely-written text, so to keep the translation suitably concise, 'free text' seems appropriate.

William Bowley
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
individually redacted


Explanation:
My attempted translation tries to put more emphasis on the fact that the text below was produced specifically for the purposes of the certificate in question.

Andrew Barton
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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8 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Free wording


Explanation:
That is how I have seen it translated many times

Carina Brizuela
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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