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4 +2 | national public forensic document examiner / questioned document examiner |
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"calígrafo público nacional" national public forensic document examiner / questioned document examiner Explanation: "Calígrafo" is a "false friend". In English it means someone who practises beautiful handwriting, someone who makes fair copies of documents: "calligrapher 1: a professional copyist or engrosser 2: one who practices the art of calligraphy" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calligrapher "calligraphy the art of making beautiful handwriting" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calligraphy But that's not what a calígrafo público nacional does at all: "Es la disciplina científica que se encarga de dictaminar la autenticidad falsedad y/o adulteración de escritos,documentos,instrumentos públicos o privados o cualquier documento manuscrito.Por ejemplo: constatar por los medios técnicos de la profesión las firmas,dilucidar los problemas de la escritura,analizar los carácteres,determinar las diferencias de tintas o elementos gráficos,elaboración del papel, sus dimensiones, tamaño, textura, color, grosor, etc. [...] Es una carrera que pertenece al área de Ciencias de la Criminalìstica" "Servicios caligráficos Pone a su disposición excelentes servicios caligráficos para determinar la autenticidad o falsedad de documentos manuscritos, impresiones, etc." http://www.peritodonda.com/ This is called a forensic document examiner or questioned document examiner in English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questioned_document_examinatio... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2015-08-21 21:39:32 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In Spanish, "calígrafo" and "caligrafía" can have two different meanings: "calígrafo, fa. (Del gr. καλλιγράφος). 1. m. y f. Persona que escribe a mano con letra excelente. 2. m. y f. Persona que tiene especiales conocimientos de caligrafía." http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=calígrafo "caligrafía 1. f. Arte de escribir con letra bella y correctamente formada, según diferentes estilos. 2. f. Conjunto de rasgos que caracterizan la escritura de una persona, de un documento, etc." http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=caligrafía "Calligrapher" and "calligraphy", in English, can only have meaning no. 1, but in "calígrafo público nacional", meaning no. 2 is involved. |
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