Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
"calígrafo público nacional"
English translation:
national public forensic document examiner / questioned document examiner
Spanish term
calígrafo público nacional
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Charles Davis
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Sep 4, 2015 06:21: Charles Davis Created KOG entry
May 30, 2018 15:01: Enrique Manzo changed "Term asked" from "\"calígrafo público nacional\"" to "calígrafo público nacional"
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Proposed translations
national public forensic document examiner / questioned document examiner
"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...
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Note added at 1 hr (2015-08-21 21:39:32 GMT)
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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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Adolfo Fulco
: What is Forensic Document Examination? The link to the explanation: http://www.safde.org/whatwedo.htm
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A very useful explanation. Many thanks, Adolfo :)
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Maria Mastruzzo
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Many thanks, Maria :)
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