Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

Tribunale per i minorenni

English translation:

Juvenile Court

Added to glossary by meladui
Dec 15, 2008 14:49
15 yrs ago
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Italian term

Tribunale per i minorenni

Italian to English Law/Patents Law (general) adoption papers
should it be left in Italian?
if not, how would you translate it?

Discussion

simon tanner Dec 15, 2008:
juvenile court? Bit dubious about this, since we are dealing with adoption papers. Have the impression that the Juvenile Court deals with juvenile offenders above all. Adoption proceedings are dealt with by Maagistrate's Courts or the Family Division of the High Court. Obviously you cannot translate Tribunale per i minorenni with Family Division of the High Court, but Juvenile Court may give the wrong impression. Maybe Court for the Protection of Minors, or some such hybrid 'explanatory translation' might work better.

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Juvenile Court

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strictly speaking, "Juvenile Tribunal" might be better but might sound odd to an English-speaking ear...

Peer comment(s):

agree Oana Popovici : Assolutamente si! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenile_court
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agree Ana-Maria Badea
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agree Marika Costantini
1 min
agree Ellen Kraus
4 mins
agree Barbara Toffolon (X)
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agree James (Jim) Davis : That is what it was called in the UK in the 1970s and no I didn't attend as a delinquent! I was too old ;-)
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Never mind, Jim. You can always be a senile delinquent when you get older.
neutral simon tanner : could give wrong idea in adoption proceedings, I feel
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agree Carla Catolino : that's what it is called in English speaking Canada as well
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agree Maria Kisic
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Juvenile Court

Ciao,

naturalmente ritengo tu possa renderlo in inglese, a meno che non si trovi nell' indirizzo, oppure puoi lasciarlo in originale ed inserire una nota a pie' di pagina.

Io personalmente lo tradurrei in intestazione al documento, e lo lascerei in originale in corrispondenza di indirizzo.

Ciao e buon lavoro,
Loredana
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agree Peter Cox
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Family Court

Think this might work better, for the reasons I discuss above.
Juvenile Court, as Oona's reference shows:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenile_court
is for juvenile offenders. If we are talking about adoption, this seems inappropriate.
Family Court also gets 1,700,000 googles....
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q="family court"&btnG=Cerc...
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Children Court

Peer comment(s):

agree simon tanner : Children's Court. From your ref looks like this would work too
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Thanks, that is how it is commonly known in NY
agree emanuela.v : http://www.cyf.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/16088/...
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Youth Court

Talk about the juvenile court in England and they will understand you - but my suggestion is the 'official' recognised term, I believe. And it is the term my criminal solicitor former colleague uses when referring to this court. So it may be preferable to 'juvenile', depending on your reader audience.
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Adoption court/ Court which deals with adoptions

If the purpose is adoption then maybe the name should reflect this concept.

for adoption court see:
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&client=firefox-a&rls=org.m...

from the site below it seems that different courts deal with this issue in different states so this may be the best way to deal with it
http://family.findlaw.com/adoption/adoption-guide/adoption-c...

where it says :
Examples of Jurisdiction

State courts are organized in a hierarchy of courts of original jurisdiction, which is the level at which cases are first heard, and appellate courts, which hear cases that have been appealed from lower courts. The names given to these courts vary from State to State. All adoption cases commence with a petition filed with the appropriate court of original jurisdiction.

The types of court designated as the court of original jurisdiction reflect the organization of the State court system, and the names can include:

* Circuit court (Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Oregon, South Dakota, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin);
* District court (Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wyoming, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico);
* Superior court (Alaska, Arizona, California, Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina, Washington, and Guam);
* Probate court (Alabama, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Vermont )
* Family court (Delaware, Hawaii, New York, Rhode Island, and South Carolina)
* Juvenile court (Colorado, Louisiana, and Minnesota)

Some other names used are equity (Maryland), chancery (Mississippi), court of common pleas (Pennsylvania), county (Nebraska), trial (Northern Mariana Islands), territorial (Virgin Islands), and court of first instance (Puerto Rico).
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Juvenile Court

Juvenile Court Department - Main Information Page
Sep 26, 2008 ... The Juvenile Court Department has general jurisdiction over delinquency, children in need of services (CHINS), care and protection petitions ...
www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/juvenilecourt/in... - 36k - Cached - Similar pages
Adoption and Foster Care — Ohio Legal Services
If you are served with adoption papers and you have not consented to the adoption of ... Children are often placed in foster care before the juvenile court ...
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ALABAMA JUDICIAL SYSTEM RECORDS RETENTION 'SCHEDULE JUVENILE COURT ...
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JUVENILE CASE FILES - All papers filed in the. "legal1/ file of official docketed court cases. A. Adoptions Removed From Probate Court. B. Paternity Cases ...
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Nov 13, 2008 ... Juvenile Court: an Introduction for Kids and Families ... A description of the types of cases the juvenile court handles; Utah's Juvenile ...
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Adoption cases in juvenile court can sometimes involve the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR), and Jim Lewis is knowledgeable and adept in handling ...
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