Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
civil registrar general
English answer:
Civil Registrar General (title in Philippines)
English term
civil registrar general
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Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, Irish, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
(Civil) Registrar
So Registrar
Or Civil Registrar
Or Civil Registrar General as that appears to be the official title over there
Up to you. Officials can sign documents on behalf of/in the name of the Registrar.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_registration
https://crvsgateway.info/What-is-civil-registration~486
Civil registration is a process whereby major vital events occurring in a population are officially recorded. It is defined by the United Nations as ‘the continuous, permanent, compulsory and universal recording of the occurrence and characteristics of vital events in a population’, in accordance with the legal requirements of the country.
The goal of civil registration is to record all vital events that occur in a country as they occur.
Vital events covered in a CRVS system include:
Events that occur at the level of individuals – live birth, death and fetal death
Events that relate to family and civil status – marriage, registered partnership, separation, divorce, legal dissolution of registered partnership and annulment of marriage..."
OFFICIAL is called Civil Registrar General n Philippines
https://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=342
https://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=342
Definition:
A civil registrar is an official charged with the responsibility for civil registration and for recording and reporting information on vital events for statistical purposes.
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philgoddard
: I don't think you can define a term simply by repeating it. It means the person responsible for recording births, marriages, and deaths.//I agree with lots of your answers! I think they're very good.
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question seems to be "the title of the officer who signed the certificate"! she did not ask for a definition. Really hard for you to agree with anything I put it seems/Clearly not. More evidence just now.
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AllegroTrans
: A title is a title; I don't thin you should change it and anyways I don't understand the Asker's question
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I gave options, including the original title, as unclear what problem is and Daryo had already posted links
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Daryo
: that doesn't explain what's exactly the role of this "Civil Registrar General", what kind of beast it's supposed to be in the bureaucratic jungle ...
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no bureaucratic jungle at all. Should be quite clear what a registrar doesl But added definitions anyway...
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Civil Registrar Chief / Highest office of Civil Registrar
Civil Registrar General could also be the name of a government agency. In that case, it means the Main office of Civil Registrar or the Highest Office of Civil Registrar. If this is the case, then the person signing the paper is just an authorized representative of that office.
Civil Registrar: a government agency where civil matters like births, deaths, marriages are registered and certificates issued.
Reference: the highest consulate of a country set up in another country is called the Consulate General. The head of a Consulate General is called the Consul General.
https://www.cgisf.gov.in/
Discussion
A reasonable assumption would be that Asker wants to know what's exactly the "Civil Registrar General" in the Philippine's bureaucracy (THE, as there is only one for the whole country), to know what's the "job description".
Trying to understand first the ST before any attempts at translating? Wouldn't that be the usual reason for asking monolingual questions?
In Serbian it would be
"Начелник управе / дирекције за матичне књиге"
In Bulgarian it must be something similar.
BTW the "Civil Registrar General" is the big boss (thus "... general"), in charge of the Registry of all births/mariages/deaths in the whole of Philippines - in practice it would be signed by someone else "par procuration", or a clerk would just stamp the big boss's signature.
http://iriga.balinkbayan.gov.ph/request-for-endorsement-of-c...