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17:10 May 31, 2013
Latin to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
Latin term or phrase: structure
Omnibus has litteras inspecturis notum facimus: rectorem universitatis, directorem neenon Scholae Medicinae Professores Examinatoribus iudicium ferentibus
XXX [name]
eo quod tempus implevit et bis annualia examina subiit his cursibus asignata, obtinuisse approbationem studiorum que competunt Medicinae ac Chirurgiae quare et iura et honores et dignitatem obtentam otorgamus. Est ergo hoc diploma testimonium ab hac universitate signatum.

I'ts an university diploma. Could you please help me with this sentence?
Expecially the structure...
Let it be known to all those who see these presents: the Rector of the University, as well as the director of the School of Medicine, and the examining Professors.
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5We, the University's Rector, as well as the Director of the School of Medicine,
Joseph Brazauskas


  

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We, the University's Rector, as well as the Director of the School of Medicine,


Explanation:
Omnibus has litteras inspecturis notum facimus: rectorem universitatis, directorem neenon Scholae Medicinae Professores Examinatoribus iudicium ferentibus
XXX [name]

We, the University's Rector, as well as the Director of the School of Medicine,
with its examining Professors making the decision, give notice to everyone who will view this document that XXX

eo quod tempus implevit et bis annualia examina subiit his cursibus asignata, obtinuisse approbationem studiorum que competunt Medicinae ac Chirurgiae quare et iura et honores et dignitatem obtentam otorgamus. Est ergo hoc diploma testimonium ab hac universitate signatum.

because he/she has completed his period of study and has undergone the twice annual examinations assigned to these courses [and] has acquired proof of his competence in the studies of Medicine and Surgery [lit., has acquired approval for the studies (objective genitive) which are equal to Medicine and Surgery]. Wherefore we grant him the rights, honor, and status to which he has attained. This diploma is therefore proof from this University. Signed [date]

Everything after 'notum facimus' is in indirect discourse, hence infinitives replace the principal verbs of the clauses. The indicative is used instead of the subjunctive in the causal clause 'eo quod tempus implevit et bis annualia examina subiit his cursibus a[s]signata' because the writer is expressing his own, not someone else's, viewpoint. 'Qu[a]e competunt' is likewise indicative because it is parenthetical and therefore does not depend upon 'obtinuisse'.

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