Treat the existence and content of an agreement confidentially = mantener como confidencial la existencia y el contenido de un Contrato. The parties holding the position of shareholder (…) = las Partes que ostentan la condición de accionista (…). Unconstitutional = substantially [normallye una ley] to be kept unconstitutional. A legal hold is a process that an organization uses to retain all forms of relevant information when litigation is reasonably expected. Legal suspension is initiated by notice or communication from legal counsel to an organization that suspends the deletion or normal processing of documents, such as recycling backup tapes, archived media, and other document and information storage and management operations. A legal prohibition will be issued as a result of ongoing or anticipated litigation, audits, regulatory investigations or similar matters to prevent theft of evidence. Legal suspensions may include business processes that affect live data, including, but not limited to, recycling backup tapes. Recent amendments to the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure address the discovery of electronically stored information and extend the use of „legal retention“ beyond the retention of paper documents. The amendments were drafted in anticipation of legal arguments and tactics related to the creation of ESIs, such as the cost and difficulty of creating such ISAs and allegations that these ISAs were missing, deleted or otherwise inaccessible when in fact they were not. These changes came into effect on September 1.

December 2006 and require organizations to retain all electronic records until a legal matter is formally resolved, even if an organization reasonably anticipates litigation. Detaining an arrested person = holding a detenido. Mastering the collocations of legal language is very important, both for a lawyer who wants to speak correctly and for a translator who is interested in accurately translating legal jargon expressions. And what we have seen is not to keep all possible translations of the verb, there are many others in other areas of law, so it is convenient to study the context in depth and work on collocations to be able to refine our translation to the maximum. To assert oneself = to defend oneself, to stand firm. Translations of the verb to hold in the field of procedural law: possession of the necessary authorizations, licences and permits = possession of the required permissions, licences and permits. Maintain the application of the judgment = suspend the execution of a judgment. Keep information strictly confidential = keep information strictly confidential. Do you know how many ways the verb (to) hold can be translated? Are you afraid of making a mistake when choosing an equivalent? The legal terminology is very specific and does not leave much room for manoeuvre. In this case, it is also a very important verb that appears continuously in legal English.

In this article, we will show you the different meanings depending on the context. Holding a trial/hearing = holding a trial/hearing. It is one of those verbs that English speakers use with infinitely different meanings and therefore pose many problems for lawyers and translators. As an example of what we have just said, we will see some meanings of the verb in two areas of law that we translate extensively, procedural law and contract law. Let`s start with the first one. The shares are held by this company on the balance sheet date = the shares are held by the company on the balance sheet date. In the field of contract law, on the other hand, we can find many other possible translations that differ from this verb: the entry has been the most seen and shared, so we see that the subject is interesting. If we look for their possible meanings in ordinary language, we will find in a dictionary of the order of 20 to 30 possible translations. Almost nothing! As an example, we have taken the examples provided by WordReference: The notices are considered validly delivered (…) = The notices are considered validly delivered (…).

Faced with such an avalanche of options, we have no choice but to try to narrow the scope of the term a little more, that is, to know in what context it is used in order to select the most appropriate translation. A few months ago, we talked here about what legal language internships are and what they are for. However, it will not be enough to limit ourselves to saying that the verb is used in „legal language“, this will continue to be too broad a context in which we can also find endless possible translations. So we need to demarcate the terrain a little more.