French term
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Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, Spanish to English, French to English, and 2 more.
j'institute pour légataire universelle
| 5 +1 | appoint as sole legatee |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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| 4 | I appoint as general legatee (subject to the rights of any reserve heirs) |
Tim Webb
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Non-PRO (1): Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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Proposed translations
I appoint as general legatee (subject to the rights of any reserve heirs)
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Be that as it may, the French is "légataire universelle". Maybe this is a personal thing, but I prefer to leave the legal implications to the lawyers and their professional indemnity insurers if need be!//Also, this is a letter expressing wishes.
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Yes, but "légataire universel" in French is not the same as "universal legatee" in English and translating it as "sole legatee", when there are alternatives is, in my opinion, too restrictive (you're right Nikki - let's leave this one to the lawyers)!
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Psychologist, Court-certified legal
Native in: English
Works in: French to English
appoint as sole legatee
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Note added at 18 mins (2013-07-02 11:17:45 GMT)
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http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/instituer/4343...
- Établir quelque chose, le fonder d'une manière durable : Instituer une nouvel impôt. Richelieu institua l'Académie.
- Désigner quelqu'un comme héritier dans son testament.
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Note added at 19 mins (2013-07-02 11:18:51 GMT)
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Your instinct for the meaning is correct. It simply meant considering the infinitive of the verb. I'm sure you'd have found it. ;-)
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Note added at 7 hrs (2013-07-02 18:42:18 GMT)
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"Sole beneficiary" also.
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philgoddard
: What you haven't mentioned is that it should be "institue", not "institute".
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Quite right. Thank you Phil.//I have just spotted my new verb "estbalish", for those setting up in the east.
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