Anne Bitton (asker) Sep 4, 2018:

At the end of the day, the (legal) document says: "celebrado el (date) en ME TRASLADE EN ON THE GREEN, PUERTO PLATA". "Trasladarse" translates as "to move" or "to transfer".
https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=tra... Silly as it is, I don't think it's a great idea to stray too far from the actual or literal meaning with these documents in a bid to make it sound better. I added a footnote to the effect that it looks odd in the original and that it may indicate that the person conducting the ceremony and the parties transferred or moved to the hotel in question.

AllegroTrans Sep 4, 2018:

Asker I have serious doubts about your choice of answer. If you have seen this several times, I think it's highly unlikely that the Registrar is "moving" to anywhere. He/she is simply "going" there to conduct a ceremony, which in formal English would be expressed as "attending at".

Anne Bitton (asker) Aug 31, 2018:

It's very bizarre, but I have seen it before on several of these marriage certificates from the Dominican Republic. I suspect that it is an error made on a previous template which has been left in. Literally, it says: "...el MATRIMONIO celebrado el (date) en ME TRASLADE EN ON THE GREEN, PUERTO PLATA." As it stands, I have translated it as "I TRANSFERRED TO" etc. and put a footnote saying that this is a literal meaning but makes little sense, so may indicate an error in the original. I am a bit wary of straying too far from the text with legal / official documents.

philgoddard Aug 30, 2018:

I would just say "held in Occidental Caribbean Village Club on the Green", which is the correct title of the resort. Maybe "me trasladé" is boilerplate phraseology that doesn't follow on from what precedes it, but the overall meaning is clear.

AllegroTrans Aug 30, 2018:

Asker Who appears to be "saying" this? The Civil Registrar? Could it simply mean that the Registrar changed the place of the ceremony?