Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
el ciudadano X procedió a sacar por primera su licencia de conducir no.xxx
English translation:
Mr/Mrs X first obtained driving licence no.xxx
Added to glossary by
Ana Ribeiro
Jun 12, 2017 10:11
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Spanish term
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Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
el ciudadano X procedió a sacar por primera su licencia de conducir no.xxx
Spanish to English
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procedió a sacar
This is a Driver's licence certificate from Argentina with a very confusing wording. I believe that this means "The citizen has to driver's licence no. XXX" but the sentence is confusing me.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +3 | Mr/Mrs X first obtained driving licence no.xxx |
Jane Martin
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| 5 | Citizen X obtained for the first time his/her driver license no. XXX. |
Erika Ramos De Urquidi
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Proposed translations
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Mr/Mrs X first obtained driving licence no.xxx
I think this is all it means but more context would be useful.
Note from asker:
| There is no more context to be provided, just this. Sorry :) |
Peer comment(s):
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Robert Forstag
: In the US, it would be "driver's license." I also think "initially" would work better than "first."
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Thanks Robert. Yes initially is a bit more formal.
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Agustina Aguirre
: I think there is an omission in the source and that it should read "procedió a sacar por primera VEZ su licencia de conducir". I don't think it is a reference to obtaining it at the first attempt since normally, that is not something noted.
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Erika Ramos De Urquidi
United States
United States
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Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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Citizen X obtained for the first time his/her driver license no. XXX.
The word VEZ is missing after PRIMERA. It should read:
...procedió a sacar por primera VEZ su licencia...
...procedió a sacar por primera VEZ su licencia...
Discussion
This interpretation would accord actual meaning to "por primera," which otherwise is entirely superfluous.