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RosFlinn (X)

147 questions

articolo 415 bis

Italian to English Law/Patents Law (general)

Is it 415415 or an annexe to article 415 .. or something elae again?

Proposed translations (English)

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10 mins

Richard Boyce

138 answers

Native in English

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bis

bis means simply b (i.e. Article 415 b) and I'd leave it as bis (in Italics).

Peer comment(s):

agree	jamax (X) : true 2 mins
agree	fgb 5 mins
agree	GAR 39 mins
agree	Hermeneutica : It's Section or Paragraph 2 [bis in Latin, 3 is tris, 4 is quater etc.] of this Article 1 hr
neutral	Robert Tucker (X) : If it were house numbering it might well translate as 415a, so unless you are going to call 415 415a, not too sure 415b is too good an idea. Version 1, version 2??? 1 hr
agree	Catherine Bolton 1 hr
agree	Valentina Pecchiar : IMHO Bis is to be left but it indicates an addendum, a "second art. 415" inserted between 415 and 416 and closely related to 415 in content. A second addendum would be "ter" ("third time"), not tris ("three of the kind" I think it's the translation) 2 hrs
disagree	diego luciano (X) : bis don't have any traslation it's a latin word and you have to use the same word exctly "BIS" (i.e. art. XXX - bis ). 5 hrs
	Look again! My answer is "bis" (in italics too to show that it is latin).
agree	Science451 9 hrs
agree	Peter Cox 3 days 18 hrs
agree	bentom : I agree with Valentina. As anyone following the reference will generally have to read in the source language, probably best to leave it as it is labelled in the relevant code. 2419 days

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks Richard and all - I didn't realise it was Latin!"