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| Processed by: | richwarm (2024-11-28 19:32:18 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 80402 - submitted by 'cboss2' >> certificates receipts prescriptions etc aren't typically "drawn up"? other long formal documents like sales agreements or contracts yes maybe I think "to issue" or "to write up" might be a better choice of wording For example, The Taiwan Tax Agency uses "to issue" Taxation >> 開立不實統一發票營業人 "Business Entity Issuing False Uniform Invoices" https://www.mof.gov.tw/Eng/htmlList/20467ff6d86140429a6a235b412c277e 開立收據 "give / issue a receipt" https://engoo.com.tw/blog/%E4%B8%BB%E9%A1%8C%E9%A1%9E/invoice_receipt/ ----------------------------- Editor: When the grammatical object of 開立 is a document (a certificate, receipt, or prescription etc), 開立 denotes the *creation* (by writing on a piece of paper), not the *issuing*, of the document. 兩岸詞典: 開單立據；簽寫。例 「開立發票」。 國語辭典: 簽寫。如：「商店買賣貨物都要開立統一發票，作為政府徵稅的依據。」 The above definitions are not saying that 開立 means "to issue". Similarly, KEY (a C-E dictionary) defines 開立 as 1. draw up (a document) 2. open (a bank or other account) * * * "draw up" means "to compose or write in a set form" [American Heritage Dictionary], which conveys the idea of 開立 reasonably well, given that these documents tend to be created in a set format. A document that one "draws up" need not be lengthy; for example, one can "draw up a short list of candidates". Your suggestion "write up" is reasonable too, but it's not perfect either, since people don't typically "write up" certificates. > "Business Entity Issuing False Uniform Invoices" I have no problem with that translation. As a word-by-word *literal* translation, it's inaccurate, but the loss of accuracy is of little consequence since a business entity that "writes up" false uniform invoices is almost certainly issuing them as well, and the loss of literal accuracy is offset by a gain in the naturalness and idiomaticity of the English. |
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# - 開立 开立 [kai1 li4] /to found/to establish/to set up/to open (an account, a branch store etc)/to draw up (a certificate, receipt, prescription etc)/ # + 開立 开立 [[kai1 li4]] /to found/to establish/to set up/to open (an account, a branch store etc)/to issue (a certificate, receipt, prescription etc)/ |