and of the Commonwealth the Two Hundred Twenty-eighth

English to French Law/Patents Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs Diploma

Il s'agit de la traduction d'un diplôme d'une université de l'état de Virginie qui a été délivré le 15 mai 2004 A.D., et cette date est suivie de la mention ci-dessus.
Voici la phrase complète :
"In Testimony Whereof this Diploma, signed by the authorized officers of the University under the corporate seal attested by the Registrar, is granted at Fairfax, Virginia, this fifteenth day of May, A.D. 2004 **and of the Commonwealth the Two Hundred Twenty-eighth.**"
Je ne connais pas cette formulation. De "commonwealth", Termium dit ceci: "Le terme anglais est le générique officiel de certains des États américains, soit le Kentucky, le Massachusetts, la Pennsylvanie et la Virginie." - mais alors, qu'est ce 20028th? le 20028ème jour ? de quoi ? (20028 jours = à peu près 55 ans, ce qui nous ramènerait en 1949?). In other words, I'm stuck.

Thank you for your help.

Proposed translations (French)

3	(de l'an 2004 A.D.) et de l'an 228 de la constitution de l'état de Virginie.	Claire Nolan
4	et l'année 228 du Commonwealth	enrico paoletti

Change log

Aug 27, 2010 05:43: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "\"and of the Commonwealth the Two Hundred Twenty-eighth\"" to "and of the Commonwealth the Two Hundred Twenty-eighth" , "Field (specific)" from "Law (general)" to "Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs" , "Field (write-in)" from "DIPLOMA" to "Diploma"

Aug 30, 2010 13:27: Claire Nolan Created KOG entry

Discussion

ALIAS trad (asker) Aug 27, 2010: Good morning! You've been brilliant all. Clanola or Meirs, if you could post an answer I could award you points. As such I cannot. I know you're not doing it for points but "tout travail mérite salaire"...
Claire Nolan Aug 26, 2010: Another try: de l'an 2004 A.D. et de l'an 228 de la constitution de l'état de Virginie. (As per Meirs' suggestion)
Claire Nolan Aug 26, 2010: Or maybe: ''la 228ième année de la constitution de l'État de Virginie''. There are too many ''de'' in there, it seems.
meirs Aug 26, 2010: you may want to preserve the "and" if you can "stitch" in FR between the AD number and the Virginian ordinal year number
ALIAS trad (asker) Aug 26, 2010: You are all right and I'm a big fool. Slap me on the head and call me curly ;-) of course it's not 20028 but 228 (should I say that I was a bit tired when I posted this...?) Donc ce serait quelque chose comme "en l'an 228 de l'État de Virginie"? Would this even mean anything in French?..
meirs Aug 26, 2010: A.D. 2004 and of the Commonwealth the 228 The year is 2004 on the A.D. count and 228th on the Commonwealth count. The and links between the two YEAR information items.
Elena Radkova Aug 26, 2010: Ce n'est pas "The Commonwealth the 228"?
Claire Nolan Aug 26, 2010: F X, Wish my French were as good!
FX Fraipont (X) Aug 26, 2010: @Clanola Brilliant maths! :-)
Claire Nolan Aug 26, 2010: 1776 + 228 = 2004 Virginia became the ''Commonwealth of Virginia'' in 1776: In colonial times, Virginia was officially known as the Colony and Dominion of Virginia. When the 13 colonies broke ties with the British Crown during the Revolution, the old name was no longer suitable. The delegates to the convention in Williamsburg, when the first Constitution of Virginia was adopted on June 29, 1776, used commonwealth as the name for the new form of government. http://www.virginia.gov/cmsportal3/facts_and_history_4096/hi...
FX Fraipont (X) Aug 26, 2010: 228th year of the university? "GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TWO HUNDREDTH AND TWENTY EIGHTH COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE ALEXANDER MEMORIAL COLISEUM" https://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/1853/22315/2/oop07-009...