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Suyash Suprabh
Suyash Suprabh  Identity Verified
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Apr 21, 2017

Here is an excerpt from a news item:

"“(The)...tenant in the demised premises stands aggrieved by the pronouncement made by the learned Executing Court upon his objections constituted therebefore...wherewithin the apposite unfoldments qua his resistance to the execution of the decree stood discountenanced by the learned Executing Court”.

Does not make any sense? Well, you are not alone. Even the Supreme Court thinks so. Why, even the contesting lawyers agreed that t... See more
Here is an excerpt from a news item:

"“(The)...tenant in the demised premises stands aggrieved by the pronouncement made by the learned Executing Court upon his objections constituted therebefore...wherewithin the apposite unfoldments qua his resistance to the execution of the decree stood discountenanced by the learned Executing Court”.

Does not make any sense? Well, you are not alone. Even the Supreme Court thinks so. Why, even the contesting lawyers agreed that this is English as bad it can get.

Not surprisingly, a two-judge bench of the top court has set aside the convoluted judgment authored by a Himachal Pradesh high court judge in a landlord vs tenant case."

My question is very simple. How would you translate such texts? ▲ Collapse
 
Robert Rietvelt
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NOT! Apr 21, 2017

Suyash Suprabh wrote:

Here is an excerpt from a news item:

"“(The)...tenant in the demised premises stands aggrieved by the pronouncement made by the learned Executing Court upon his objections constituted therebefore...wherewithin the apposite unfoldments qua his resistance to the execution of the decree stood discountenanced by the learned Executing Court”.

Does not make any sense? Well, you are not alone. Even the Supreme Court thinks so. Why, even the contesting lawyers agreed that this is English as bad it can get.

Not surprisingly, a two-judge bench of the top court has set aside the convoluted judgment authored by a Himachal Pradesh high court judge in a landlord vs tenant case."

My question is very simple. How would you translate such texts?


This is uncomprehensible and we can refuse jobs.

[Edited at 2017-04-21 19:11 GMT]
 
LilianNekipelov
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An English speaking judge or lawyer could not have written it Apr 23, 2017

It was probably some undereducated stenopist who took it down this way, or some recording software.
 


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