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How can I format text messages for a court doc?
Thread poster: TSW
TSW
TSW
United States
Sep 11, 2020

I have a series of text messages which I have translated into English, but need a format for presenting them as part of a legal file for court. Can you help? Thank you!
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
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English to Portuguese
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@TSW Sep 12, 2020

If faced with that situation, I would write them in chronological order with date and time starting with the oldest.

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Liviu-Lee Roth
Liviu-Lee Roth
United States
Local time: 11:31
Romanian to English
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usually Sep 12, 2020

The client should request the specific format.

In the US, we write two columns: In the left column we write the original text message and in the right column the corresponding translation, keeping the date and time in chronological order.
 


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