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Spanish term

Kathleen Shelly

201 questions

Use of plus sign

Spanish Other Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs

I am translating a Mexican birth certificate. There is a plus sign after the names of three of the grandparents, but nothing after the name of the fourth. I would imagine this means that the grandparents marked with the + are alive?

Please help, and thanks.

Responses

símbolo de fallecido

Florencio Alonso

Change log

Jul 21, 2015 23:44: philgoddard changed "Language pair" from "Spanish to English" to "Spanish"

Discussion

Kathleen Shelly (asker) Jul 23, 2015: I doubt it In Mexico, there is a great respect for separation of church and state. I don't think there would be a Christian cross on an official document.
Florencio Alonso Jul 23, 2015: Bueno, me alegra que hayas confirmado esto. De todas formas, por más que el cliente pueda no estar al tanto, creo que sí tiene que ver con la cruz cristiana, específicamente con la que se usa típicamente para marcar sepulcros. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelisco_(tipografía)
Kathleen Shelly (asker) Jul 23, 2015: Mystery solved I spoke with the client whose birth certificate this is. As it happens, the plus does indicated that the grandparent in question is deceased, but it has nothing to do with the Christian cross. Thanks to all!
Giovanna Alessandra Meloni Jul 22, 2015: I agree with Florencio I think the grandparents marked with + are dead
Florencio Alonso Jul 22, 2015: Christian cross? Maybe the "+" is used as the Christian cross simbolizing their decease instead of being alive?
lorenab23 Jul 22, 2015: @ Kathleen Are the names one on top of the other as in a column or one after the other and separated by a comma after the + sign? The plus sign could just mean "and" if listed like this: Jose Gomez + Luisa de Gomez + Carlos Rosales + Teresa Maria Montes de Rosales