Constancia de residencia y buena conductaSight translation practice, Spanish to English
Sight-translate this Mexican municipal certificate aloud from Spanish into English. You have a few minutes to review it silently; render the bureaucratic formulas with their standard English equivalents and keep all names, numbers, and dates exact.
Grade yourself the way a rater would
- 1Press play. Scan the document, then render it aloud while the clock runs.
- 2When the answer key comes up, mark each scoring unit as got it or missed it.
- 3At the end you get your score against the 70% pass line, and the list of what you dropped.
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- Answer key14 units · at 6:51
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- Length
- 8:13
- Document
- 166 words
- Scoring units
- 14
- Difficulty
- 2 of 3
What gets counted here: idioms (5), numbers (3), names (2), legal terms (2) and general content (2). A rater counts scoring units, not how smooth it sounded. Scoring units explained.
Full script and answer key (opening this before you practice spoils it)
The document
ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS PRESIDENCIA MUNICIPAL DE TEPALCATEPEC, MICHOACÁN COMISARÍA EJIDAL — DELEGACIÓN MUNICIPAL Oficio No. 087/2026 Expediente 14/2026 A QUIEN CORRESPONDA: El que suscribe, C. Delegado Municipal Aristeo Valdovinos Rea, en uso de las facultades que me confiere el artículo 63 de la Ley Orgánica Municipal del Estado de Michoacán, por medio de la presente HACE CONSTAR: Que el C. Efraín Zepeda Murillo, de 41 años de edad, y su familia tienen establecido su domicilio en la Calle Hidalgo No. 14 de esta población desde hace 22 años, y que se trata de una persona de buenas costumbres, trabajadora y respetuosa, sin que obre en esta oficina queja ni antecedente alguno en su contra. Se extiende la presente constancia a petición del interesado para los usos legales que le convengan. ATENTAMENTE SUFRAGIO EFECTIVO. NO REELECCIÓN. Dada en la población de Tepalcatepec, Michoacán, a los diecisiete días del mes de marzo del año dos mil veintiséis. C. ARISTEO VALDOVINOS REA DELEGADO MUNICIPAL (SELLO OFICIAL Y FIRMA AUTÓGRAFA)
Scoring units and accepted renditions
| Scoring unit | Type | Accepted renditions |
|---|---|---|
| A QUIEN CORRESPONDA | Idioms | to whom it may concern |
| Oficio No. 087/2026 | Numbers | official letter number 087/2026 · official communication number 087/2026 · letter number 087/2026 |
| El que suscribe, C. Delegado Municipal Aristeo Valdovinos Rea | Names | the undersigned, Municipal Delegate Aristeo Valdovinos Rea · I, the undersigned, Citizen Aristeo Valdovinos Rea, Municipal Delegate · the undersigned Municipal Delegate, Mr. Aristeo Valdovinos Rea |
| en uso de las facultades que me confiere el artículo 63 de la Ley Orgánica Municipal del Estado de Michoacán | Legal terms | exercising the powers conferred upon me by article 63 of the Municipal Organic Law of the State of Michoacán · in the exercise of the authority granted to me by article 63 of the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Michoacán · pursuant to the powers vested in me by article 63 of the Municipal Organic Law of the State of Michoacán |
| por medio de la presente HACE CONSTAR | Idioms | does hereby certify · hereby certifies · by means of this document hereby certifies |
| el C. Efraín Zepeda Murillo, de 41 años de edad | Names | Mr. Efraín Zepeda Murillo, forty-one years of age · Citizen Efraín Zepeda Murillo, forty-one years old · Mr. Efraín Zepeda Murillo, age forty-one |
| tienen establecido su domicilio en la Calle Hidalgo No. 14 de esta población | General content | have established their residence at number fourteen Hidalgo Street in this town · reside at Hidalgo Street number fourteen in this community · have their domicile at fourteen Calle Hidalgo in this town |
| desde hace 22 años | Numbers | for the past twenty-two years · for twenty-two years now · for the last twenty-two years |
| persona de buenas costumbres, trabajadora y respetuosa | Idioms | a person of good moral character, hardworking and respectful · a person of good habits, hardworking and respectful · a person of good conduct, industrious and respectful |
| sin que obre en esta oficina queja ni antecedente alguno en su contra | Legal terms | with no complaint or record whatsoever against him on file in this office · there being no complaint or prior record against him in this office · this office has no complaint or adverse record on file against him |
| Se extiende la presente constancia a petición del interesado para los usos legales que le convengan | Idioms | this certificate is issued at the request of the interested party for whatever legal purposes may serve him · the present certification is issued at the request of the interested party for such legal uses as may be appropriate · this document is issued at the interested party's request for any legal purposes he may deem fit |
| SUFRAGIO EFECTIVO. NO REELECCIÓN. | Idioms | effective suffrage, no reelection · EFFECTIVE SUFFRAGE. NO RE-ELECTION. · genuine suffrage, no reelection |
| a los diecisiete días del mes de marzo del año dos mil veintiséis | Numbers | on this seventeenth day of the month of March of the year two thousand twenty-six · on the seventeenth day of March, two thousand twenty-six · this seventeenth of March of the year two thousand twenty-six |
| (SELLO OFICIAL Y FIRMA AUTÓGRAFA) | General content | official seal and handwritten signature · official stamp and personal signature · official seal and original signature |
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