I'm sure this has only made matters worse, sorry - Dan The problem still remains: what does someone in the UK call a company official with the power, authority and responsibility of a German Prokurist (p.pa.) and what should be written at the bottom of an important contract where he signs? A modern German 'Prokurist' normally has considerable, flexible authority and responsibility, similar to a corporate officer. Leipzig's answer 'Authorized Officer' sounds better to me (as an American) for a real German Prokurist because the term 'per proxy' again only conveys the connotation of voting or marriage and also people feel that the proxy is only a sort of messenger with the power to act in one specific, cut-and-dried, limited function. Neither NODE or Pons mention the German Prokurist's real authority to negotiate, act and deal for the business when discussing 'per pro'. A.' is probably closest to 'pp' (BE), in other words the signer usually only has the authority to sign a particular document or type of document and is mostly used for everyday letters. I have always thought that 'for'(AE), 'on behalf of'(AE&BE) or 'per pro'(BE) were similar to the German 'i. NODE and Pons give more or less the meaning for 'per pro' that Trudy mentioned. My Pons Fachwörterbuch Recht and NODE show 'per pro' = 'pp' = 'PER PROCURATIONEM' (NODE also mentions 'Procuration'), both BE, but I do not think the modern sense is quite the same as 'p.pa.' in Germany. English translation: no answer is also an answerĮnglish translation: no answer is also an answer

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