Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
y de su esposa....
English translation:
(his) and his wife's (son) / (his son) and the son of his wife ...
Spanish term
y de su esposa....
that is his son and his wife’s
or
that is his son and his wife
Disculpen un pequeño lapsus.....
Mar 9, 2012 23:04: Charles Davis Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
(his) and his wife's (son)
However, it does depend on the context. If it says "que es su hijo y de su esposa, doña Fulana de Tal", this translation won't work, and neither would "his son and his wife's"; you would have to say "his son and the son of his wife, doña Fulana de Tal".
See this previous question:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/certificates_di...
Plenty of results for "his and his wife's son":
http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&site=&q="his and his wife'...
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Richard: veo que en la pregunta pones puntos suspensivos después de "esposa". Eso es lo que me hace sospechar que después de este frase viene la nombre de la esposa, como suele ocurrir en las partidas de nacimiento, por ejemplo. Si es así, insiste, no te vale ni "his and his wife's son" ni "his son and his wife's". Tendrás que poner "his son and the son of his wife, [NOMBRE]", como por ejemplo en el siguiente modelo de acta de adopción:
"WHEREAS :
The Adoptive Father has no son or son’s son or son’s son’s son living and he is desirous of adopting a suitable boy to be his son and the son of his wife ……………………………. who is living."
http://sbn-deeds.blogspot.com/2010/08/adoption-deed-to-adopt...
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Perdón: ¡"el nombre de la esposa", no "la nombre de la esposa", e "insisto", no "insiste"!
Es que si aparece el nombre a continuación, la palabra "wife" (no "wife's") tiene que venir inmediatamente antes del nombre.
Argentina
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Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
and his wife's
Es lo que me parece así sin tener más contexto.
Hope it helps!
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Bubo Coroman (X)
: yes, or "who is his and his wife's son"
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Right! Thank you!
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Marina56
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Gracias Marina!
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evelyn beltrán
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Thank you!
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EirTranslations
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Muchas gracias, Beatriz!
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the he is indeed his and his wife's son
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7 Oct 2011 – He met his wife Laurene Powell in 1989 while speaking at Stanford's graduate business school and he had three children with her - Eve, Erin ...
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eski :))
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Laura Nagle (X)
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A cut above the rest in translation...
Native in: English (Variants: Irish, US, UK) 
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Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
who is their son
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Ana Terzaghi
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Thanks again, Ana :)
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Lindsay Spratt
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Thanks, Lindsay :)
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Faithful Translation
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, US, Colombian) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
who/that is his and his wife's son
his and his wife's first child
Discussion
"Copia Certificada (f. 10) del acta de nacimiento por la Registradora Civil del Municipio Santiago Mariño del estado Nueva Esparta en fecha 27-06-11, de la que se infiere que en fecha 17-11-1972 fue presentado un niño varón por el ciudadano Héctor González, quien nació en el Hospital Central Luis Ortega de Porlamar el día 04-11-1972, y que tiene por nombre ESTALY JOSE, que es su hijo y de su esposa Luisa Hernández."
http://jca.tsj.gov.ve/decisiones/2011/julio/288-28-Solicitud...
Since Richard is in Venezuela, it seems quite likely that this is the case here too. If so, as I have argued in my answer, it affects the translation.