for the record

for the record

English

Prepositional phrase

for the record

1. For the purpose of being recorded, especially when already known

   I will ask you, for the record, to state your name and address.

   Now, just for the record, you have served time for drug dealing, haven't you?

   • 2004, John N. Maclean, Fire and Ashes: On the Front Lines Battling Wildfires, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 13:

     During brief courtroom appearances, Pattan restricted his comments for the record to “Guilty, sir” for each of the two counts of the indictment.

Translations

For the purpose of being recorded

French: pour mémoire (fr), pour l'histoire German: für's Protokoll Hungarian: hogy rögzítve legyen, hogy nyoma legyen, csak a rend kedvéért, csak a teljesség kedvéért

Italian: per la registrazione Portuguese: para que conste Spanish: que conste