A sequence of written, printed, or electronic records that documents and links actions, transactions, or decisions.
Recorded evidence or documentation that can be used to verify or prove past events or activities.
2.
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The existence or absence of documentary evidence that could implicate or exonerate someone; often used to indicate potential accountability or deniability.
Examples:
EN: I never leave a paper trail.
ES: Jamás dejo rastros de mis negocios.
EN: I challenged him on it, but he just laughed and assured me... that there was enough of a paper trail to pull me down with him.
ES: -Lo mismo le pregunté. Pero se rió. Y me dijo que había pruebas para arrastrarme con él.
EN: - He'd explain he had to have cash, so there wouldn't be any paper trail for the SEC.
ES: - Explicaba que necesitaba dinero en metálico, y que no quedaría ni rastro en papel para Hacienda.
EN: Mr. Burns, we've got witnesses, precedent and a paper trail a mile long.
ES: Sr. Burns, tenemos testigos, precedentes y un buen rastro de papel.
EN: but the paper trail is well covered up. We could never prove anything against the football team. Hey.
ES: Estas son violaciones flagrantes, pero las pruebas documentadas están bien cubiertas.
EN: From the radio station, from the newspaper, they just came in, picked it up... ln and out, no more paper trail.
ES: de la estacion de radio, del periodico, solo entraron, lo tomaron... Y se fueron, no mas huella escrita.
EN: We're having a shipment of high-grade Minnifield lumber going out and this is the paper trail that follows it.
ES: Tenemos que enviar un cargamento de corteza de alta calidad, este es el papeleo que conlleva.
EN: We've been following a paper trail on this guy for months now.
ES: Llevamos meses siguiendo su rastro de papel.
EN: - We have the paper trail here.We tracked his every step.
ES: Seguimos cada uno de sus pasos.
EN: No paper trail, total deniability.
ES: No hay rastros de papel, una negación total.
EN: No paper trail or records.
ES: Ningún documento o archivo.
EN: You don't want to leave a paper trail.
ES: No quieres dejar huellas.
EN: Just follow the green paper trail.
ES: Sólo hay que seguir el rastro de papel verde.
EN: I just don't understand why Allan would leave such a paper trail about our dealings.
ES: Sólo no entiendo por qué Allan habrá dejado rastros de nuestras transacciones.
EN: In an informal, illegitimate, but a permanent monogamous relationship without a paper trail that to attract the attention of the government.
ES: En un ambiente informal , ilegítima, sino una relación monógama permanente sin un rastro de papel que para atraer la atención del gobierno.