liz askew Sep 6, 2012:

OK:)

Lara Barnett (asker) Sep 6, 2012:

@ Liz I think that is what I actually used in the end - translation with client now anyway.

liz askew Sep 6, 2012:

@ Lara
Your translation is best, i.e. "fitted in to the family unit"..

Wendy Streitparth Sep 6, 2012:

Family circle seems more normal English to my ears: perhaps absorbed into/ensconced in the family circle or some such.

bluenoric Sep 5, 2012:

la minore it means she is a girl...

Lara Barnett (asker) Sep 5, 2012:

adopted / adoptive Have noticed an error/typo in my original question. I had actually put"adoptive" married couple. Please ignore "adopted".

Anyhow, I realise now that I should have suggested "fostering" family:

"It is considered that the abovementioned minor shows normal physical and psychological development, and has happily fitted in to the XXX/XXX family unit, a married foster couple who provide great affection and care to, and who treat and love this minor as, their “own son”;"

liz askew Sep 5, 2012:

hi
I think "fitted in to" , or "is part of", is fine.

Lara Barnett (asker) Sep 5, 2012:

@ Phil Would it not be relevant to use the term "family unit" for "nucleo familiare"? Is there not a reason that the Italian text did not use "famiglia" on its own?

I also meant to say "adoptive" married couple - wouldn't "coniugi" indicate that these people are officially married?

philgoddard Sep 5, 2012:

It's "fitted in to", not "fitted into", and I don't think we would normally say that the child has adopted the parents - it's the other way around. Why not just say "has happily fitted in with the couple's family"?