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plutôt que

English translation: rather than

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French term or phrase:plutôt que
English translation:rather than
Entered by: Jenny Cowd

11:39 Jun 5, 2014
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / grammar: basic Fr conjunction
French term or phrase: plutôt que
Le contrat prévoit que le propriétaire, plutôt que l'Entrepreneur, fournira et maintiendra en vigueur les assurances mentionnées au présent article, notamment pour permettre au propriétaire de s'assurer que lesdites assurances sont en vigueur pour son bénéfice et pour des raisons d'économie au titre du coût des assurances.
Jenny Cowd
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:21
rather than
Explanation:
It just means it is the owner and not the Entrepreneur who is responsible for the insurance
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Vic Ward
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:21
Grading comment
thanks all, that's great, was just having a moment of doubt!
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
plutôt que (in this context)
rather than


Explanation:
It just means it is the owner and not the Entrepreneur who is responsible for the insurance

Vic Ward
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks all, that's great, was just having a moment of doubt!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Grace Delobel
8 mins
agree  Tony M
15 mins
agree  writeaway: here, there and everywhere. not just this context. see any decent Fr-En dictionary
29 mins
agree  Sheri P
46 mins
agree  patrickfor
19 hrs
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
plutôt que (in this context)
not


Explanation:
It just means the owner rather than the contractor will blah blah blah. But if you're going to preserve the commas in English, say "the owner, not the contractor,".

rkillings
United States
Local time: 15:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 9
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