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English to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Accounting / 3rd-party agreements | | English term or phrase: to commit to or enter into sg | "No employee may commit to or enter into final negotiations regarding any agreement with an Identified Third Party without completing the due diligence review process."
(The term was posted in English to Hungarian first, but we could not make out the exact interpretation of "commit to". http://www.proz.com/kudoz/3382709) |
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| | 1) to pledge / promise to do something or 2)to participate in somethng | Explanation: To commit oneself is to promise to do something or make a pledge to do it. To enter into something (business, scheme, plan, activity, etc., is to participate in something; to begin to do it (usually with others).
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Sorry, typo in the final "something" of the translation.
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When I received Polangmar's message, I realized that I should have noted that "2)" referred to another way to say "enter in to", not another phrasing of "to commit" - just in case it wasn't clear. |
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Jenni Lukac Local time: 21:43
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