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07:27 Feb 10, 2011

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Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s) / joint research agreement

English term or phrase: nor

I think *nor* in the text below should be replaced with "or". Would appreciate any suggestions by native speaker or English specialists.

Any Party may not, without the prior written consent of all of the other Parties, consign to any third party all *nor* portions of the work....

Mieko Suzuki KudoZ activity Questions: 2 (none open) Answers: 5
Local time: 10:14

English translation:or

Explanation:
That phrase should read, "all or any portion of the work..."

There is also a problem with,"Any Party may not," This is incorrect English.

It should read, "No Party may,"

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Jean Deklerk
Australia
Local time: 09:14

Grading comment

Thank you, everyone! These clarifications were very helpful. Please allow me to divide your share in halves.
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +5

Jean Deklerk

5 +1

bishan sharma

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

30 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

or

Explanation:
this is like either or/neither nor
you can go here with or

bishan sharma
Local time: 06:44
Native speaker of:

Japanese,

English

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

Explanation:
That phrase should read, "all or any portion of the work..."

There is also a problem with,"Any Party may not," This is incorrect English.

It should read, "No Party may,"

Jean Deklerk
Australia
Local time: 09:14
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 2

Grading comment

Thank you, everyone! These clarifications were very helpful. Please allow me to divide your share in halves.

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Feb 13, 2011 - Changes made by Peishun CHIANG:
Language pair	English to Japanese => English
Feb 13, 2011 - Changes made by Peishun CHIANG:
Language pair	Japanese to English => English to Japanese

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