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English translation: to the software


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01:23 Jul 4, 2011
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Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s)
English term or phrase: thereto
"Licences and warranties will be subject to those license terms and warranties as provided by the licensor/manufacturer of the software and applicable thereto."

In this phrase, what does "thereto" refer to actually? Applicable licenses and warranties?

Would you rephrase this sentence in plain english, please? Thank you
Gannush
Local time: 04:14
English translation:to the software
Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 7 Min. (2011-07-04 01:30:16 GMT)
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the terms of the licenses and warranties that apply to the software
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David Hollywood
Local time: 22:14
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +8to the software
David Hollywood
4 +1thereto
Tina Vonhof


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
to the software


Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 7 Min. (2011-07-04 01:30:16 GMT)
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the terms of the licenses and warranties that apply to the software

David Hollywood
Local time: 22:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 35
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
Notes to answerer
Asker: how would you rephrase this sentence?

Asker: thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof
3 mins
  -> thanks Tina :)
agree  Martin Riordan
12 mins
  -> thanks Martin :)
agree  Liz Broomfield
3 hrs
agree  Tony M
4 hrs
agree  Jack Doughty
5 hrs
agree  Phong Le
3 days12 hrs
agree  Thuy-PTT
4 days
agree  amarpaul
7 days
  -> thanks to all :)
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
thereto


Explanation:
Thereto refers to the software. Since this is legal language, I would not reword the sentence but translate it as literally as possible (as long as it is understandable in the target language).


Tina Vonhof
Local time: 19:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jonas Teixeira: You're quite right. Optionally, the sentence would be rewritten as follows: "... license terms and warranties applicable to the software, as provided by its licensor/manufacturer". Original construction is a little too wordy, don't you think so?
51 mins
  -> Yes, your suggestion would work well - thank you.
neutral  fourth: "thereto" is not recommended in post Victorian times and would not be supported by current legal drafters
16 hrs
  -> I have seen it many times, but in any case this is not about English and the 'oldfashionedness' may not be noticeable in translation.
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