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我公司需支付

English translation: our company is required to pay


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Chinese term or phrase:我公司需支付
English translation:our company is required to pay
Entered by: Simtech Zhang
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01:47 Jul 8, 2005
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Accounting
Chinese term or phrase: 我公司需支付
我公司需支付 Our company needs to pay:
Simtech Zhang
Local time: 19:16
our company is required to pay
Explanation:
needs expresses that the company will in some way suffer if not paying and does not express any legal requirement to do so.

A more fromal and correct way of saying this is 'our company is required to pay'
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Nigel Jones
China
Local time: 19:16
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3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2our company is required to pay
Nigel Jones
3 +2Our company needs to pay
Chinoise


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Our company needs to pay


Explanation:
Yes,Our company needs to pay

Chinoise
Local time: 08:16
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edward LIU: should pay
23 mins
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agree  chica nueva: Our company must pay (we insist) (context would be very helpful,wouldn't it) 我公司 feels like a 我方(贵方;贵公司)kind of polite exchange to me, but it could be read another way too, I guess.I like 'should pay' too.
1 hr
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
我公司需支付
our company is required to pay


Explanation:
needs expresses that the company will in some way suffer if not paying and does not express any legal requirement to do so.

A more fromal and correct way of saying this is 'our company is required to pay'

Nigel Jones
China
Local time: 19:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 13

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chinoise: Yes, this is more formal.
2 mins

agree  Edward LIU
14 mins

neutral  chica nueva: If it's this, mightn't it be 我(们的)公司需要/必须支付? I'm not sure though...
1 hr
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