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18:03 Jan 10, 2012

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French to English translations [PRO]
Law: Contract(s)

French term or phrase: prevalions/prevaloir

Le fait que nous ne nous prévalions pas à un moment donné de l'une quelconque des conditions générales de vente ne peut être interprété comme signifiant sa renonciation à s'en prévaloir ultérieurement.

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jasonwkingsley KudoZ activity Questions: 13 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 108 France
Local time: 20:34

Summary of answers provided

3 +5

invoke

Tony M

3 +1

exercise a right

Nikki Scott-Despaigne

take advantage of

transcimed

asssert

Mark Hamlen

avail ourselves of

Alain Mouchel

Not invoking at any point on our part the...cannot be interpreted as...

MatthewLaSon

Answers

4 mins confidence:

asssert

Explanation:
I normally use "assert" "The fact that we do not at any given time assert any one of the general sales conditions may not be interpreted as a waiver to assert such condition it at a later time."

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Note added at 6 mins (2012-01-10 18:10:07 GMT)
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Sorry about the sloppy translation, I was rushing: "The fact that at any given time we do not assert any one of the general sales conditions may not be interpreted as a waiver to assert such condition at a later time."

Mark Hamlen
France
Local time: 20:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 15

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

prevaloir invoke

Explanation:
I find this is often a good solution with this kind of construction.

Tony M
France
Local time: 20:34
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 261

22 mins confidence:

take advantage of

Explanation:
assert rather means "faire valoir"
so, "The fact that at any given time we do not take advantage of...

transcimed
France
Local time: 20:34
Native speaker of:

French

6 hrs confidence:

Not invoking at any point on our part the...cannot be interpreted as...

Explanation:
Hello,

I agreed with Tony for the general meaning, but I thought I would propose a translation for how it should be worded (considering the phrase "Le fait que..." as a whole).

It's the subjunctive tense that is often used after "le fait que..." (i.e., "prevalions" here).

The "we" is carried over by "on our part" (not sure it is even necesssary if it is clearly implied in the context).

I hope this helps.

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 14:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 307

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

exercise a right

Explanation:
In my experience, it is more common to speak of exercising a right or ommission to do so than of invoking a right, particularly in contractual legal lingo.

Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 20:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 85

12 hrs confidence:

avail ourselves of

Explanation:
avail ourselves of any of the terms and conditions of sale

Reference: http://www.redbankchocolateshoppe.com/index.php?route=inform...
Reference: http://www.valeo.com/fileadmin/dotcom/uploads/pdf/cgu/GENERA...

Alain Mouchel
Local time: 20:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 186

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