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English translation: mandatory

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10:12 Mar 18, 2008

French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s) / terms and conditions of purchase

French term or phrase: de rigueur

From Googling looks lika bit of a "special".

Article = RESOLUTION

"En cas de non respect par le Fournisseur, des obligations découlant des Conditions Générales d'Achat, qui toutes sont **de rigueur**, et 15 (quinze) jours après l’envoi d’une mise en demeure adressée par courrier recommandé avec avis de réception, restée sans effet, la Commande pourra être résolue de plein droit aux torts et griefs du Fournisseur défaillant si bon semble au Client sans préjudice de tous dommages et intérêts éventuels.""

Steve Melling KudoZ activity Questions: 493 (4 open) (9 without valid answers) (33 closed without grading) Answers: 127 France
Local time: 22:37

English translation:mandatory

Explanation:
required, essentia, indispensible....mandatory

Selected response from:

fourth
France
Local time: 22:37

Grading comment

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

mandatory

fourth

5 +1

strictly required, as by etiquette, usage, or fashion.

peekay

legally binding

joehlindsay

statutory / enforceable obligations

Francis Marche

obligatory

Katarina Peters

applicable

juliebarba

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

strictly required, as by etiquette, usage, or fashion.

Explanation:
quite simple actually

Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/de%20rigueur

peekay
Canada
Local time: 16:37
Native speaker of:

English,

French

29 mins confidence:

legally binding

Explanation:
legally binding, compulsory, obligatory, required.

Example sentence(s):

This contract is legally binding on all parties

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract

joehlindsay
Local time: 15:37
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

26 mins confidence:

applicable

Explanation:
applicable or strictly applicable. I don't think you'd say that obligations, undertakings, responsibilities etc were strictly required.

You can add the strictly if you want to, but again if the conditions are applicable then they are always strict....

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5.12.090 General conditions applicable to construction, operation and repair
http://www.co.napa.ca.us/code2000data/TITLE05/Chapter_5_12_C...

the sales conditions applicable are those stated in the sales conditions presented on the site
http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/garantie/conditions.shtml

These General Conditions of Carriage are applicable
http://www.airfrance.us/US/en/local/transverse/footer/edito_...

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applicable obligations under the Data Protection Requirements
http://www.cf.ac.uk/purch/forsuppliers/resources/Data Protec...

juliebarba
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 116

30 mins confidence:

statutory / enforceable obligations

Explanation:
"de rigueur" can be a variant of "en vigueur" (applicable / enforceable) or more likely, these "obligations de rigueur" are "statutory obligations", i.e. a variant of "obligations réglementaires" as set forth in the Conditions Générales d'Achat (General Sale and Purchase Conditions) indicated in the context.

I woud go for "statutory obligations"

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To Juliebarba: Statutory can relate to either the general law or by-laws ("réglements, statuts" in French); as discussed in the following, its covers the accepted meaning of the French "réglementaire"(http://www.juripole.fr/traduction-juridique/Bulletins/sept-o...

"(Statutory): Ce terme figure parmi les principaux faux amis rencontrés dans la traduction des documents juridiques. Il signifie le plus souvent non pas " statutaire ", comme on pourrait l'imaginer, mais " légal ", " prévu par la loi ". Ainsi, statutory holiday, par exemple, se traduit par fête légale, statutory provisions par dispositions légales, statutory requirements par prescriptions légales, statutory texts par textes législatifs, etc. Lorsque le contexte indique que le document ou le concept en question provient non pas du pouvoir législatif (parlement) mais plutôt de l'exécutif (gouvernement, administration), on utilisera alors " réglementaire " au lieu de " légal " ou " législatif ". Dans certains cas, le terme peut toutefois être rendu par " statutaire ", lorsque des obligations par exemple (statutory obligations = obligations statutaires) découlent d'un certain statut.

Francis Marche
Local time: 04:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French,

English
PRO pts in category: 28

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

mandatory

Explanation:
required, essentia, indispensible....mandatory

fourth
France
Local time: 22:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 85

Grading comment

Thank you. (and thanks to all who helped).

3 hrs confidence:

obligatory

Explanation:
another option

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or: expected

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 16:37
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Hungarian,

English
PRO pts in category: 16

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Non-PRO (1): writeaway

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