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en l’état

English translation: as is

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French term or phrase: en l’état English translation: as is Entered by: NathalieVVT (X)

17:14 May 15, 2005

French to English translations [PRO] Real Estate
French term or phrase: en l’état Lorsque vous achetez une maison ancienne, vous la prenez souvent « en l’état », et à moins d’être un expert dans tous les corps de métiers, vous n’êtes pas à l’abri des mauvaises surprises qui apparaîtront au fil des mois ou des années.	NathalieVVT (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 193 (none open) Answers: 137 Local time: 05:58
as is Explanation: The meaning is this one, maybe there is something more specific in english. Jean-Marie	Selected response from: Jean-Marie Le Ray France Local time: 06:58
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en l’état as is Explanation: The meaning is this one, maybe there is something more specific in english. Jean-Marie	Jean-Marie Le Ray France Local time: 06:58 Native speaker of: French PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  Julia Bogdan Rollo (X) 8 mins agree  swisstell: or ¨wysywyig¨ - what you see is what you get 11 mins   -> Hi Swiss Tell, generally "wysiwig" is used for IT, but I don't thinks so for real estate :-) J-M agree  Bourth (X): But disagree with "wysiwyg": often you get (landed with) what you did NOT see! (dry rot, subsidence, ancient electrics , French plumbing, ...) 27 mins agree  roneill: as is 33 mins agree  Hepburn 40 mins agree  Aisha Maniar 44 mins agree  Clare Macnamara 57 mins agree  Can Altinbay: Definitely "as is". WYWIWIG is for computers. 58 mins agree  sarahl (X) 1 hr agree  Sandra C. 1 hr agree  Alicia Casal 1 hr agree  Tony M: 'as is' 2 hrs agree  Isabel Hohneck 2 hrs agree  Jorge Rodrigues 3 hrs agree  nikki demol: Could it also be "as viewed" ?? 4 hrs agree  ACOZ (X) 6 hrs
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