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重要事項説明書

English translation: Important Matters

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Japanese term or phrase:	重要事項説明書
English translation:	Important Matters
Entered by:	Wei Peng Loy

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09:20 May 14, 2008

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Social Sciences - Real Estate

Japanese term or phrase: 重要事項説明書

This term is used in the real estate industry. I understand what it means but I wonder if there's an official English term for it? Can anyone help? Thanks!

重要事項説明書とは、不動産の売買契約や賃貸契約において、買主や借主の権利を保護するために、売主、貸主またはその仲介者として契約をする宅建業者が、契約上の重要事項について、書面にし、買主や借主に交付するもの

Wei Peng Loy KudoZ activity Questions: 222 (none open) (2 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 14
Local time: 12:27

Important Matters

Explanation:
This is the translation I always use. I found an example at the web site listed below. Hope this helps.

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Alexandra Scotcher
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:27

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Summary of answers provided

Important Matters

Alexandra Scotcher

Heads of terms

Duncan Adam

Manual of Important Issues

Ruth Sato

Property Disclosure Statement of Important Issues

Michael_Chen

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

31 mins confidence:

Heads of terms

Explanation:
I think this is approximately the same thing. In UK, this is a pre-contractual document, i.e. it outlines the terms under which a lease will be signed, so that the parties can agree these, but it is not the contract itself, so the parties can still decide not to go ahead.

Duncan Adam
Local time: 05:27
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

36 mins confidence:

Property Disclosure Statement of Important Issues

Explanation:
ある事務所の翻訳ですが、不動産業でどのように表現されているかは不確定
参考までに：

Reference: http://www1.ttcn.ne.jp/~solicitor/

Michael_Chen
China
Local time: 12:27
Native speaker of:

Chinese

2 hrs confidence:

Important Matters

Explanation:
This is the translation I always use. I found an example at the web site listed below. Hope this helps.

Reference: http://en.ac-lib.jp:9011/manual/manual_menu.aspx?id=11

Alexandra Scotcher
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:27
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks

1 day16 hrs confidence:

Manual of Important Issues

Explanation:
This is just my idea. "manual" for 説明書 seems to be pretty standard, although it always depends on what kind of 説明書 it is. In U.S. English, we tend to use "issues" rather than "matters", but this also varies depending on the context. I read that 重要 can take on the meaning of "urgent" which would sound more natural here, but I hate to add meaning to a translation unless I can confirm the nuance with the client. So, my suggestion is very basic. Good luck!

Ruth Sato
Japan
Local time: 13:27
Native speaker of: English

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