dock tidigast att upphöra

English translation: for at least two years.

10:18 Mar 25, 2001

Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial

Swedish term or phrase: dock tidigast att upphöra

Can the following sentence:

"SEO äger saga upp avtalet om underhåll med minst sex (6), månaders uppsägningstid att upphöra per den 31 december, *dock tidigast att upphöra* efter två år."

be translated as:

"SEO reserves the right to cancel the contract at least 6 months in advance, to finish on December 31st, and to finish two years at the earliest."

or
"SEO reserves the right to cancel the contract at least 6 months in advance, ending on December 31st and finishing two years at the earliest.

Or is there some punctuation missing that would make things clearer.

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David Rumsey KudoZ activity Questions: 2635 (8 open) (45 without valid answers) (46 closed without grading) Answers: 88 Canada
Local time: 10:46

English translation:for at least two years.

Explanation:
I believe that the entire sentence can be improved as follows:
SEO shall be entitled to terminate the maintenance contract as of December 31, upon six (6) months' notice, provided, however, that the contract shall continue in effect for at least two years."

Selected response from:

Larry Abramson
United States
Local time: 13:46

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Summary of answers provided

for at least two years.

Larry Abramson

...on condition that the contract has been in force for at least...

Mats Wiman

"though terminating at the earliest" after two years.

Claes Sorensson

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59 mins

for at least two years.

Larry Abramson
United States
Local time: 13:46
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 1366

1 hr

...on condition that the contract has been in force for at least...

Explanation:
SEO has the right to cancel the maintenance contract as of December 31, observing a 6 months' notice and on condition, that the contract has been in force for at least 2 years

Professional experience. Native Swede

Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 19:46
Native speaker of:

Swedish
PRO pts in pair: 1826

9 hrs

"though terminating at the earliest" after two years.

Explanation:
The third word in the original text seems strange, is it written corrctly?

Also the word "underhall" is not translated at all.

Dictionaries of several different publishers

Claes Sorensson

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