Once a year or less

English translation: once a year or less frequently

13:08 Apr 28, 2004

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Law: Contract(s) / genral phrase interpretation

English term or phrase: Once a year or less

The sentence (an excerpt from the IFU) reads: 'Once a year (or less, depending on the equipment type) disposable elements must be replaced.'
Do you reckon this is to be interpreted as if 'once a year or less frequently/often'? Or is does 'once a year or once in a less time' convey the meaning given the context?
Will appreciate your input.

OTMed (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 110 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 2382 Poland
Local time: 02:29

Selected answer:once a year or less frequently

Explanation:
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Note added at 5 mins (2004-04-28 13:13:35 GMT)
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meaning you can go more than one year (depending on the equipment type) without replacing disposable elements

Selected response from:

IrinaGM
United States
Local time: 20:29

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5 +13

once a year or less frequently

IrinaGM

at least once a year or before

German Hernandez

at least once a year or before

German Hernandez

once a year or less than a year

Melanie Nassar

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3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +13

once a year or less

once a year or less frequently

IrinaGM
United States
Local time: 20:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Georgian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Andreas Yan

2 mins

-> Thank you YanLi

agree

Vicky Papaprodromou: Clear enough. Cheers, Irina!

2 mins

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agree

pcovs: That is the way I read it too. :o)

10 mins

-> Thanks

agree

jerrie

16 mins

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agree

Alexander Demyanov

27 mins

-> Thank you

agree

Charlie Bavington: that is certainly what it actually means - "once a year or less [than once a year]" i.e. less frequently. Whether that was the intention is impossible to say, however.

36 mins

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agree

Asghar Bhatti

39 mins

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agree

RHELLER: at least once a year

1 hr

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agree

Liesbeth Huijer

1 hr

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agree

Tahir

1 hr

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agree

mrrobkoc

3 hrs

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agree

Alfa Trans (X)

5 hrs

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agree

Rajan Chopra

22 hrs

-> Thank you

5 mins confidence:

once a year or less once a year or less than a year

Explanation:
at least one time a year is how I understand it.

Melanie Nassar
United States
Local time: 03:29
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

20 mins confidence:

once a year or less at least once a year or before

Explanation:
it means, the maintenance of such equipment must be performed at least once a year or before, depending on their type.

German Hernandez
Local time: 19:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

20 mins confidence:

once a year or less at least once a year or before

Explanation:
it means, the maintenance of such disposables elements from the equipment must be performed at least once a year or before, depending on their type.

German Hernandez
Local time: 19:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

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