Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
faute de quoi
English translation:
otherwise/or else, failing which
French term
Tunisia
faute de quoi
I am having difficulty understanding this, it's not really the "faute de quoi" , my understanding of it is "without which" but it seems wrong in this sentence:
"L'huissier notaire doit notifier l'avis au tireur dans un délai ne dépassant pas 4 jours à compter de sa réception, et ce par remise à la personne du tireur ou par son dépot au domicile déclaré à l'établissement bancaire, et si ce dernier se trouve à l'étranger, l'huissier notaire doit notifier l'avis au tireur par lettre recommandée et ce sans formalités faute de quoi, il sera passible des poursuites..."
without formaliies without which?? please help!
Thank you
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Timothy Rake
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cc in nyc
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| 4 +5 | failing which |
Savvas SEIMANIDIS
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| 5 | unless/if not |
Tohid Sharifi
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Oct 28, 2012 01:19: cc in nyc changed "Field (specific)" from "Finance (general)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Oct 28, 2012 06:45: Sandra & Kenneth Grossman changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): cc in nyc, Catharine Cellier-Smart, Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
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Proposed translations
United States
My business is translating your business
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
otherwise/or else
Needs a little parsing, with comma in the English rendering, at least IMO
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otherise
faute de quoi adv. otherwise
http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/faute de quoi
faute de quoi otherwise
http://www.larousse.com/en/dictionaries/french-english/faute...
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Oops: entry should be otherwise, of course!
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Jean-Claude Gouin
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Daniel Weston
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Cyril B.
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Savvas SEIMANIDIS
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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AllegroTrans
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Engineering-Legal-Contracts-Finance
Native in: Greek 
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Works in: English to French, Greek to French, English to Greek, and 2 more.
failing which
- References:
1.a Abstract of the Articles of association ("By-Law", "Statuts" in French) of a French joint stock company :
" Chaque actionnaire peut voter par correspondance au moyen d’un formulaire établi et adressé à la
Société dans les conditions fixées par la loi et les règlements. Ce formulaire doit être reçu par la Société trois (3) jours ouvrés avant la date de la réunion de l’assemblée, faute de quoi il n’en sera pas tenu compte."
1.b English version:
"All shareholders may vote by mail by means of a form filled in and sent to the Company in
the conditions set by law and by regulations. This form must be received by the Company three (3) working days before the date of the meeting, failing which it will not be taken into account."
Source : http://fr.atos.net/NR/rdonlyres/0AD4F7DF-AE73-4AEF-ABF4-07E1...
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2.a Abstract of the "Terms of sale" of a French company:
" ... à la condition d'avoir obtenu préalablement l'autorisation de débit de votre compte auprès des centres de paiement compétents, faute de quoi la commande ne pourrait être prise en compte. "
2.b English version :
" provided that we have obtained prior permission to debit your account with appropriate payment center, failing which the order could not be taken into account."
Source : http://en.edelices.com/terms
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Neil Crockford
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Thank you Neil
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: "failing which" is my preference.
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Thank you Nikki
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Daryo
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Thank you Daryo! Have a nice Sunday!
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AllegroTrans
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bol.b.
: I think Savvas's solution maintains both formal and dynamic equivalence, from whichever point of view one may examine the issue .It can be used both within a legal text(which is the case here) and an informative text on a website!
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Thank you so much, dear colleague!
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Cote D'ivoire
Native in: Persian (Farsi)
Works in: French to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to French, English to Persian (Farsi), and 3 more.
unless/if not
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