Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Contract Agreement
English answer:
contractual agreement
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Phong Le
Jan 5, 2013 09:07
12 yrs ago
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English term
Contract Agreement
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Dear All,
I am translating a contract.
In my understanding, contract and agreement are similar. We can say service contract or service agreement, but not "contract agreement".
In the original source, "contract agreement" as the name of the contract. This is likely the first time I've faced this.
Google this, I found
https://www.google.com/#hl=vi&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&q="contra...
My question: is it normal to use "contract agreement" and in which case?
I am translating a contract.
In my understanding, contract and agreement are similar. We can say service contract or service agreement, but not "contract agreement".
In the original source, "contract agreement" as the name of the contract. This is likely the first time I've faced this.
Google this, I found
https://www.google.com/#hl=vi&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&q="contra...
My question: is it normal to use "contract agreement" and in which case?
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| 4 +1 | contractual agreement |
Vieres LLC
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| 4 +1 | Contract |
William [Bill] Gray
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References
| Contract Agreement |
José Patrício
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contractual agreement
Legally, an agreement isn't necessarily a contract. So "contractual agreement" works OK. You could just say "contract" too. I wouldn't say "contract agreement."
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Comment: "Thank you very much"
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William [Bill] Gray
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Contract
I would conclude that you only need the word "contract", since a contract is in fact an agreement that has been more formalised and binding (signed and including certain penalties for breach, etc.). See the links below.
Reference:
http://contract-law.laws.com/contract-law/contract-vs-agreement
http://www.englishforums.com/English/ContractVsAgreement/bmrgv/post.htm
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tina Vonhof (X)
5 hrs
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Thank you, Tina!
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Reference comments
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Reference:
Contract Agreement
CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR THE WORK OF ... - https://www.google.com/search?q=CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR THE W...
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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Sheila Wilson
: In what way is that helpful to the asker? // I'm sorry but I don't see the use of a link using "witnesseth" to be at all useful for a contemporary translation
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NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH & IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND DECLARED AS FOLLOWS :
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| neutral |
William [Bill] Gray
: I must agree with Shiela that your link doesn't actually help with the linguistic element in Phong Le's question.
47 mins
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| disagree |
David Moore (X)
: 270 BILLION g-hits doesn't make this right - it's plain tautology
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