Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
s’engage irrévocablement par la signature des présentes
English translation:
hereby agrees/consents to be bound by this Agreement
French term
s’engage irrévocablement par la signature des présentes
Irrevocably commits itself by signing this agreement?
I don't really like it, any better ideas?
Thank you!
Sep 19, 2009 09:54: Astrid Elke Witte changed "Term asked" from "s’engage irrévocablement par la signature des présentes. " to "s’engage irrévocablement par la signature des présentes"
Sep 26, 2009 08:58: B D Finch Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (2): writeaway, Rosa Paredes
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Proposed translations
hereby agrees to be bound by this Agreement
Also, "I/We the undersigned hereby agree to be bound ... "
The meaning of irrevocable is contained in "bound" or "binding" and need not be repeated.
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"Where an investment manager signs this additional investment form on behalf of the ... I/We hereby agree to be bound by the terms of the Prospectus and/or ..."
www.investecassetmanagement.com/.../SA_Form_OS_Addition_Oth... -
"Where an investment manager signs this additional investment form on behalf ... I/We hereby agree to be bound by the terms of the Scheme Particulars and/or ..."
www.investecassetmanagement.com/server.php?show..
"f able to comply with all points above simply sign the form for Insurance at .... include any appendices thereto) and hereby agree to be bound by those ..."
www.shawtrophy.co.uk/regs/shaw2009regs.pdf
| I would also be very tempted to write "irrevocably bound". What do you think? |
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John Detre
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Rosa Paredes
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rkillings
: Plenty of hits for "irrevocably bound" with site:.uk. More to the point, see "not irrevocably bound" at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/prpumanual/3700/3700.htm
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by signing this agreement xxx irrevocably undertakes
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You should know from the context what is undertaken. I don't have the context.
| I thought about undertakes but it doesn't work as a stand alone statement. In your sentence you want to say "undertakes what?" |
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writeaway
: grammatically speaking, your answer is incorrect. you have to undertake (to do) something in English. it's not a stand alone verb. it must have some sort of object. that is what Asker means. nothing to do wiith context.
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More contect befor the phrase and after it can clear up things
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by signing this agreement, I irrevocably agree to be bound hereby
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writeaway
: where do you see "I" in 's'engage'??
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you'right, it should read: xxx irrevocably...
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