coolbrowne Feb 6, 2011:

Why "transferors" is not better Arguing with a comment posted on an agreement entry could be a risky proposition. One needs only to remember the significant number of comments in this forum that target the answerer rather than the answer. Thus one could easily become the target of judgments such as petty, arrogant or other unpleasant qualifiers. However I try very hard to make my participation in this forum about serving, rather than about burnishing some kind of image (if that is at all possible), so here it goes:

I appreciate the value of being as faithful to the original as possible. However, that must be balanced with being usual or, at least, easily recognizable, in the target language. In this case, the literal "transferors" would not fit that bill. By contrast (and, admittedly, with a bit of luck) the term "buyers" conveys the required meaning perfectly, while being commonly used in that context.