Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

permitiesen evitar el incumplimiento

English translation:

enable [someone] to avoid noncompliance

Added to glossary by Grace Gagnet
May 2, 2006 10:08
18 yrs ago
Spanish term

permitiesen evitar el incumplimiento

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation power generation contract
No podrá invocarse por el contratista como causa de Fuerza Mayor

Las condiciones o fenómenos meteorológicos que hubieran sido pronosticadas con razonable anticipación, fuesen de conocimiento público y permitiesen al CONTRACTOR evitar el incumplimiento de sus obligaciones
I can't make sense of this with incumplimiento and not cumplimiento

Proposed translations

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enable the Contractor to avoid noncompliance

This is just an expectation that the contractor will check daily weather reports, which are readily available to the public, in order to plan work in a manner that will avoid damage to products or cost overruns on services.
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would allow Contractor to avoid not complying with his obligations/commitments

I think this is correct. Good luck.
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and do not prevent him from fulfilling ....

it's a double negative: conditions that are such that he is not in an impossible position

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Note added at 13 mins (2006-05-02 10:21:52 GMT)
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NOTE that the explanation is more important than the rough translation proposed
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