Apr 22, 2018 11:29
6 yrs ago
5 viewers *
français term

Bon pour vente

français vers anglais Droit / Brevets Immobilier Property sales agreement
Any ideas on how to express well in English welcome please
Thank you
Proposed translations (anglais)
3 +2 To confirm sale

Discussion

AllegroTrans Apr 22, 2018:
@ TTF Without legal meaning indeed, but French lawyers continue to use these archaic formulations. I don't think we translators are entitled to simply ignore them however.
Thomas T. Frost Apr 22, 2018:
Most likely without legal meaning See https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu_et_approuvé .
Tony M Apr 22, 2018:
@ Asker it's alright, anyone familiar with the way of dealing with house sales in FR will completely understand what your context is.
Manoj Chauhan Apr 22, 2018:
can you provide more source text... so that it can help to give you a suitable answer.
ainichi (asker) Apr 22, 2018:
it is regarding a property for sale
Manoj Chauhan Apr 22, 2018:
Could you please elaborate the context, what's the item put for sale like property, store....etc.etc.

Proposed translations

+2
1 heure
Selected

To confirm sale

The trouble is, we just don't use this sort of formulation in EN (AFAIK); you should try doing a "term search" for simialr expressions like 'bon pour accord' etc. to see how other people suggest handling this.
You could, of course, make something rather longwinded out of it, along the lines of "I hereby confirm this sale" — but I'm not sure that's really very helpful.

HOWEVER, it IS important to make it clear for the person that they must hand write the original phrase in FR, and NOT whatever translation you settle on. So you'll need to make sure you present your "translation" in some way as an "explanation".
Peer comment(s):

agree AllegroTrans : or "sale confirmed/approved etc." but definitely as an explanation; asker MUST retain the French text to show that this formulation doesn't exist in English
1 heure
Thanks, C!
agree philgoddard
4 heures
Thanks, Phil!
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you"
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Recherche par terme
  • Travaux
  • Forums
  • Multiple search