Feb 4, 2007 22:29
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Portuguese term

Contrante / tomador

Portuguese to English Law/Patents Law: Contract(s) Serviços
tomador dos serviços, aquele que contrata um prestador de serviços para realizar para ele, tomador, o serviço.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 Contracting Party
4 +1 Party to Contract or Contractor / Taker
4 Client

Discussion

Lincoln Silveira (X) Feb 5, 2007:
The case being as explained in your note to my answer, the option that will probably work out best for you is found in Tonia's answer: "the company hiring the services of ...". In my opinion it will register more naturally than a specific term.
Lincoln Silveira (X) Feb 5, 2007:
Juliana, ajudaria se tivéssemos mais contexto, por exemplo, objeto do contrato, setor, tipo de contrato, etc.

Proposed translations

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Selected

Contracting Party

Parties to the Contract:

Contracting Party: party providing the contract.
Contractor: the party to whom contract is awarded.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-02-05 01:32:12 GMT)
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Contracting Party: Contratante
Contractor: parte contratada
Peer comment(s):

agree Moisés Perez : Confirmo. Esta é a melhor opção.
10 hrs
Thanks Moisés!
agree Susy Ordaz
20 hrs
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Client

"Contratante" ...

Você vai achar milhares de "contractee" no Google, porém em inglês, dependendo do objeto do contrato e da indústria/setor a qual se refere, melhor especificar. "Client" para quem toma um serviço, por exemplo. Outro exemplo: "owner", se for contrato de empreitada, obras de construção, etc.

Cuidado com "contractor", pois em inglês é quem presta o serviço objeto da contratação:

"Contractor
A person or entity who, as part of an independent business, becomes obligated to provide goods and/or services for a price.

Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library."
Note from asker:
Lincoln, eu não tenho o contexto do serviço. Trata-se de assunto relacionado à obrigatoriedade de o tomador de serviços de cesão de mão-de-obra de reter um certo valor no pagamento da fatura a titulo de contribuição previdenciária. O objeto do serviço não é relevante no meu trabalho.
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Party to Contract or Contractor / Taker

Per Noronha's Legal Dictionary:

Contratante = Party to Contract.
Tomador = Taker or Borrower.

I would also say that "Contratante" is the "Contractor" (the one who is hiring someone else's services.

"Tomador" would be "service taker" (as opposed to "borrower"). The one who is taking use of the service provider/supplier's services.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-05 01:25:38 GMT)
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I agree with your note. I had originally left out the "contractor" part of my explanation, but included it as I had also found it in the dictionary. I would typically use "Party to Contract" or (as another colleague put below) "contracting party" for "contratante". "Tomador" would be "service taker".
Example sentence:

The telephone company will be the service supplier/provider, and the customer will be the service taker.

Note from asker:
não posso concordar com o Noronha. "Contractor" designa aquele que presta o serviço, como um independent contractor, mas nunca o tomador. Vide Black's Law Dictionary.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Lincoln Silveira (X) : Borrower if the agreement in case refers to a loan only ...
2 mins
Exactly, that is why I did not include it in the answer (I merely gave it as being listed by Noronha). The appropriate term is "Taker". Borrower is indeed used when dealing with loans.
neutral Cesar Sanchez : Contractor has more the sense of EMPREITEIRO. I would stick to 'Party to the Contract'.
29 mins
Cesar, I agree with you. Please see my note above. Thanks for your comment.
agree Henrique Magalhaes
11 hrs
Thank you, Henrique. I appreciate your comment! :)
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