French term
Canada
Devoir
Would that be a mistake or a preference.
Une réunion d'officialisation devrait être organisée dès lors qu’un gros contrat entre en vigueur.
Une réunion d'officialisation devra être organisée dès lors qu’un gros contrat entre en vigueur.
| 5 +1 | est organisée dès lors que... entre en vigueur |
juristrad
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| 4 +1 | Not as simple as that! |
Tony M
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Jul 10, 2014 20:25: writeaway changed "Language pair" from "English to French" to "French"
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Not as simple as that!
As a rough guide, based on my observation of translating FR > EN
EN 'prescriptive' 'shall' > FR present tense ("The contractor shall take all reasonable precautions...")
EN 'must' > FR present tense of 'devoir' (doit, doivetn, etc.)
EN 'will' (= simple future) > FR simple future ("The Client will furnish a list of requirements"
EN 'will be required to' > FR future tense of 'devoir'
EN 'should', 'ought to' (leaves a slight margin for doubt or judgement) > FR conditional of 'devoir'
These cannot be taken as hard-and-fast rules, but it is the general pattern I see emerging after many yeasr translating this sort of document.
Generall, I would say avoid over-using devoir (if necessary, consider whether the EN could have been satisfactorily expressed using the 'prescriptive shall') and avoid the conditional unless there is a real degree of latitude or doubt being expressed in the EN.
The simple present tense is very common in FR documents, but can sound very odd in EN.
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Mélodie Duchesnay
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Merci, Mélodie !
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Germaine
: Ce que vous avancez pour "will/will be required to" n'est pas aussi simple que ça (cf. discussion). Par ailleurs, il est de mise de répondre à une question FR>FR/EN>FR en français.
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The question was EN>FR when I answered it. Of course it is not that simple; but the KudoZ forum does not have the space or the remit to give encyclopædic-length explaantions. I am speaking on the basis of empirical observations of many such documents.
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