Nov 13, 2020 02:25
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Italian term
cadenza non inferiore ...
Italian to English
Law/Patents
Law: Contract(s)
standard contract terms for phone operators
Dalla delibera n. 121/17/CONS l’AGCom (telefonia fissa e mobile) - v. anche https://dirittoaldigitale.com/2020/10/12/cadenza-rinnovo-off...
"la cadenza [di rinnovo delle offerte e della fatturazione] non può essere inferiore a quattro settimane..."
Sarebbe piuttosto "frequency" or "interval"?
I'm trying to figure out whether by "non inferiore" they mean:
"every four weeks or more often" (i.e four weeks as minimum frequency); or
"not more often than after four weeks" (four weeks as minimum interval).
To me, "interval" makes more sense, but as soon as I had decided that interval it is, I saw a phrase "frequenza minima per la fatturazione" in similar context. Which sounds like the legislator wanted the operators to issue the invoices at least every 4 weeks, but the faster, the better, invoices flying like from a machine gun (which I find highly dubitable, but one can never know).
"la cadenza [di rinnovo delle offerte e della fatturazione] non può essere inferiore a quattro settimane..."
Sarebbe piuttosto "frequency" or "interval"?
I'm trying to figure out whether by "non inferiore" they mean:
"every four weeks or more often" (i.e four weeks as minimum frequency); or
"not more often than after four weeks" (four weeks as minimum interval).
To me, "interval" makes more sense, but as soon as I had decided that interval it is, I saw a phrase "frequenza minima per la fatturazione" in similar context. Which sounds like the legislator wanted the operators to issue the invoices at least every 4 weeks, but the faster, the better, invoices flying like from a machine gun (which I find highly dubitable, but one can never know).
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | Not more often than (every four weeks) |
Isabella Nanni
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| 3 | frequency no less than |
David Hollywood
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| 3 | minimum frequency / minimum rate of renewal |
Angelo Berbotto
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Proposed translations
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Isabella Nanni
Italy
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Not more often than (every four weeks)
There was a big debate over this in Italy, at present offers and invoicing must be issued every month. “Every four weeks” meant every 28th day, which meant a price increase at the expense of the client who had subscribed monthly offers. Telecom companies and other utilities who had started applying the “4 weeks rule” were fined and had to refund the clients.
Note from asker:
| Thanks for the context! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Adrian MM.
: or: no more often than....
15 hrs
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grazie
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| agree |
Emiliano Pantoja
2 days 12 hrs
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grazie
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Grazie!"
50 mins
David Hollywood
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worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
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Related KudoZ points
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19
frequency no less than
4 weeks
Note from asker:
| meaning that they must renew their offers at least every 4 weeks - but they can do it more often, like every week? |
52 mins
Angelo Berbotto
Australia
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Australia
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minimum frequency / minimum rate of renewal
I think that frequency or rate of renewal is what it means here
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Note added at 2 horas (2020-11-13 05:22:45 GMT)
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You could render it in a different way: the renewal and billing can take place at least every four weeks
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Note added at 2 horas (2020-11-13 05:23:46 GMT)
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look at paragraph 10 here, it explains it better
https://www.agcom.it/documents/10179/7141047/Delibera 121-17...
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Note added at 2 horas (2020-11-13 05:22:45 GMT)
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You could render it in a different way: the renewal and billing can take place at least every four weeks
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Note added at 2 horas (2020-11-13 05:23:46 GMT)
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look at paragraph 10 here, it explains it better
https://www.agcom.it/documents/10179/7141047/Delibera 121-17...
Note from asker:
| Hmm. This would mean that 4 weeks is the minimum frequency; which would mean that _more_ frequent renewal/invoicing is OK, but less frequent is not? Or the opposite? Basically, are they trying to say that operators should issue new offers a) every 4 weeks or less frequently (every 8 weeks, for instance) b) every 4 weeks or more frequently (every 2 weeks, if they should like so)? |
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