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视为弃权

English translation: regard as abstention

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Chinese term or phrase:视为弃权
English translation:regard as abstention
Entered by: QHE

11:56 May 7, 2013
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s)
Chinese term or phrase: 视为弃权
董事会会议应有半数以上董事出席方能举行，董事因故不能出席，可出具委托书委托他人代表出席表决，董事因故不出席董事会也不委托他人代表出席表决，视为弃权。
RaffaellaG
Italy
Local time: 22:57
regard as abstention
Explanation:


The act of voluntarily refraining from taking action, such as casting a vote or participating in a decision or deliberation.
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QHE
United States
Local time: 16:57
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2regard as abstention
QHE
4 +1shall be deemed waived
Shang
4(one's) right shall be deemed forfeited
pkchan
4defaults in abstention
tanglsus
3Extremely imprecise language
Phil Hand


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
regard as abstention


Explanation:


The act of voluntarily refraining from taking action, such as casting a vote or participating in a decision or deliberation.


    Reference: http://law.yourdictionary.com/abstention
QHE
United States
Local time: 16:57
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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agree  Zilin Cui
8 hrs
agree  Yolanda Liu: 不过用shall be deemed as 比 regard as 要好些吧
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
shall be deemed waived


Explanation:
shall be deemed to have waived his/her voting right

http://www.google.com.tw/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=deemed waiver righ...

Shang
China
Local time: 04:57
Native speaker of: Chinese
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agree  Dai.Xiaohu
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(one's) right shall be deemed forfeited


Explanation:
voting right shall be deemed forfeited

pkchan
United States
Local time: 16:57
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Extremely imprecise language


Explanation:
Oh, the joys of translating badly written legal Chinese.

弃权 is abstain, and 视为 can be translated as "deem" (though it's clearer just to leave it out)

Unfortunately, one would expect the sentence to be clear on what is being abstained from, and it's not. Abstentions are for votes, not meetings, but the sentence doesn't mention a vote. So I think a badly-worded English translation is in order. A translation that makes complete sense would not be faithful to the original.

董事会会议应有半数以上董事出席方能举行，董事因故不能出席，可出具委托书委托他人代表出席表决，董事因故不出席董事会也不委托他人代表出席表决，视为弃权。
A board meeting is quorate if more than half of the board members are present. Any board member who is not present may assign his/her voting rights to another person with letter of assignment; any board member who is not present and does not assign his/her voting rights to another person shall be deemed to have abstained.

Phil Hand
China
Local time: 04:57
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defaults in abstention


Explanation:
defaults resulting in abstention, abstention by default.

The concept of the default position is often used in various by-laws.
仅供参考。

tanglsus
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