Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Feb 21, 2015 08:18
9 yrs ago
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French term
se prévaloir
French to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Contracts
I'm not sure of the correct working on this one.
What come up in the Proz glossary is "take action on," and "rely" comes up in dictionaries.
X ne délivre aucun acte d’acceptation de cession de créance du fait qu’il entend toujours
***se prévaloir*** auprès des établissements bancaires cessionnaires, des exceptions d’inexécution
du marché à raison des agissements ou manquements du titulaire.
The company shall not issue any certificate of acceptance of assignment, because it still intends to ***rely*** on assignee banks, with the exception of non-performance of the Contract due to acts or omissions on the part of the licensee.
What come up in the Proz glossary is "take action on," and "rely" comes up in dictionaries.
X ne délivre aucun acte d’acceptation de cession de créance du fait qu’il entend toujours
***se prévaloir*** auprès des établissements bancaires cessionnaires, des exceptions d’inexécution
du marché à raison des agissements ou manquements du titulaire.
The company shall not issue any certificate of acceptance of assignment, because it still intends to ***rely*** on assignee banks, with the exception of non-performance of the Contract due to acts or omissions on the part of the licensee.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | rely on their position with ... |
njrobertson
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| 4 +1 | use |
Julius Ngwa
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| 4 | to invoke/ to take advantage of |
Francois Boye
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| 4 | to argue on the grounds that |
Francis Marche
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| 3 | contend, |
Thomas T. Frost
|
Proposed translations
1 hr
njrobertson
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Over twelve years Business Translation
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
32
Selected
rely on their position with ...
It is not an easy expression to translate, but in the context I think is as good a version as any.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: I agree with "rely" but would suggest that this is "rely upon" and not with their position but reliance upon exeptions etc.
15 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
16 mins
Julius Ngwa
Canada
Canada
Native in English
Canada
Saying it as it's to be said
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
use
It means to use or take advantage of
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Katarina Peters
6 hrs
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| neutral |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Seems to boil down to a synonym of "use" for "rely upon" but I'd tend to favour "rely upon" her as being closer to the original.
16 hrs
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2 hrs
Thomas T. Frost
Portugal
Portugal
Native in English
Works in field
Portugal
‘Very good precision work’ – Comunica.dk
Native in: Danish (Variant: Standard (rigsdansk)) 
, English (Variants: UK, British)
Works in: Danish to English, English to Danish, French to Danish
Related KudoZ points
:
16
French term (edited):
se prévaloir,
contend,
As pointed out by bohy, an important comma appears to be missing. The creditor will base his claim on what he considers a fact: that the other party did not fulfil their obligations.
16 hrs
Francois Boye
United States
United States
Native in French
Specializes in field
United States
An economic geek with social skills
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
102
to invoke/ to take advantage of
My suggestion
2 days 50 mins
Francis Marche
France
France
Native in French
&
English
Works in field
France
36 years experience on 4 continents
Native in: French , English
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
16
to argue on the grounds that
"un manquement" is a failure to do smthg (comply with contractual conditions, etc.), not limited to "omissions". And "se prévaloir de qq chose" in a legal context is to argue one's case on certain grounds (the grounds being described by what follows the French "de" in the phrase)
e.g. "The plaintiffs in this case tried to argue on the grounds that the enacted ban was unconstitutional, there wasn’t a constitutional amendment preventing gay marriage"
http://gregsopinion.com/?m=200709
= Les plaignant dans cette affaire ont tenté de se prévaloir de l'inconstitutionnalité de l'interdiction qui avait été prononcée.
The difficulty to translate "prévaloir de qq chose" in English is a syntactic one : "se prévaloir de" is followed by a noun group (l'inconstitutionalité de l'interdiction) in French whilst it's a whole phrase in English ("the enacted ban was inconstitutional").
In the question : "se prévaloir des exceptions d'inexécution du marché" = to argue on the grounds that [a party] had failed to execute clauses of the contract
e.g. "The plaintiffs in this case tried to argue on the grounds that the enacted ban was unconstitutional, there wasn’t a constitutional amendment preventing gay marriage"
http://gregsopinion.com/?m=200709
= Les plaignant dans cette affaire ont tenté de se prévaloir de l'inconstitutionnalité de l'interdiction qui avait été prononcée.
The difficulty to translate "prévaloir de qq chose" in English is a syntactic one : "se prévaloir de" is followed by a noun group (l'inconstitutionalité de l'interdiction) in French whilst it's a whole phrase in English ("the enacted ban was inconstitutional").
In the question : "se prévaloir des exceptions d'inexécution du marché" = to argue on the grounds that [a party] had failed to execute clauses of the contract
Discussion
Hence, there should be 0 or 2 commas between "se prévaloir" et "des"