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12:51 Apr 2, 2019 

Glad it helps.

12:15 Apr 2, 2019 

Thanks for the clarification, David.

10:49 Apr 2, 2019 

Hi Odile, The source text in Chinese does not have the word "consider", but in human circumstances there must be some party involved that compares between the creation expenses with the joint production budget. He/she would then "consider" that creation expense more important than the joint production budget.

Also, who can read the joint production budget in a normal business venture? It must be either Party X or Party Y because they're in a joint venture. No one else as the budget must be a commercial secret, hence they use this clause to prevent either party from using the joint production budget to fund the creation expenses should the need arise.

So in English expression and in this case, it has to be over-translated IMHO to overcome the way the source Chinese expresses which is linguistically acceptable to hide the verb or the subject in a sentence, and for English readers to understand what it's all about.

07:43 Apr 2, 2019 

Hello David, thanks a lot for your answer and explanation. However, I am wondering if this is not overtranslated, as there is no suggestion in the source that creation expenses might "be considered" more important than the planned production budget.

17:05 Apr 1, 2019 

I'd try this way or anything in that tune as follows:

Should any creative expense be considered more crucial than those already provisioned in the joint production budget , Party X and Party Y should seek extra funding support of ....

Hope you find this helpful.

12:02 Apr 1, 2019 

Thanks for this, David.

13:42 Mar 31, 2019 

I think the sentence stresses the importance of creativity in the joint venture hence the clause tries to clarify this concern. In case the parties involved will have to pay a substantial amount for creativity (e.g. design), they will have to look for other revenue sources to cover it or to make savings within the overall production budget. A warning really. It's common in creative ventures. Nothing's wrong IMHO.

23:09 Mar 30, 2019 

because the clauses are not logically related.

14:23 Mar 27, 2019 

Thanks a lot for the additional explanation.

14:20 Mar 27, 2019 

No, that clause states that party X will request from Party Y a quotation that they will keep as a reference document so as to ensure that actual expenses do not exceed the estimate.

13:06 Mar 27, 2019 

Do you mean this part: 则 X和 Y 都应负责寻找额外资金或采用节省费用的解决办法

I would read it as: it is important not to exceed the overall budget, but if the creative budget calls for more, X and Y should search for additional funding, or cut down on other aspects of the budget.

09:36 Mar 27, 2019 

Thanks Shuhui Teo. Further down in the text, another article stresses the importance of not exceeding the overall budget, so I find it all a bit confusing.