Sep 19, 2014 01:49
9 yrs ago
Spanish term

se desfiguren

Spanish to English Law/Patents Law: Contract(s) Importing/Exporting
No obstante las obligaciones que surjan en el INCOTERM utilizado, LA COMPAÑÍA será quien aparecerá en la declaración de importación como importador, sin que las obligaciones que se generen por el INCOTERM se desfiguren.

" . . . without the obligations . . . being affected thereby?"
Proposed translations (English)
5 Altered
5 disfigured
3 undermined

Discussion

Jane Martin Sep 19, 2014:
@ spanruss I think your understanding is correct. DRAE 4. tr. Alterar las verdaderas circunstancias de algo.

Proposed translations

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Altered

No obstante las obligaciones que surjan en el INCOTERM utilizado, LA COMPAÑÍA será quien aparecerá en la declaración de importación como importador, sin que las obligaciones que se generen por el INCOTERM se desfiguren

Not withstanding the obligations that may arise, the Company shall be the one that appears in the statement of importation as importer, without which the obligations that arise shall generate by the Incoterm(<- Sp? Acronym) are altered.
Example sentence:

Los datos fuern desfigurados (past tense)

The data was atered

Peer comment(s):

neutral Jane Martin : 'altered' is a possible translation but your translation of the whole sentence doesn't make sense
8 hrs
neutral Henry Hinds : Agree with Jane, your translation of the whole sentence doesn't make sense.
13 hrs
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disfigured

Distort, breach of contract - fits
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1 day 6 hrs

undermined

distorted or misrepresented, as in the web ref., don't quite get there.

And undermine is always a good throw-away.
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