Английский язык для юристов. Предпринимательское право. Перевод контрактов. Учебное пособие для студентов вузов, обучающихся по специальности «Юриспру

(b) Translate the following sentences into Russian, paying special attention to the word combinations in bold type:

(1)The Parties shall attempt at settling any possible disagreement and dispute which may arise out of or in connection with the Contract hereof through discussions and negotiations.

(2)During the term of this Agreement Customer hereby grants to Executor a worldwide, royalty-free right and license to reproduce, publish and display any of Customer's trademarks, logos, text or other content provided to Executor by Customer in connection with any Electronic Advertising. Except for the express license rights granted herein, all right, title and interest in and to the said trademarks and content shall remain in Customer.

(3)Customer hereby agrees to indemnify and hold Executor and its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors, assigns, officers, directors, agents and employees harmless from and against third-party liabilities, including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees, and other expenses incident thereto, which may be threatened against, or recoverable from Executor from any claim by any third party as a result of or arising out of or in connection with an act or failure to act of Customer in connection with this Agreement.

(4)Regardless of the place of execution of this Agreement, this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with USA law.

(5)The Company shall not be bound by any term or condition in any purchase order or other document which is inconsistent with or in addition to the terms or conditions herein, and Distributor agrees that any such inconsistent or additional terms are understood to be rejected by the Company.

(6)Distributor shall not use the Trademarks on or in connection with the manufacture, sale or advertising of any products not supplied to Distributor by the Company.

ESSENTIAL TOOLS THROUGHOUT CONTRACTS AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS

Task 25. (a) Study the following distinction between the derivatives from the English adverbs here and there often used in legal documents:

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Lexical Note

Some English adverbs formed using here and there, like hereof and thereof, hereto and thereto, herewith and therewith, hereby and thereby, herein and therein, etc., are typical of legal documents. They are used to refer to specific places and times in and around legal documents.

Adverbs formed using here refer to the document you are reading, while adverbs formed using there refer to the document which is being discussed, not necessarily the one you are reading.

E.g.: under this contract ↔ hereunder; enclosed with this contract ↔ enclosed herewith; to this contract ↔ hereto; in this contract ↔ herein, etc. The goods shall be delivered within four weeks from the date the prepayment has been effected as per Clause 3.2 herein. — Поставка товара осуществляется в течение четырех недель с даты предоплаты в соответствии с пунктом 3.2. настоящего Договора.

E.g.: hereinafter throughout the text hereof — здесь и далее по тексту (договора); the term of validity hereof — срок действия данного договора; to the address specified hereinabove — по вышеуказанному адресу.

Compare:

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(b) Match up the left-column derivatives from the adverbs with here and there with their correct definitions in the right column:

(2)thereinafter (b) listed further in that document

(3)thereto (c) mentioned in that same section of that document

(4)thereinafter (d) appearing somewhere in that document

(5)thereinunder (e) following that document

(6)thereto (f) prior to the production of this document

(7)heretofore (g) following that document

(c) Make the following sentences complete by translating or transforming the words and word combinations in brackets. Render the sentences into Russian:

(1)The goods sold (по настоящему Договору) conform to the specifications enclosed (к настоящему Договору).

(2)The goods shall be delivered within four weeks from the effective date of the contract as per Clause 2.1. (настоящего Договора).

(3)The delivery of the equipment (under this Agreement) shall commence within 20 days of the effective date of the Contract.

(4)Now it is (resulting from this document) agreed and declared as follows…

(5)Payments due (under Clause 7.1) shall be made within 30 days of the end of each Calendar Quarter.

(6)Neither Party (to this Agreement) shall be entitled to delegate its rights or obligations indicated (under this Agreement) to any third party without prior written consent of the other Party.

(7)This Agreement shall come into effect from the date (of the Agreement).

(8)Unless otherwise terminated as provided (in this Agreement), the Agreement shall continue in force for a period of six months.

(9)The present Agreement shall be valid till complete fulfillment of all duties (under this Agreement) in accordance with Addendum 1 (to this Agreement).

(10)For the financial period of 2006—2007 the amount of 500,000 USD is (настоящим) appropriated for the purposes specified (по настоящему Договору).

(11)Such documents shall be deposited with the Board who shall submit copies (of those documents) to the Parties concerned.

(12)In the event of any litigation or legal proceedings between the Parties (to this Agreement) the non-prevailing Party shall pay the

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expenses, fees and court costs of the prevailing Party in connection (with those legal proceedings).

(13)All documents signed at the same time as the Agreement or which are annexed (to those documents) form a part of the official text.

(14)In the event of any litigation or legal proceedings between the Parties (to this Agreement), the non-prevailing Party shall pay the expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees

and court costs, of the prevailing Party in connection therewith.

(15)In accordance with Agreement No.__ dated ____, 200_, entered by and between the Bank and (corporate name), (в дальнейшем именуется «Должник»), the Bank upon the instruction of the Debtor opens Letter of Credit (далее именуется «Аккредитив») on the following terms and conditions:…

(16)The Company wishes to appoint Distributor as a distributor for the Company's products within the Territory designated (in this Agreement).

(17)Distributor has no right to a fee or similar type of compensation from the Company (under this Agreement).

(18)This Agreement gives Distributor the right to purchase Products from the Company and its authorized product licensees, and to resell them in the Territory in accordance with the terms and conditions (of this Agreement).

(19)Distributor shall not sell any products that are competitive with the Company's Products, with the exception of product lines listed on Exhibit B, attached (to this Agreement).

(20)Total amount of services specified (in this Agreement) shall equal (full amount in figure and in words) US Dollars, not including VAT.

(21)The Company shall have the right to examine the records concerning business with the Company's products during the term of this Agreement and for a period of one year (after that date).

(22)The Client shall be entitled to use his account with the Bank as specified (in this Agreement) and in the Regulations laid down in Appendix 3 (to this Agreement).

(23)The Surety shall be entitled to require that the Debtor performs respective payment obligations performed by the Surety (по настоящему Договору) in favour of the Bank, and pays interest (на них), and covers other losses incurred (им (Должником)) in connection with the assumed liability for the Debtor only after

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the complete performance of all obligations owing to the Bank under the Agreement on Opening the Letter of Credit.

(24)Executor shall provide electronic advertising and related services ((в дальнейшем именуемые) «Electronic Advertising») in accordance with Addendum 1 (к настоящему Договору).

(25)(Corporate name), legal entity duly set up and operating under the laws of (country), (в дальнейшем) referred to as the «Seller», duly represented by Mr./Mrs._________, acting on the basis of the Company's Articles of Association, on the one hand, and (corporate name), legal entity duly set up and operating under the Russian legislation, (в дальнейшем) referred to as the «Buyer», duly represented by Mr./Mrs._________, acting on the basis of the Company's Articles of Association, on the other hand (jointly referred to as the «Parties»), have concluded this Agreement ((в дальнейшем) referred to as the «Agreement») as follows…

(26)During the term of this Agreement Customer (настоящим) grants to Executor a worldwide, royalty-free right and license to reproduce, publish and display any of Customer's trademarks.

(27)All parties (настоящим) acknowledge all other parties' rights and interests in such other parties' trademarks and agree not to claim any right, title or interest in and to such trademarks or to at any time challenge such other parties' rights in or to such trademarks for any reason whatsoever.

(28)All use of any Parties' trademarks and the goodwill generated (by the use of those trademarks) shall inure to the benefit of the owner of such trademarks.

(29)The total liability of Executor to Customer (по настоящему Договору) will be limited to the total amount of charges actually paid by Customer to Executor for the Electronic Media Campaigns purchased (по настоящему Договору).

(30)The Bank shall undertake to issue the plastic card and forward it to the Cardholder at the Bank branch designated (держателем карточки / последним) within seven business days from the day the Cardholder submits the bank debit card application and other documents as required.

(31)The Parties (настоящим) submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of USA.

(32)A monthly bank account statement [выписка по банковскому счету] shall be indicative of the timeframe within which the

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Cardholder must reimburse the Bank for total expenses enlisted (в выписке) over the reviewed period.

(33)Distributor acknowledges that the trademarks and service marks used by the Company (the «Trademarks») are the sole property of the Company, the Company's parent corporation, which has given to the Company the right to sublicense the marks as provided (в настоящем Договоре).

Task 26. (a) Study the following English-Russian patterns with the verb fail and its derivative noun failure:

(b) Complete the following English sentences by translating the word combinations in brackets. Use the corresponding versions from the box where necessary:

to make a claim; fails to inform the bank; failure to fulfill their obligations; to obtain an Import Licence; to settle the dispute; to open a letter-of-credit; failure to justify

(1)In the event the Cardholder (не сообщил Банку) within 15 (fifteen) days upon receipt of the monthly bank account statement

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about his disagreement as regards any transaction detailed therein, such account statement shall be deemed confirmed by the Cardholder.

(2)Should the Party claiming for penalty (не предъявит претензии) within the above mentioned period, it shall not be entitled to having recourse to arbitration.

(3)(В случае, если Покупатель не получит лицензию на импорт) within 3 (three) months from the date of signing the Contract, the Seller is entitled to cancel the present Contract with no obligation whatsoever on its/his part.

(4)(В случае, если представитель Продавца не прибудет) for participation in drawing up the Act of Claim within 30 days from the date of receipt of the Seller's written notification, the Buyer shall issue the Act of Claim unilaterally and this Act of Claim shall justify making the claim.

(5)(В случае, если Покупатель не откроет аккредитив) in the period (указанный) in Clause 2 hereof, the Seller shall be entitled to prolong the goods delivery period either for a period equaling the delay in having the letter-of-credit issued or for a period required to issue such a letter-of-credit in conformity with the terms and conditions laid down in the respective clause hereof.

(6)(В случае, если Стороны не урегулируют спорные вопросы) through negotiations, the dispute shall be taken to the municipal arbitration court.

(7)The Parties shall not be liable for the (неисполнение своих обязательств) or the improper fulfillment [ненадлежащее исполнение] of any such obligations, where such improper fulfillment might be caused by force majeure, i.e. extraordinary and unavoidable circumstances.

(8)The Bank shall reserve the right to return payment documents to the Client by cancelling their execution at any stage in the event of the Client's (отсутствия подтверждения) any such payment by providing documents or details as payment validity proof; or in the event the said payment documents contain errors or inaccuracies made when issuing.

(9)If Distributor (не уплатит) any taxes when due, Distributor shall indemnify the Company for any taxes, interest, or penalties that may become due as a result of such (неуплаты).

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EXERCISING TEXT TRANSLATION

VOCABULARY RELATED TO THE CONTRACT SUBJECT

CLAUSE

Task 27. (a) Render the following sample contract clauses into Russian:

(Corporate name), located at: _________, hereinafter referred to as the «Bank», represented by the Chairman of the Board Mr/Ms________, acting pursuant to the Charter, on the one hand, and (corporate name), located at: _________, hereinafter referred to as the «Surety», represented by Mr/Ms________, acting on the basis of power-of-attorney No.__ dated ___, 200_, on the other hand (hereinafter collectively referred to as the «Parties»), have entered into this Surety Agreement [Договор поручительства] (hereinafter referred to as the «Agreement») on the terms and conditions set out below.

Bank (name of the Bank), hereinafter referred to as the «Bank», represented by Director General acting on the basis of the Articles of Association, on the one hand, and (first name, partonimic, last name), hereinafter referred to as the «Client», on the other hand, have concluded this Agreement as follows:

ZAO Raiffeisenbank Austria, hereinafter referred to as the «Bank», represented by____ acting pursuant to the power of attorney ¹ ____ dd. 05/10/200_, and Mr/Mrs________ («Client»), herein collectively referred to as the «Parties», have concluded this Agreement («Agreement») as follows:

1. Upon a written Application of the Client the Bank opens a current Account (hereinafter the «Account») ¹ ____ in RUB in the name of the Client and issues a Card pursuant hereto.

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(b) Render the following sample contract clauses into English:

(Название компании), расположенное по адресу:__________, именуемое в дальнейшем «Исполнитель», в лице Председателя Совета директоров г-на/г-жи_________, действующего (ей) на основании Устава компании, с одной стороны, и (название компании), расположенное по адресу:__________, далее именуемое «Заказчик», в лице г-на/г-жи_________, действующего (ей) на основании Договора ¹ __ и доверенности ¹ __ от «__»_____ 200_г., с другой стороны (в дальнейшем совместно именуемые «Стороны»), заключили настоящий Договор (в дальнейшем именуется «Договор»), о нижеследующем.

VOCABULARY RELATED TO THE AGREEMENT VALIDITY AND TERMINATION PROCEDURE CLAUSE

Task 28. Translate the following sample contract clauses into Russian:

The present Agreement shall come into effect from the date hereof and its validity term shall not be defined. The Agreement can be terminated any time at the Client's request. Contracts concluded between the Bank and the Client for the purposes of issuing plastic cards may impose restrictions on the Agreement termination prior to its expiration.

The Agreement termination shall constitute grounds for closing the Client's account with the Bank. The account balance [остаток денежных средств на счете] shall be either returned to the Client or transferred to another account as instructed by the Client within five banking days upon receipt of the said instruction in writing.

The Suretyship under this Agreement shall be effective from the date of its execution to the date which is falling one year after the date established in the Agreement on Opening Letter of Credit as the expiry date of the Letter of Credit (with due account of the possible Prolongation pursuant to Clause 3.3 hereof).

The Agreement becomes effective from the date hereof and continues in force for an unlimited period of time.

This Contract shall enter into force from the date hereof and shall be valid through August 31, 20___.

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Task 29. Translate the following sample contract clauses into English:

Срок действия Договора и порядок его расторжения

Настоящий Договор вступает в силу со дня подписания его Сторонами и действует в течение неопределенного срока.

Настоящий Договор вступает в силу с момента его подписания уполномоченными представителями обеих Сторон и действует до 20___ года.

Настоящий Договор вступает в силу с даты подписания Договора Сторонами и действует до полного исполнения сторонами всех своих обязательств по Договору в соответствии с Приложением 3 к настоящему Договору.

Исполнитель и Партнеры имеют право досрочно расторгнуть Договор в случае существенных нарушений условий Договора со стороны Заказчика.

Доверенность на распоряжение банковским счетом [Power-of- Attorney to manage the account] по настоящему Договору вступает в силу c момента его подписания и действует до даты, наступающей по истечении трех месяцев с даты, установленной Договором от открытии Аккредитива (с учетом возможной пролонгации согласно п. 4.2. Договора).

VOCABULARY RELATED TO THE PRICES & TERMS OF PAYMENT CLAUSE

Task 30. Translate the following sample contract clauses into Russian:

Total amount of services specified in this Agreement represents the amount of ____ Euro, exclusive of 18% VAT at the amount _____ Euro. Customer as a Fiscal Agent undertakes to transfer VAT in an amount of

_____ Euro to the budget of the Russian Federation. All taxes in the Executor's country should be paid by Executor, all taxes in the Customer's country should be paid by Customer. Customer agrees to make 50% advance payment for the services within 10 days upon receipt of the invoice from Executor.

An undercover operation initially authorized by the Committee must be reauthorized by a designated Assistant Director, pursuant to paragraphs V.A-C, if it lasts longer than 12 months or involves the expenditure of more than $40,000 ($100,000 in drug cases of which a maximum of $40,000 is for operational expenses), or such other amount that is set from time to time by the Director. No undercover operation approved at

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