Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
L'Université ne s'engage à accepter ..ni aucune des soumissions
English translation:
The University shall not be required to accept the lowest bid offer, nor any of which submitted thereto
French term
L'Université ne s'engage à accepter ..ni aucune des soumissions
Aug 25, 2008 04:39: MatthewLaSon Created KOG entry
May 4, 2017 17:05: MatthewLaSon changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/35643">MatthewLaSon's</a> old entry - "L'Université ne s'engage à accepter ..ni aucune des soumissions"" to ""The University is neither required to accept the lowest bid offer nor any of which submitted thereto""
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Proposed translations
The University is neither required to accept the lowest bid offer nor any of which submitted thereto
My try...
I didn't quite get that "la plus basse" is referring to "offre" (I only assume)
I hope this helps.
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writeaway
: not very idiomatic English /looking at this 9 years later. my opinion hasn't changed.....
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As in "You can throw me a curve, and I still don't have to accept the lowest bid or any which one that I offered you. LOL. Please offer a better solution. Then I will change the glossary for the betterment of the community. Thank you.
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the University shall not be bound to accept
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Rob Grayson
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cmwilliams (X)
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Clair Pickworth
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Mohamed Mehenoun
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Jean-Claude Gouin
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United Kingdom
25 years as a specialist communicator
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English
the university makes no undertaking/commitment to accept ...
or something along those lines.
The university reserves the right of not accepting any bid
United Kingdom
Over 20 years of satisfied clients
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Italian to English
The University will not be obliged to accept the highest or any of the offers
http://www.daft.ie/searchcommercial.daft?search=1&selected_a...
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