Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Le CLIENT s’interdit
English translation:
The client shall refrain from
French term
Le CLIENT s’interdit
- tout type d’exploitation non explicitement autorisé par le présent contrat.
It is forbidden for the client, without prior consent ..
Oct 23, 2008 15:40: MatthewLaSon Created KOG entry
Oct 23, 2008 15:42: MatthewLaSon changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/35643">MatthewLaSon's</a> old entry - "Le CLIENT s’interdit"" to ""The client shall refrain from engaging in any type of...""
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Proposed translations
The client shall refrain from engaging in any type of...
s'interdit = shall refrain from (engaging)
I prefer the future tense for "s'interdit" (shall refrain)
I believe that "refrain from + gerund" is your best bet in natural-sounding English legalese.
I hope this helps.
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David Goward
: Naturally I agree as I suggested it above (see Rob's entry)!
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Thanks, David! I never went through the peer comments. Sorry. If you would have posted it officially, I would have agreed with you. LOL.
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John Fossey
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Thanks, JohnFromCanada! I see you got in a little trouble yesterday from David Goward. LOLOLOL!
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Silvia Brandon-Pérez
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Thanks, silviantonia!
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The customer agrees not to...
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David Goward
: "shall refrain from" is what I tend to use, but this simpler expression is better.
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Thanks, David - "shall refrain from" is equally acceptable IMO
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Tony M
: Yes, simple is best, though this version sometimes entails a lot of 'massaging' of the surrounding FR text.
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Thanks, Tony – yes, it's horses for courses depending on context
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Julie Barber
: They might wanna be a called a client though - sounds posher...
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Thanks Julie – yep, client or customer, as you wish...
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Jack Dunwell
: Yes, this what I use, Rob
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Thanks, fourth
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Simon Mountifield
: Yes. Why complicate? If something "stricter" were required, surely you'd see something like "en aucun cas"...
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Thanks, Simon
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Martin Cassell
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Thanks, Martin
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Gustavo Silva
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Thanks, windblast
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John Fossey
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Thanks, John
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Assimina Vavoula
: Goodmorning, Rob.... Have a pleasant week-end...
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Thanks, Assimina – and same to you too :-)
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undertakes not to engage in
The client is not allowed to/forbidden
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Note added at 16 mins (2008-10-16 15:41:16 GMT)
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Or even
must refrain from...
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Définition du verbe s'interdire
1° empêcher de faire, de dire.
2° frapper d'interdiction (ex. interdire quelqu'un de ses droits civiques).
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Martin Cassell
: euh ... your definitions seem to be for «interdire», not the reflexive «s'interdire»; my PR has "S'interdire qqch. (à soi-même) : s'imposer la privation de."
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No the reference I have given says "le client s'interdit" and then there is the translation below = is forbidden...
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France
poor sources do not help smart targets
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: French to English, English to French
Under no circumstances shall the client
You may Kudo the above quoute for a good translation but I believe this is the legal style
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All this legal blah stuff in French at the present tense is systematically translated into English using this fancy, contractual "shall", that is "must" without a future tense (poor dear). In the 50's in France, when languages including French were still properly taught (this is before bolchevism started ruling), students were spoken of "verbes défectifs" (they call them "modaux" today...ain't that wicked) which included "can" "must" and "may" amlong other, all with a number of tenses missing (ils "faisaient défaut" and still do actually)
Canada
Technical, business and legal documents
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US, Canadian, New Zealand)
Works in: French to English, English
The client shall refrain from - or - agrees not to
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B D Finch
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David Goward
: I agree with your answer and your comment, but you could have agreed with Rob and/or Tony and/or Matthew instead of adding another answer that offers nothing new.
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Gustavo Silva
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liz askew
: There you go :-) I suggested "Must refrain from"...I have two teenagers, and I don't mess about:-)//Also, it ties in with my French dict. definition.
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The CUSTOMER agrees to refrain from
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I also like Canaria's 'undertakes to...' if combined with '...refrain from' — again, simply makes it easier to work in the gerunds instead of having to convert them all into verb expressions
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christian landais
: yeah the gerund Tony, very "giron" as well ;-)
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Thanks, Chris!
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Martin Cassell
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Thanks, Martin!
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Gustavo Silva
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Thanks, Windblast!
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John Fossey
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Thanks, JohnFC!
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Assimina Vavoula
: Kalimera, Tony from Greece. How are you????
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Yassou, Assimina! Kala eimai. Ti kaneis?
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The Human Translator
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Russian to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
the customer forbears
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Note added at 1204 days (2012-02-03 12:53:30 GMT) Post-grading
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it's "forebears from + gerund"
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wrong again: it's "forbears to"
Discussion
I think there is greater strength in the active 'the customer agrees to...' than in the negative and rather passive 'the customer shall not...' — it's the difference between a commitment being actively embraced, and a condition being externally imposed.
On the philosophical/semantic side, you might argue that this kind of formula is if anything stronger, not weaker, than a bare "shall not", since it not only makes explicit that the party acknowledges the prohibition but also records that they promise to abide by it.