質問: 契約書の日本語訳について 初めてのことで契約書の中で日本語訳がわからなくて困っています。 概要を教えて頂ければありがたいです。 契約書は販売代理店契約書です。 price: prices are also void of any sales, use, excise, value added, withholding or similar tax of any kind distributor agrees to pay, and to indemnify and hold distributor harmless from any sales, use, excise, value added, quantity discounts will be provided at manufacturer’s discretion for large orders on a case by case basis provided distributor has received prior written approval from distributor. relationship between parties: all products supplied to distributor hereunder shall be purchased by distributor for its own account at its own risk and resold only in accordance with the terms hereof. manufacturer and distributor are “linked entities” and are not, and shall not represent themselves as, principal and agent or joint ventures. distributor shall act as a principal on its own behalf and has no legal power or authority, expressed or implied, to act for or obligate manufacturer & distributor in any manner. termination: (b) following the initial 6 months of this agreement, by either party upon written notice if the other party has breached the terms of this agreement in any material respect and fails to cure such breach with 60 days after such other party's receipt of written notice of such default. 宜しくお願い致します。
回答: 1)prices hold distributor harmless from any sales, use, excise, value added, は何故、カンマなんですか分かりません。ピリオッドで終わらないと文法的な解釈ができないはずです。 文章は prices are also void of any sales, use, excise, value added, withholding or similar tax of any kind distributor agrees to pay, and to indemnify. と prices hold distributor harmless from any sales, use, excise, value added. の二文で、前者のare also void of は 「関りない」または、「関与されない」とでも訳すのでは?直訳すると 価格は販売、使用権、課税、付加価値、distributorが同意する源泉徴収税と補填に関与されない。 distributorは販売、使用権、課税、付加価値から生じる価格に付いて免責である。 文章にalsoと記述があるので前文を読めば各単語の意味や云わんとしていることが明確になるはずです。 2)たぶんdistributorが御社を示し、 distributorが御社の相手で販売代理店契約の胴元になり、manufacturer もかねていると推測します。この三社の関係が分かれば、訳せるのでは? 3)の文章の構造は下記のようになっているか、a)に同じような主文の記述があるはずです。肝心な部分無しで訳せるとは思えませんが? termination: this agreement shall be renewed automatically for consecutive renewal terms of ... a) ..... b) following the initial 6 months of this agreement,