committente

[viria]

My friends, would you employ the term "Employer" in a contract where the collaboration is atypical?
What could be a better alternative, more generical? Actually in the Italian test it is used "Committente", since we are speaking of a simple "Conferimento di incarico"....

 

[furs]

Sulla scorta del mio fidato de Franchis (Dio l'abbia in gloria) proporrei "Principal".

 

[Interpres]

Hi, here is a new question on "committente": does it have to mean "purchaser" or "buyer," or can it also refer to someone involved in the production of a good?

Grazie,
Interpers

 

[GreenThumb]

Hi, need help with "committente"

"Il committente attribuisce ad [name of advertising agency] l’esclusiva per la realizzazione quanto concordato al punto 1 del presente contratto"

The committente is a buyer but is there not a better word for it in English? The contract is between a company 'buying' advertising services from a marketing communications company.

Thanks, much appreciated.

 

[miri]

Hello Greenthumb and welcome!
"Committente" is the client who commisioned the ad. Sometimes it is also called "the advertiser", which has a double meaning, though:it can refer to "l'inserzionista" (the company which entrusts the agency with the job) or to the copy writer or art director who actually prepare the ad.

 

[Spiritoso78]

Hi,

according to Miri's,how about using "Client" or "Purchaser" ?


ciao

 

[GreenThumb]

Yes, in the end I settled for Client
Thanks a lot!

Ciao

 

[miri]

Hi Spiritoso!

I think "client" is better than "purchaser", because the latter is like buyer. it is true that a committente is also a buyer since he buys a service from the advertising agency, but it is not the final customer to which "buyer" and "purchaser" usually refer to.

 

[GreenThumb]

I agree wholeheartedly ... this legal lingo gets my knickers in a twist so thanks again for confirming my intuition!

 

[cap10]

ciao,

devotradurre la frase "curare le comunicazioni fra il team e i committenti". I committenti in questione sono delle biblioteche che hanno commissionato un lavoro di catalogazione. "Purchaser" è adeguato?

grazie mille

 

[King Crimson]

"will act/serve as the team's liaison with the Owner/Company/End User/Purchaser"

 

[london calling]

Committente = Cliente = Customer, almeno qui dentro (una grande società di ingegneria che vende i suoi prodotti a livello internazionale).

Se poi si tratta del cliente cosiddetto "finale", diciamo Final Customer.

 

[maurni]

Per favore....
How could I translate 'antichi committenti' into English? It is a passage about villas in Lucca - '...contiene oltre cento conche di limoni in terracotta con impressi gli stemmi degli antichi committenti...'
I translate it as: contains more than 100 lemon trees in terracotta pots, imprinted with the coat of arms of _____________'
Qualcuno può aiutarmi?

 

[Holymaloney]

Hi
In this context committenti is simply the person/persons who ordered the terracotta pots to be made. We need to come up with an equivalent to 'client' that would fit the historical setting.
I'm not feeling too inspired at the moment so let's see what the others think . In the meantime though, I'd suggest adorned with instead of imprinted with

 

[King Crimson]

I agree with Holy that client could be a valid option in this context, but obviously saying 'ancient / old clients' would raise more than an eyebrow. But if these 'clients' were also the owners of the villas (as the reference to the coat of arms seems to imply) maybe we could sidestep this problem by simply saying 'original owners' or something to that effect.

 

[london calling]

Original purchasers.

 

[maurni]

Grazie a tutti voi! Mi piace 'original owners'.... questo va bene in inglese

 

[Polpo_D]

I'm reviving this post to submit an entry.

I've been looking for the best English translation of this term. While many options listed above are suitable in other cases, in my case they're not adequate for the specific context. So I did a bit research and as far as "Contractual English" is concerned, I found these to be the best translations:

• "Contractee" Which you can find here -> What is contractee? definition and meaning, also
• "Project Owner" and "Principal", which was suggested.

entity that enters into a contract with a contractor or vendor and receives specified goods and/or services under the terms of the contract (such as a purchase order).

 

[london calling]

I've been looking for the best English translation of this term. While many options listed above are suitable in other cases, in my case they're not adequate for the specific context. So I did a bit research and as far as "Contractual English" is concerned, I found these to be the best translations:

• "Contractee" Which you can find here -> What is contractee? definition and meaning, also
• "Project Owner" and "Principal", which was suggested.

Not sure about that. While I agree that 'contractee' means what the definition says it does where I work we would not refer to our 'committenti' as 'contractees', if not in legal papers.