Zur Kenntnisnahme (Vertrag)

09:05 Nov 1, 2017

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Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s) / Contract stipulating hotel booking conditions

German term or phrase: Zur Kenntnisnahme (Vertrag)

This is written on its own at the end of a contract, just before the signature, place and date:

Stand 01/11/2017
Änderungen vorbehalten

Zur Kenntnisnahme

_____________________________ ____________________
Datum/Unterschrift/Firmenstempel

Does it mean simply, 'I hereby acknowledge the above terms'?

If not, what exactly does it mean? A literal translation ('for acknowledgement') doesn't work in this context.

Thank you for your help.

Marc Rothman
United Kingdom

Summary of answers provided

3 +1

For your information

Nick Brisland, BA (Hons)

In recognition thereof

gangels (X)

For your record

Michael Martin, MA

The parties, by their signatures below, acknowledge having read this agreement

Sophia Stroeer

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

For your information

Explanation:
...or attention.

Is what I think I would put. Or maybe I wouldn't even translate it, depending on whether you think the translation needs it.

Nick Brisland, BA (Hons)
United Kingdom
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Notes to answerer

Asker: AllegroTrans: quite. My point exactly.

6 hrs confidence:

In recognition thereof

Explanation:
or more lawyer-like "in recognition of the aforestated" would be best here, although literally it means "to the attention of....", followed by a name

gangels (X)
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Notes to answerer

Asker: Yes. It still seems redundant, though. It is an accepted convention for contracts that, by signing at the bottom, you are recognising and accepting what has gone before. The need to explicitly state as much seems to me to be redundant here.

14 hrs confidence:

For your record

Explanation:
On first glance, it seems the meaning is different here but the communicative intent may be the same. In both cases, information is prefaced with a phrase that suggests keeping the information accessible in case the recipient needs to refer back to it at a later time.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zur_Kenntnisnahme
http://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3406...

Michael Martin, MA
United States
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English
PRO pts in category: 245

3 days 3 hrs confidence:

The parties, by their signatures below, acknowledge having read this agreement

Explanation:
Es handelt sich um eine Standard-Formulierung für Verträge. Die unterzeichnende Partei bestätigt mit ihrer Unterschrift, dass sie mit dem Inhalt des Vertrags einverstanden ist und diesen gelesen und verstanden hat.

Sophia Stroeer
Germany
Local time: 06:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German

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