Jun 19, 2020 20:42
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award
English to Spanish
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Law: Contract(s)
arbitration rules
This is part of an arbitration clause I’m translating into Spanish.
I am confused by the use of the word “award,” which is usually a positive thing.
Here’s the full context:
****If you prevail on any claim that affords the prevailing party attorneys' fees, the arbitrator may award attorneys’ fees to you under the standards for fee shifting provided by law.****
Does this mean that the prevailing party will have to pay its own attorney's fees? If a more neutral word, such as “assign,” had been used instead of “award,” I would have no doubt about who pays what. But the use of the word “award” makes me suspect it is the other way around, and the losing party would have to pay the winning party attorney’s fees. I just read about the “American Rule,” https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/attorney-fees-does-l...
whereby each party usually pays its own counsel, but I must confess I am none the wiser in the specific case at hand.
When you are “awarded” the attorney’s fees, does that mean you are responsible for paying them, or not? Also, what Spanish word would you recommend? “Adjudicar” sounds neutral enough, but I am not sure it is the standard translation for “award” as used in my example.
I am confused by the use of the word “award,” which is usually a positive thing.
Here’s the full context:
****If you prevail on any claim that affords the prevailing party attorneys' fees, the arbitrator may award attorneys’ fees to you under the standards for fee shifting provided by law.****
Does this mean that the prevailing party will have to pay its own attorney's fees? If a more neutral word, such as “assign,” had been used instead of “award,” I would have no doubt about who pays what. But the use of the word “award” makes me suspect it is the other way around, and the losing party would have to pay the winning party attorney’s fees. I just read about the “American Rule,” https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/attorney-fees-does-l...
whereby each party usually pays its own counsel, but I must confess I am none the wiser in the specific case at hand.
When you are “awarded” the attorney’s fees, does that mean you are responsible for paying them, or not? Also, what Spanish word would you recommend? “Adjudicar” sounds neutral enough, but I am not sure it is the standard translation for “award” as used in my example.
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Ramon Armora
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el árbitro podrá determinar que los costos legales serán de cargo de la parte vencida
...el árbitro podrá determinar que los costos legales serán de cargo de la parte vencida.
Favor leer primero las discusiones arriba.
Esta traducción se hace con la ayuda de Toni Castano y finalmente con la asistencia del libro Litigio arbitral: El arbitraje desde otra perspectiva (Spanish edition) en el cual utilizan una frase bastante similar a esta.
Aparte de la información agregada en los comentarios aquí les dejo otra fuente bastante interesante: Litigio arbitral: El arbitraje desde otra perspectiva
https://books.google.com.do/books?id=66HNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT139&l...
Favor leer primero las discusiones arriba.
Esta traducción se hace con la ayuda de Toni Castano y finalmente con la asistencia del libro Litigio arbitral: El arbitraje desde otra perspectiva (Spanish edition) en el cual utilizan una frase bastante similar a esta.
Aparte de la información agregada en los comentarios aquí les dejo otra fuente bastante interesante: Litigio arbitral: El arbitraje desde otra perspectiva
https://books.google.com.do/books?id=66HNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT139&l...
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Toni Castano
: Hablaría, eso sí, de "costas" legales, más que de "costos", aunque la terminología podría depender del país.
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Así es, lo puse como costos por lo que dice el libro, en mi país se dice costas.
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Comment: "Muchísimas gracias a todos."
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Eugenia Martin
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condenar
Pondría “condenar” en este caso, puesto que el fallo es perjudicial, como una condena en costas.
Investopedia: Attorney's fee awards are the payment of one's legal costs by another party, often as the result of a judgement.
Definición de “award” del Merriam-Webster:
2a : a judgment or final decision
especially : the decision of arbitrators in a case submitted to them
Investopedia: Attorney's fee awards are the payment of one's legal costs by another party, often as the result of a judgement.
Definición de “award” del Merriam-Webster:
2a : a judgment or final decision
especially : the decision of arbitrators in a case submitted to them
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María Belén Di Memmo
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imponer - decidir/resolver que usted pague...
Here it means that the prevailing party may have to pay its own attorney's fees ("fee shifting").
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Lucas Gonzalez
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Adjudicar
La palabra "award" como verbo en esto contexto legal no tiene una connotación negativa como sería usar "penalizar" o similares. Hay que respetar el original y no aportar matices. En este caso su significado esta relacionado con "ofrecer", "adjudicar", "conferir" la responsabilidad, en este caso, de hacerse cargo de pagar las costas.
Discussion
Listo! se me ha fundido el cerebro, pero me ayudó encontrar un libro que se refiere a lo que estamos hablando.
Me dejas saber si tienes alguna observación.
2) Te animo a ofrecer tu propia respuesta ya que tú sí entendiste bien el concepto. Cuentas con mi respaldo.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/attorneys-fee-awards.as...
The practice of ordering the LOSING PARTY in a case to pay for the winning side’s legal fees is also known as fee shifting.
Me temo, por consiguiente, que ninguna de las tres respuestas ofrecidas es correcta, sino todo lo contrario. El juez impone a la parte perdedora (losing party) el pago de costas de abogado de la parte ganadora (prevailing party). Ramón Armora sí ha descrito bien lo que significa "award" en este contexto.
En cuanto a la traducción, yo personalmente evitaría expresiones como "adjudicar" o "conceder" o "asignar" porque inducen a equívoco y resultan chocantes como verbos "positivos" con un objeto directo que es negativo ("pago de costas"). Creo que es preferible invertir la frase y expresarla como "el juez impondrá a la parte perdedora el pago de las costas de abogado en las que ha incurrido la parte vencedora" o algo por el estilo.
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/delivery_legal_services/r...
https://www.superlawyers.com/ohio/article/what-is-fee-shifti...
Esto es esclarecedor:
Once the matter is resolved, either by settlement or verdict, coverage of fees and costs is included in the final amount due, and the claimant is reimbursed.
En cualquier caso, creo que la respuesta a la pregunta de George, es simplemente adjudicar; ...el juez/mediador/interventor/árbitro pudiera adjudicarle a Ud., el pago de los honorarios de los abogados bajo las prácticas legales establecidas para 'fee-shifting'.
In some cases, a Judge may order that your family law legal fees will be reimbursed to you by the opposing party.
Should the Court award attorney's fees to you, the funds will be refunded to you once your case is complete.
https://www.karmerislaw.com/estimate-your-fees.html
Incluso puedes decir otorgarle a usted los costos/costas/honorarios.
Fee-shifting statutes and rules vary, sometimes requiring the loser in a legal matter to pay for the legal fees and costs of the prevailing party. But in some circumstances, the fees are unilaterally shifted so that losing defendants must pay the plaintiff’s reasonable attorney fees and costs.
Propongo;
1. condena a la otra parte de costas/costos/honorarios
2. adjudicación de costas/costos/honorarios
Disculpen lo informal de mi explicación, ha sido un poco rápida.
Espero que les sirva.