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:Q: It’s quite troublesome (the part in red): The delivery time is reasonably extended: If obstacles arise that prevent the supplier from fulfilling the contract on time, or if the customer changes its requirements later, resulting in a delay in the delivery of goods or services; such obstacles include delayed or incomplete deliveries of raw materials, semi-finished or finished products by subcontractors, the need to discard important workpieces, actions or omissions by government agencies or public bodies, natural disasters, etc. I’m mainly confused about the grammatical structure of the part in red. Raw materials, semi-finished or finished products modify delivery. So, do state authorities or public bodies modify measures, actions, or omissions? In other words, are it the laws, actions, or omissions formulated by state authorities or public entities that require the disposal of important semi-finished products, thereby causing delayed delivery?? :handshake :handshake This post was last edited by maleate on 2009-2-25 13:29.]
This term needs to be understood in context. The information provided by the original poster isn’t complete, so it’s difficult to translate accurately. If forced to translate it, it could be something like: including… delays or omissions in shipments by raw material suppliers, semi-finished or finished products, loss of important components, measurement errors, **actions or failures on the part of organizations or social entities…
To discard key components, it is necessary for the relevant authorities or public agencies to establish measures, conduct impact assessments, and determine that no legal responsibility exists. This post was last edited by zhangyong6404 on 2009-2-25 at 10:40.]
The upstairs part makes sense in terms of meaning. However, according to your translation, the grammatical structure of this sentence seems to be such that the \"component\" serves as the subject that \"requires measures to be established by authorities or public bodies, impact assessments to be conducted, and it is determined that no legal responsibility exists.\" But I think “component” is in a parallel relationship with the sentence that follows. :handshake Last edited by maleate on 2009-2-24 21:37 ]
Such hindrances include late or deficient delivery by subcontractors of raw materials, semi-finished or finished products, the need to scrap important work pieces, measures, actions or omissions by state authorities or public bodies, natural catastrophes, etc. This sentence is fine and clear: the previous sentence explains who causes these hindrances and why, while this sentence describes what those hindrances consist of – namely, the delayed delivery by subcontractors of raw materials, semi-finished or finished products. The need to scrap important work pieces, measures, actions or omissions applies to raw materials, semi-finished or finished products. State authorities or public bodies, as well as natural catastrophes, are the entities that impose such scrapings, measures, actions, or omissions.
The four types of hindrances that cause delays (marked in different colors): Such hindrances include delayed or insufficient delivery of raw materials, semi-finished or finished products by subcontractors, the need to discard important workpieces, measures, actions, or omissions by state authorities or public bodies, natural disasters, etc.