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Help translating a lease renewal for a friend?

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Tenants of _ _ _ _,

Your lease ends on July 31st. If you wish to resign your contract for another year August 1st 2012 to July 30th 2013 please resign the attached contact with 4 signatures by 1/30/12. If not interested in resigning please return unsigned contract as soon as possible.

Thank you, _ _


Inquilinos de _ _ _:

Su alquiler expira el 31 de julio. Si quisieran renovar su contrato por un año mas, el 1 de augosto 2012 hasta el 30 de julio 2013, hagan el favor de firmar de nuevo el contrato adjunto con cuatro firmas antes del 30 de enero 2012. Si no tengan interés de renovar, por favor devolver el contrato sin firmas lo antes posible.

Gracias, _ _


....o debo decir "no tengan ganas" de renovar?



EDIT UPDATE: NEWEST VERSION

Inquilinos de _ _ _ _:

Su alquiler expira el 31 de julio. Si quisieran renovar su contrato por un año más, el 1ero de agosto 2012 hasta el 30 de julio 2013, hagan el favor de devolver nuevamente firmado el contrato adjunto con cuatro firmas antes del 30 de enero 2012. Si no tuvieran interés en renovarlo, por favor devuelvan el contrato sin firmar, lo antes posible.

Gracias, _ _

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updated Jan 23, 2012
edited by tiffntay
posted by tiffntay

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hahah well, I didn't write the English, I directly copied and pasted the letter my friend sent me, so please forgive him any English errors.

As for the ganas/interés/intención issue, someone (a native from Spain) told me:

"es correcto como lo has puesto 'si no tienen interés en renovar.' Sería erróneo si pusieras "no tener ganas no es nada aplicable a este contexto"

Still not sure, but the meaning should be clear enough regardless, I hope.

updated Jan 23, 2012
posted by tiffntay
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It looks good and is understandable. I would suggest conjugating devolver in the conditional where it appears after 2013 with minor changes

por favor devolverían el contrato nuevamente firmado con las cuarto firmas....

In the last sentence instead of tuvieran I would use quisieran.

But i'm not fluent so take these only as suggestions.

updated Jan 23, 2012
posted by gringojrf
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I'm not a native, so wait for more answers... but I think 'no tengan ganas' is better to express intention. I believe that 'interés' in Spanish is more closely related to interest/curiosity, interest/concern.

Now that I think of it, why not just use

tener la intención.

That might be even better.

By the way, for the English, you should write re-sign, not resign. Re-sign means sign again, but resign means relinquish, which is the opposite of what you mean to say. wink

updated Jan 23, 2012
edited by Jeremias
posted by Jeremias
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ok, some friends have helped me and this is my newest version:

Inquilinos de ______:

Su alquiler expira el 31 de julio. Si quisieran renovar su contrato por un año más, el 1ero de augosto 2012 hasta el 30 de julio 2013, devolver nuevamente firmado el contrato adjunto con cuatro firmas antes del 30 de enero 2012. Si no tuvieran interés en renovarlo, por favor devuelvan el contrato sin firmar, lo antes posible.

Gracias,


This is what I plan to send unless I get additional corrections soon. Thanks!

updated Jan 23, 2012
posted by tiffntay