Terms & Conditions

1. Green Crescent provides translation, transcription, website localization, desktop publishing, project management, website design and development and related language services to its clients for agreed upon fees. Green Crescent reserves the right to adjust delivery estimates and/or pricing.  Emailed quotes are estimates and subject to change.  Green Crescent agrees not to publish or intentionally disclose the contents of any source materials.

2. Unless provided with a preferred, specific list of terms/glossary to use to perform our language services, Green Crescent will translate specialized terms by their usual and conventional meanings, and otherwise make decisions based on our standard operating procedures.

3. All source material should be delivered to Green Crescent in agreed upon format(s) in the agreed upon time frame unless otherwise agreed upon in writing. Materials submitted in non-electronically editable formats such as paper copies or equivalent may be charged appropriate transcription fees required to put the text into an editable electronic format. Green Crescent will not be responsible for any delays that result from the failure to deliver materials on time and/or in the proper format. Green Crescent will perform simple formatting at no charge. Charges for extensive formatting, desk top publishing or typesetting will be assessed on a case by case basis.

4. Any and all modifications, additions, or changes of any type to source materials should be submitted to Green Crescent in the context of the original source material clearly indicating all changes and where they occur in relation to the previously submitted materials as a final, unchanging source text is required for successful output. Green Crescent shall not be responsible for editing source texts or creating layouts. Pricing and scheduling for incorporation of any such modifications or additions will be determined based on extent and effect of changes and amount of work already completed. Clients should bear in mind that additional hourly charges may apply in additional to a cost per word for modifications after work has begun in accordance with the time required to actualize such modifications.

5. Green Crescent will correct any mistranslations, omissions, typos, grammatical mistakes, and non-adherence to any approved list of terms submitted free of charge. This does not include subjective issues of style. Our clients hereby agree that Green Crescent will have no liability or obligation regarding errors in translations unless Green Crescent receives written notification of the error(s) within fifteen (15) days of delivery. Furthermore, Green Crescent must be given a reasonable time to correct such errors.

6. Delivery dates are valid only when they have been confirmed by Green Crescent in writing. An estimate of the turn around time should not be construed as a guaranteed delivery date. In the event that a delay in delivery by Green Crescent takes place, Green Crescent will be granted a reasonable additional period for completion automatically. Only upon expiration of this additional period without completion will the customer be entitled to demand cancellation of the contract or a reduction in the previously agreed upon price. Any further claims are excluded. The client remains liable for payment for the work performed by Green Crescent up to the time of the client's notice of cancellation. The client will not be entitled to claim cancellation or reduction if the delay is due to circumstances over which Green Crescent has no control. A job is considered delivered when Green Crescent emails it, emails a notification that it has been uploaded to the Green Crescent website and is ready for download, or provides a notification in any form that it has been mailed via any mail delivery service.

7. Green Crescent will not be responsible for any loss or damage to, nor the return of, any source materials.

8. Our clients hereby affirm that they are the rightful owner or licensee of the source materials and all of its components and that translation of the source material and publication, distribution, sale or other use of such materials will not infringe upon the legal rights of any third party.

9. Green Crescent represents and warrants that it will perform its services in a manner consistent with its standard operating procedures used through the industry by language professionals. Translation work is often subjective; therefore Green Crescent is under no obligation to make corrections regarding style, dialect, or word choice if the translation is otherwise correct. Green Crescent does not guarantee that our translations will always be one hundred percent error free, but that we will take all reasonable steps to produce a quality translation and will correct any errors brought to our attention in accordance with the terms outlined above.

10. Green Crescent promises to deliver an objectively high quality translation that is a reflection of the original source text, but we can't guarantee that the source text will be appropriate, once translated, for a client's purposes

11. Payment methods will be in accordance with the terms of written arrangement expressed here, elsewhere on this website, or in written communications. If the client is late in making payment, Green Crescent is entitled to charge interest at the rate of 8 % per month in whole or in part until the entire amount due is received. The client alone is liable for payment and cannot pass these responsibilities onto a third part without written approval of Green Crescent. If Green Crescent needs professional collection assistance in order to collect a payment from the client, then the client agrees to pay Green Crescent the full costs and commissions charged for the collection of the debt plus an additional administration fee of $1,000 USD to compensate Green Crescent for the additional administrative and management time required. Green Crescent is entitled to take any legal means required to settle debts including making the debts known to the public and publishing them on the internet. Clients hereby agree not to chargeback any payments made by credit card. Clients agree that failure to abide by this agreement will result in a penalty of $1,000 USD plus 5% of the above total per day for each day that said payments remain unavailable in addition to reimbursement of the total amount of any chargeback plus any and all costs required in the collection of said payment.

12. All clients will hold Green Crescent, its owners, directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, successors, collaborators, and contractual assistants, whether staff or freelance, as well as all other parties associated with our business harmless from and against any and all losses or damages of any type associated with this agreement or the services that we provide. In no event will Green Crescent be liable for any damages of any type arising out of the use of our services including, but not limited to, missed deadlines or an unsatisfactory language product beyond the cost of the language product.

13. All access to the Green Crescent (http://www.greentranslations.com) website and its contents is provided "as is." Any other use of materials on this website without the prior written permission is prohibited. All rights are reserved with respect to ALL content appearing on this website. Green Crescent does not assume any responsibility or liability for any communications or materials available at any website to which it links.

14. It is hereby agreed that this agreement is enforced by the laws of the State of Nevada and that the State of Nevada shall have sole jurisdiction in any dispute arising from this agreement.

15. If any provision of this agreement is held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this agreement.

16. All notices to the client shall be deemed served upon contacting the client using any contact information obtained during the course of business communication including fax and telephone numbers email addresses, and mailing addresses.

17. It is agreed that the execution of these terms are automatic by virtue use of any our services and need not be explicitly communicated in writing though if required by Green Crescent Translation, these terms can be agreed to by any electronic means, including but not limited to telephone, fax, mail delivery service, electronic mail and by checking an internet check box on our website during the course of placing an order. Notarization or signatures shall not be necessary to execute this agreement.

18. Green Crescent reserves the right to change these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice.

19. The foregoing terms, including any attachments incorporated by reference, constitutes the entire agreement between Green Crescent and its clients. Clients acknowledge that they have read and understood this agreement prior to placing an order.