Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
garantie des vices cachés
English translation:
guarantee against hidden defects
French term
Ireland
20 yrs+ quality translations, Trados
Native in: Spanish 
, English (Variants: British, Irish, UK, US)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 8 more.
garantie des vices cachés
Nonobstant toute stipulation contractuelle ou disposition légale contraire, la responsabilité contractuelle de droit commun et pour non-conformité, la garantie d’éviction ainsi que la garantie des vices cachés et la garantie décennale seront toutes d’une durée de dix (10) ans à compter de la RECEPTION PROVISOIRE.
Nonobstant toute stipulation contractuelle ou disposition légale contraire, les installations, matériels, équipements intégrés à perpétuelle demeure au SITE ou affectés de manière pérenne à l’exploitation du SITE, ainsi que les EQUIPEMENTS seront soumis à la garantie décennale pesant sur le constructeur-monteur pour les désordres portant atteinte à la solidité ou à la destination des EQUIPEMENTS ou du SITE.
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Manoj Chauhan
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Aug 16, 2012 02:25: cc in nyc changed "Field" from "Law/Patents" to "Bus/Financial" , "Field (specific)" from "Law (general)" to "Law: Contract(s)"
Non-PRO (1): B D Finch
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Proposed translations
Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, Irish, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
guarantee against hidden defects
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Note added at 6 mins (2012-08-15 17:33:05 GMT)
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or warranty
or latent or inherent defects also used
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Note added at 8 mins (2012-08-15 17:34:56 GMT)
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http://michaelconcister.com/hidden-defects/
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Note added at 9 mins (2012-08-15 17:35:38 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_defect
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writeaway
: vice caché is in nearly every ordinary Fr-En dictionary and I'd be very surprised if it's not in the glossary at least once as well
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Thanks:-) and yes indeed
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Terry Richards
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Thanks:-)
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Tony M
: 'Guarantee against latent defects' is also commonly found, and is in dictionaries + glossary
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Thanks:-)
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: dictionary, glossary
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Thanks:-)
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cc in nyc
: http://www.larousse.com/en/dictionaries/french-english/vice ...
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Thanks CC:-)
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Attorney DC Bar
: Usually 'warranty against latent defects' (or 'hidden defects' depending on the jurisdiction...). Boilerplate. Not sure why question is even being asked.
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yes, also have "warranty" and "latent"(and "inherent") as possibilities above as all 3 are used
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Karen Stokes
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Thanks Karen:-)
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Bertrand Leduc
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merci Bertrand:-)
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hidden defects guarantee
India
For Globalization Words Matter a Lot..!
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Spanish to French, and 1 more.
Guarantee of unseen defects
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Terry Richards
: I'm sorry but this translation means the opposite of the intended meaning - it means a guarantee that there are hidden defects where we want a guarantee that there are not any.
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Tony M
: Have to agree with Terry: this would simply not be idiomatic in EN, and if used, would mean the exact opposite of the intended meaning: a guarantee that there ARE defects!
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Karen Stokes
: Agree with Tony and Terry: this would be the opposite of what this actually means.
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Discussion
Hello. You do not indicate whether you checked dictionaries and glossaries before posting. It is an industry standard and certainly in the ProZ glossary already. When posting a question, you uare expected to have checked such sources first.