Platinum Club Terms and Conditions

SDL Sheffield Ltd ("SDL") provides the Platinum Club subscription service site ("Site") as a value added service to the free translations provided from the FreeTranslation.com website. Use of the subscription service is conditional upon your acceptance of the terms and conditions set forth below, as they may be amended from time to time, and constitutes a legally binding agreement ("Agreement") between you and SDL. By paying a subscription for the added value service, you accept those terms and conditions without limitation.

  1. This subscription service is for personal and commercial use. However, whilst you are permitted to incorporate the translations generated through the Site into documents or materials for business purposes, you are not permitted to license, sell, resell any translated information or materials obtained through the Site.

  2. SDL will continue to take subscriptions from your account at annual intervals until you cancel your subscription. A full refund will be given in the event that a cancellation is received by SDL, using the website referred to in the next following section, within 7 days of initial purchase subject to no special offers being used. If any special offer has been used no refund will be given hereunder.

  3. In the event of a cancellation during a current subscription period (other than within 7 days of initial purchase) any cancellation will only be effective from the next renewal date following receipt by SDL of the cancellation notice. Subscriptions can be cancelled by going to the following website: https://secure.freetranslation.com/account/platinum/cancel/

  4. Payment of the subscription entitles you to the following (only when accessed directly by individual login from the Platinum Club web pages):

    1. Advanced translation options when carrying out translations.
    2. Access to specialized dictionaries when carrying out translations.
    3. An enhanced translation limit of 60,000 characters (approximately 10,000 words). Free translation limit is 4,500 characters (approximately 750 words).
    4. Fluid link following when carrying out website translations. SDL International cannot guarantee that all websites comply with the protocols for our link following software tool functionality.
    5. US$5 off the full published annual subscription price of SDLDesktop Translator. Does not apply to existing SDLDesktop Translator subscribers. Does not apply to student discount or any other special offers.
    6. US$5 off the full published annual subscription price of SDLClipboard Translator. Does not apply to existing SDLClipboard Translator subscribers. Does not apply to student discount or any other special offers.
    7. US$5 off the full published annual subscription price of SDLChat Translator. Does not apply to existing SDLChat Translator subscribers. Does not apply to student discount or any other special offers.
    8. An enhanced daily translation limit of 100 translations per day for SDLDesktop Translator subscribers. Includes existing SDLDesktop Translator subscribers.
    9. An enhanced daily translation limit of 100 translations per day for SDLClipboard Translator subscribers. Includes existing SDLClipboard Translator subscribers.
    10. 10% discount applied to your first order placed as a Platinum Club member with Click2Translate. Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer.

    SDL International reserves the right to remove or change the details of offers without notice.

  5. While SDL uses reasonable efforts to provide accurate translations and related information, SDL assumes no liability or responsibility for errors, omissions or ambiguities in the translations or other information provided by the Site. In no event is SDL liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of your use of the Site or the content thereof, including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages

  6. Without limiting any of the foregoing, the content and services of the Site are provided "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Certain jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion of implied warranties and the foregoing exclusions may not apply to you

  7. You represent and warrant to SDL that the text or other materials submitted by you to SDL, and the translation of that text or other materials by SDL, does not and will not

    1. infringe any third party's copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights or right of publicity or privacy;
    2. violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation;
    3. be defamatory or libellous;
    4. be lewd, pornographic or obscene;
    5. violate any laws, including any laws regarding unfair competition, discrimination, or false advertising;
    6. promote violence or contain hate speech; or
    7. contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or other similar harmful or deleterious programming routines.

    Further, you agree that you will hold harmless and indemnify SDL and its affiliates from and against violation of your representations hereunder, including any infringement of the copyrights or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity or other unlawful activity arising out of the translation or transmission by SDL of any text or other materials provided by you to SDL.

    Without limiting the foregoing, SDL specifically reserves the right to decline to provide services with respect to any text or other materials for any reason whatsoever.

  8. SDL has not reviewed all of the websites that may be linked to the Site, and specifically disclaims responsibility for the content of any such linked sites.

  9. All disclaimers, indemnities and exclusions shall survive termination of this Agreement for any reason.

  10. This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with English Law. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.