Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Redução do Contrato a Escrito
English translation:
Reducing or reduction (committing) of the Contract to Writing
Portuguese term
Redução do Contrato a Escrito
20. Necessidade de Redução do Contrato a Escrito
20.1 O contrato deve ser reduzido a escrito.
20.2 As despesas e os encargos inerentes à redução do contrato a escrito são da responsabilidade do adjudicatário.
Jan 24, 2022 11:19: Adrian MM. Created KOG entry
Jan 24, 2022 11:19: Adrian MM. changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2688125">Adrian MM.'s</a> old entry - "Redução do Contrato a Escrito"" to ""Reducing, reduction committing of the Contract to Writing""
Proposed translations
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
Reducing or reduction of the Contract to Writing
What does the phrase "reduce the contract in writing" mean? Could anyone (native English speaker) help me, please, and explain what the phrase "reduce the contract in writing" means?
Spain
Adding value through business experience
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 1 more.
Write down the contract / document the contract in writing
Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
Rendering in writing/in written form
https://www.google.com/search?q="rendered in writing" "agree...
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United States
BA in Transl., MA in ESL, 15 yrs of exp.
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
Written contract; contract writing
fees for contract writing: https://www.google.com/search?q="fees for contract writing"
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Please note: English legalese tends to be more direct than Portuguese. My writing professor at the University of Arizona used to say “trim the lard (in your writing)". By that he meant to get rid of unnecessary/superfluous wording.
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Richard Purdom
: 'contract writing' is ambiguous, to say the least. Ironically, you should have got rid of the superfluous 'to' in your instructions on how to write English without superfluity. Did your professor explain the difference between the imperative/infinitive?
21 hrs
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Canada
Accuracy and A1 presentation
Native in: Hungarian , English (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Hungarian to English, and 13 more.
Curtailment to a written contract
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Written version of the contract (or agreement)
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