Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
la cual debe ser informada
English translation:
which must be notified
Spanish term
la cual debe ser informada
Non-PRO (2): Yvonne Gallagher, Jane Martin
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Proposed translations
which must be notified
So the whole sentence would go something like this:
"All payments will be made by bank transfer to the transferor's account, which must be notified in writing [one (1) document] one week before the date...."
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patinba
: Yes, but the agree you gave is wrong, as it is not the payment that must be notified, but where it should be made.
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liz askew
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Robert Carter
: Who's being notified of what? "Notify" needs an object, doesn't it? The way you're wording it sounds like the "transferor's account must be notified," which is surely not the case.
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TechLawDC
: Not at all idiomatic. Never seen, except in corrupt texts. Exactly what environment have you seen "notified" in that induces you to rate it with a confidence level of 5?
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Yvonne Gallagher
: sutrely "which" in your sentence refers to "the transferor's account"?
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Brazil
Subtitling & Translations ENG/FRENCH/SPA
Native in: Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 4 more.
which should be informed
Mexico
Translating full-time since 1998
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English
[The account details] must be provided
It's referring to the information of the account into which the payment is to be made.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: ...account details of which must be provided
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Thanks, Yvonne.
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Discussion
I would have thought "la cual" has to refer the account, i.e., the payee must provide the payor with details of the account at least one week before the payor is supposed to make the payment, or else the payor won't be liable for late payments. That seems fairly standard practice to me.
To answer Mr. Carter's remark above: It is not unusual in contracts to require formal advance notice confirming the agreed date of a transaction, or explaining why a different date is being chosen.