The document discusses simplifying a legally complex clause. It identifies unnecessary commas, parentheses, and repetition of words/subjects that obscure the meaning. It suggests separating elements and identifying the main verb to clarify the content and communicate it in a logical order. The translation simplifies the original 137-word clause with 15 commas and 12 parentheses into a 115-word version with 6 commas and 2 parentheses that more clearly conveys the intended meaning.

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2. (a) JRT hereby covenants that (i) during the Employment Period (except solely by virtue of performance of JRT’s obligations under this Agreement) and (ii) during the Additional Restricted Period (as defined below) ((i) and (ii), collectively, the “Restricted Period”), JRT will not (whether for his own account, as an employee or otherwise on behalf of any other Person, or in any other capacity), and will cause his Affiliates (as defined below) not to, directly or indirectly, (x) engage in any of the Restricted Activities, in any country of the world in which Omega is then (or, during the Additional Restricted Period, was as of the end of the Employment Period) engaged, or proposes (or, during the Additional Restricted Period, proposed as of the end of the Employment Period) imminently to be engaged, in such Restricted Activities Una cláusula legal innecesariamente confusa

3. (a)JRT hereby covenants that (i) during the Employment Period (except solely by virtue of performance of JRT’s obligations under this Agreement) and i) during the Additional Restricted Period (as defined below) ((i) and (ii),collectively, the “Restricted Period”), JRT will not (whether for his own account, as an employee or otherwise on behalf of any other Person, or in any other capacity), and will cause his Affiliates (as defined below) not to, directly or indirectly,(x) engage in any of the Restricted Activities, in any country of the world in which Omega is then (or, during the Additional Restricted Period, was as of the end of the Employment Period) engaged, or proposes (or, during the Additional Restricted Period, proposed as of the end of the Employment Period) imminently to be engaged, in such Restricted Activities Comas y paréntesis oscurecen el contenido

4. (a)JRT hereby covenants that (i) during the Employment Period (except solely by virtue of performance of JRT’s obligations under this Agreement) and (ii) during the Additional Restricted Period (as defined below) ((i) and (ii), collectively, the “Restricted Period”), JRT will not (whether for his own account, as an employee or otherwise on behalf of any other Person, or in any other capacity), and will cause his Affiliates (as defined below) not to, directly or indirectly, (x)engage in any of the Restricted Activities, in any country of the world in which Omega is then (or, during the Additional Restricted Period, was as of the end of the Employment Period) engaged, or proposes (or, during the Additional Restricted Period, proposed as of the end of the Employment Period) imminently to be engaged, in such Restricted Activities Repetición de palabras 3 sujetos repetidos 3 veces cada uno

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9. Traducción comunicativa Original 137 palabras, 15 comas, 12 paréntesis Traducción 115 palabras, 6 comas, 2 paréntesis, 1 punto. (a) JRT hereby covenants that (i) during the Employment Period (except solely by virtue of performance of JRT’s obligations under this Agreement) and (ii) during the Additional Restricted Period (as defined below) ((i) and (ii), collectively, the “Restricted Period”), JRT will not (whether for his own account, as an employee or otherwise on behalf of any other Person, or in any other capacity), and will cause his Affiliates (as defined below) not to, directly or indirectly, (x) engage in any of the Restricted Activities, in any country of the world in which Omega is then (or, during the Additional Restricted Period, was as of the end of the Employment Period) engaged, or proposes (or, during the Additional Restricted Period, proposed as of the end of the Employment Period) imminently to be engaged, in such Restricted Activities (a) JRT se obliga, en este acto, a que durante el Periodo de Empleo y durante el Periodo Restringido Adicional que se define más adelante (periodos denominados en conjunto Periodo Restringido), y a condición de cumplir con las obligaciones contraídas en este Contrato, no llevará a cabo ninguna Actividad Reservada en ninguno de los países en los que Omega esté llevándolas a cabo o planee hacerlo en un futuro inmediato. JRT conviene en que además de no llevar a cabo dichas actividades por cuenta propia, tampoco lo hará a nombre o en representación de tercero o Persona alguna, ni lo hará directa o indirectamente a través de las Filiales que se definen más adelante