Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
empresas fazem uma conta de chegada
English translation:
the companies \"cook the books\"
Added to glossary by
Fabiene Rocha
Nov 30, 2011 19:48
12 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Brazil
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
empresas fazem uma conta de chegada
Portuguese to English
Other
Finance (general)
crítica ao Parecer 35 da CVM
não está em texto. Um dos palestrantes soltou esta pérola ao ler um texto de crítica ao parecer 35 da CVM, falando de como empresas lesam os direitos dos acionistas minoritários.
Não soube dizer 'CONTA DE CHEGADA'.
agradeço suas sugestões.
Não soube dizer 'CONTA DE CHEGADA'.
agradeço suas sugestões.
Proposed translations
36 mins
Martin Riordan
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Works in field
Brazil
Brazilian lawyer - 40+ years in Brazil
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, Irish, US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, Scottish) 
, Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, Mozambican, Angolan, European/Portugal)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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182
Selected
the companies "cook the books"
"A buzzword describing fraudulent activities performed by corporations in order to falsify their financial statements. Typically, cooking the books involves augmenting financial data to yield previously non-existent earnings."
(this is a well-known expression in English - see link below)
(this is a well-known expression in English - see link below)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Muito obrigada a todos q responderam.
Valeu super !"
14 mins
an unfair changing of numbers, giving a false financial state
:)
21 mins
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Norway
Native in Portuguese
Specializes in field
Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Engineer:Oil&Gas/Electron/Finan/Law/HSEQ
Native in: Norwegian , Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Norwegian to Portuguese, Portuguese to Norwegian, and 19 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
131
the companies "fix" the results
Conta de chegada: conta de chegar
www.dicio.com.br/conta/
Conta de chegar, aquela em que se ajustam valores para se obter um total desejado ou preestabelecido. P. ext. Acomodar situações com desprezo a certas ...
How to “fix the results” of fraud-ridden Afghan parliamentary ...
www.examiner.com/.../how-to-fix-the-results-of-... - Traduzir esta página
17 Nov 2010 – Scott Worden, an election observer during this year's Afghanistan Parliamentary vote, wrote in a Foreign Policy article about the messy end ...
www.dicio.com.br/conta/
Conta de chegar, aquela em que se ajustam valores para se obter um total desejado ou preestabelecido. P. ext. Acomodar situações com desprezo a certas ...
How to “fix the results” of fraud-ridden Afghan parliamentary ...
www.examiner.com/.../how-to-fix-the-results-of-... - Traduzir esta página
17 Nov 2010 – Scott Worden, an election observer during this year's Afghanistan Parliamentary vote, wrote in a Foreign Policy article about the messy end ...
Discussion
www.dicio.com.br/conta/
Conta de chegar, aquela em que se ajustam valores para se obter um total desejado ou preestabelecido. P. ext. Acomodar situações com desprezo a certas ...
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