Accountant

Russian translation: бухгалтер

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English term or phrase:	Accountant
Russian translation:	бухгалтер

09:35 Oct 25, 2010

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Bus/Financial - Accounting

English term or phrase: Accountant

I have been advised of two terms for the English term 'accountant'. I would apprecaite your advice on which is the most accurate, or acceptable to the accounting profession in Russia:

экономист, финансовый аналитик;
бухгалтер

Thank you - your help will contribute to the Kudoz common glossary.

Chandra Morar

бухгалтер

Explanation:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accountant

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Igor Antipin
Russian Federation
Local time: 18:10

Grading comment

As the term identified matches one of teh ones I had, I have a preference for бухгалтер. Also useful that it is a short word.

Thanks
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Summary of answers provided

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бухгалтер

Igor Antipin

Бухгалтерский работник

Maksim Mirzabaev

главный бухгалтер

Dmitri Lyutenko

Discussion entries: 2

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

accountant

бухгалтер

Igor Antipin
Russian Federation
Local time: 18:10
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 23

Grading comment

As the term identified matches one of teh ones I had, I have a preference for бухгалтер. Also useful that it is a short word.

Thanks

21 mins confidence:

accountant Бухгалтерский работник

Explanation:
Как общее для работников данной сферы.

Maksim Mirzabaev
Russian Federation
Local time: 20:10
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Maksym, Thanks for your answer, however, I am trying to avoid any terms which relate to 'bookkeeper' which in the UK is a 'technician' level of the accounting profession.

1 hr confidence:

accountant главный бухгалтер

Explanation:
Accountant: this is not a simply "bookkeeper" as the same in Russia as "бухгалтер". It's a more than just a bookeeper and closer to "финансовый аналитик" but is not the same.

In a common usage in Russia - yes, it's a "бухгалтер". But if you want to use this word in an exact meaning, the correct form is "главный бухгалтер".

In Russian there is a big difference between the meaning of "bookkeeper" (бухгалтер) and "accountant" (главный бухгалтер) as in English too.

Please, just look:
Accounting vs Bookkeeping http://www.startrungrow.co.nz/information/accounting/4,2901,...

and
Am I an Accountant or a Bookkeeper? What is the difference?
http://www.accounting-and-bookkeeping-tips.com/learning-acco...

I think, accountant has to set up the bookkeeping in a company totally, has to manage this, and interpret the results to give an appropriate infos to the management of the company for making decisions (this as a part of accountant's job which is something like of "financial analysis").

Citation:
"The accounting process is much less mechanical and more subjective. It begins with designing a system that will benefit the business, by capturing the financial information in a useful manner without being overly burdensome to the bookkeeper. Once set up, the accountant monitors the system to ensure it's doing what it's supposed to do. And finally, on a monthly basis usually, the accountant presents the financial statements to the business management in such a way that decisions can be made".

But in a most cases there are no differencies between (in a common usage).

Dmitri Lyutenko
Russian Federation
Local time: 18:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 289

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you for your advice, I will take this on board.

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