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parent company

Spanish translation: Compañía Matriz

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English term or phrase:Parent Company
Spanish translation:Compañía Matriz
Entered by: Terry Burgess

11:45 Aug 9, 2001
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing
English term or phrase: parent company
any employee of a parent company, affiliate, subsidiary, etc. is not eligible.

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David Howard
Compañía Matriz
Explanation:
Espero que llegue la eñe y el acento. Es un término usual. Esa es la traducción.
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Armando Pattroni
Peru
Local time: 04:46
Grading comment
Mil gracias.
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Summary of answers provided
na +1Compañía Matriz
Armando Pattroni
naCompañía tenedora o Compañía controladora
Cecilia Coopman, M.A. in Translation
nacompañía/sociedad/casa matriz
Terry Burgess


  

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Compañía Matriz


Explanation:
Espero que llegue la eñe y el acento. Es un término usual. Esa es la traducción.

Armando Pattroni
Peru
Local time: 04:46
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 327
Grading comment
Mil gracias.

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4 mins
Compañía tenedora o Compañía controladora


Explanation:
A parent company is a holding company! A company that holds the shares of other companies, which it then controls.

Both above terms are used in Spanish to refer to a holding company or parent company.

Kind regards.


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Cecilia Coopman, M.A. in Translation
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:46
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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16 mins
compañía/sociedad/casa matriz


Explanation:
Either of the above 3 (followed by "matriz") would be perfectly correct.

Good Luck:-)
terry


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Terry Burgess
Mexico
Local time: 03:46
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