French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting | | French term or phrase: base immobilisée | Context a switch to IFRS from the old accounting system
"Exclusion des frais de dépôt de marques de la base immobilisée"
My own thought is that 'base immbolisée'= fixed assets (as in all fixed assets), but would be open suggestions. Any thoughts? |
|  Andrew BruchKudoZ activityQuestions: 22 (none open) ( 1 without valid answers) ( 5 closed without grading) Answers: 64
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| | from fixed assets base/portfolio | Explanation:
= base des actifs immobilisés
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Note added at 13 mins (2005-07-05 20:26:29 GMT)
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trademarks are of course intangible assets - but the text doesn\'t specify that, probably because it is implicitely understood |
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xxxdf49f
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| Grading comment yup, thanks a bunch
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1 min confidence:  peer agreement (net): +1 | base immobilisée capital assets
Explanation:
not fixed assets..
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Note added at 1 min (2005-07-05 20:14:28 GMT)
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I meant capital asset base
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-07-05 20:17:55 GMT)
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Read about it here:
How does traditional “Intellectual Property” fit into the modern discussion surrounding the value and practicality of “Intangible Assets,” “Knowledge Assets,” or what has come to be known as “Intellectual Capital?”
During the early 1990s, with the emergence of corporate growth through mergers and acquisitions, the term “Intangible Assets” gained currency to refer to all the “non-physical assets” within an organization, such as its Brand or its Intellectual Property (IP).
This distinction between physical and “Intangible Assets” allowed Brands and IP to be recognized as valuable despite their intangibility, and to receive both dollar valuations in business negotiations and new strategic significance in corporate strategy. Just as physical assets, such as plant, property, and equipment, possess both dollar value and strategic meaning, so the patents, trademarks and copyrights of Intellectual Property possess specifiable value and strategic opportunity.
Actionable Assets
Often the biggest assets an organization holds are its less tangible Intellectual Capital assets. During 2000, the market-to-book ratios of Fortune 500 companies increased to 6.3:1, suggesting that for every $1.00 of physical assets on the balance sheet, the market recognized $6.30 worth of other Intangible Assets. On average, in successful organizations Brands, Intellectual Property, and other Intangible Assets are two to three times the value of physical assets.
“…The new economy is about the growing value of knowledge as an input and output, making it the most important ingredient of what people buy and sell; it is about the rise in the relative weight of intellectual capital vis-à-vis real estate, plant and equipment, and financial capital; and it is about the development of new techniques and technologies to manage and measure knowledge materials and assets more effectively.”
-Thomas Stewart
Fortune Magazine, 10/12/98, Copyright 2002, Time, Inc. All rights reserved.
While many organizations have become aware of the tremendous dollar value and strategic opportunity resident within their Brands in the form of Brand Equity and Brand Awareness, few enterprises realize or utilize the wealth located within their Intellectual Property holdings per se.
While Intellectual Property is now valued and assigned a specific dollar value, many otherwise savvy corporate executives who know well how to leverage traditional physical assets for marketplace gain, still ***find themselves unable to grasp how to put their Intellectual Capital Assets*** to work, not the least of which is their Intellectual Property Portfolios. Such holdings, consisting of patents, trademarks, copyrights, licenses, and trade secrets, are still frequently overlooked in daily practice as sources of net worth, monetary value, financial gain, and as important strategic tools vis-à-vis competitive advantage.
Leveraging Intellectual Property Assets
Intellectual Property, while possessing value in and of itself, can also be leveraged to provide improved financial performance and enhanced competitiveness. Organizations that learn how to manage their Intellectual Property with strategic vision discover new sources of income and competitive advantage in the marketplace.
final: intellectual capital asset base
| Jane Lamb-Ruiz
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| | Grading comment | thanks Jane, but they're excluding the intellectual capital assets from the fixed asset base: though, I'm really glad to get a new term (ICA)!! it wasn't quite what we needed here |
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Comment: thanks Jane, but they're excluding the intellectual capital assets from the fixed asset base: though, I'm really glad to get a new term (ICA)!! it wasn't quite what we needed here |
11 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +2 | base immobilisée from fixed assets base/portfolio
Explanation:
= base des actifs immobilisés
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Note added at 13 mins (2005-07-05 20:26:29 GMT)
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trademarks are of course intangible assets - but the text doesn\'t specify that, probably because it is implicitely understood
| xxxdf49f
France
Local time: 17:43
Native speaker of: French
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 | base immobilisée costs...(are) no longer capitalized
Explanation:
I think the original has a very French construction which doesn't really work in English: '...are excluded from/not included in the fixed asset base' just isn't a formulation we would use
I think it would be more natural to say something like '(in accordance with IFRSs) brand registration (?) costs (are) no longer capitalized'
| Kieran McCann
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