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English translation: operating surplus

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French term or phrase:	résultat d'exploitation excédentaire
English translation:	operating surplus
Entered by:	cc in nyc

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07:59 Apr 26, 2011

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French term or phrase: résultat d'exploitation excédentaire

Le groupe a dégagé un résultat d’exploitation excédentaire de XXX M€ au 31 décembre 2010 (contre un excédent de XXX M€ un an auparavant), ...

might this just a fancy way of saying "profit"... i.e. gross profit?

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Local time: 22:21

operating surplus

Explanation:
IMO ~ excédent d'exploitation which is usually operating surplus.

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For instance:
Excédent d'exploitation – http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/13-017-x/2008001/themes/ch04/52...
Operating surplus – http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/13-017-x/2008001/themes/ch04/52...

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cc in nyc
Local time: 17:21

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4 +3

operating surplus

cc in nyc

3 +1

positive operating income

Rebecca Davis

income from operations

rkillings

a positive balance / yields a surplus

Richard Vranch

positive operating profit

Catharine Cellier-Smart

Discussion entries: 2

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22 mins confidence:

résultat d\'exploitation excédentaire positive operating profit

Explanation:
Yes and no to answer your question. Profit is not just profit, and a negative operating profit can exist.

"What Does Operating Profit Mean?
The profit earned from a firm's normal core business operations. This value does not include any profit earned from the firm's investments (such as earnings from firms in which the company has partial interest) and the effects of interest and taxes.
Also known as "earnings before interest and tax" (EBIT)"
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/operating_profit.asp

"SK broadband Achieved a Positive Operating Profit for Two Consecutive Quarters"
http://www.skbroadband.com/eng/ir/news_view.asp?keynum=114

Catharine Cellier-Smart
Local time: 01:21
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

24 mins confidence:

a positive balance / yields a surplus

Explanation:
I am no expert in this field by any means, but I understand this phrase, as you commented, to be the profit or "surplus" at the end of the year; in other words, the company is in the red...

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Note added at 32 mins (2011-04-26 08:32:01 GMT)
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I want to correct my last word! The company is in the black, not the red! Sorry!!

Richard Vranch
Local time: 22:21
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English

44 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

positive operating income

Explanation:
or you could just use "operating profit" (It's a profit, so you don't need to stress that it's positive)

Rebecca Davis
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 102

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

operating surplus

cc in nyc
Local time: 17:21
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 30

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thanks

17 hrs confidence:

income from operations

Explanation:
All you need to say, really. "of €XXXm in 2010 [it makes no sense to date a 12-month income figure to the last day of the year], compared with €XXm the year before". If they had had a loss last year, that would be news, and you'd insert "a loss of". Don't make it sound like they are tooting their own horn about being in the black on operations.

rkillings
United States
Local time: 14:21
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PRO pts in category: 287

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