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Bus/Financial - Accounting | | French term or phrase: A périmètre comparable | A périmètre comparable retraité sur les trois dernières années de l ’activité laboratoire de la societe, le chiffre d ’affaires consolidé international est de EUR 7,15 milliards de Francs.
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| | | like-for-like | Explanation:
A périmètre comparable means "like-for-like", i.e. comparing exactly the same activities over two periods of time.
This notion is useful when a company has been buying or selling activities, thereby rendering comparison of two sets of results difficult.
In this case: like-for-like sales
I would translate "retraité" (which means the original figures have been recalculated to provide a meaningful basis for comparison) as "pro-forma", hence "pro-forma like-for-like sales" |
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| Grading comment Thanks a lot. That sounds perfect!
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15 mins peer agreement (net): +1 For a comparable situation / In comparable circumstances
Explanation:
Périmètre is one of those words it is impossible to translate...
Often, the best choice is 'scope', but in this context it doesn't really work.
HTH anyway,
Julia
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24 mins peer agreement (net): +1
1 hr peer agreement (net): +1
2 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
23 hrs like-for-like
Explanation:
A périmètre comparable means "like-for-like", i.e. comparing exactly the same activities over two periods of time.
This notion is useful when a company has been buying or selling activities, thereby rendering comparison of two sets of results difficult.
In this case: like-for-like sales
I would translate "retraité" (which means the original figures have been recalculated to provide a meaningful basis for comparison) as "pro-forma", hence "pro-forma like-for-like sales"
Reference: http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/11577.htm
Twelve years as a financial reporter
| VBaby
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| | Grading comment | Thanks a lot. That sounds perfect! |
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3 days4 hrs based on comparable/identical group structure
Explanation:
Sorry to add this later, but based on experience I just have to say that I agree with Gillian above: if you're in consolidated accounts, the "périmètre" generally refers to the group structure, ie the companies included in it, and not the activities (even though the two may go together!. I would take your extract to mean "taking into account the same companies" over three years. Anyway like-for-like probably covers both!
own experience (comptes consolids)
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