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French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting / Financial reports | | French term or phrase: dotations aux amortissements et provisions | | Profit & Loss Statement |
|  Péter TófalviKudoZ activityQuestions: 1172 ( 16 open) ( 1 without valid answers) ( 35 closed without grading) Answers: 989
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| | funding of depreciation and other allowances | Explanation:
most elegant way to say it
putting money or cash into an ALLOWANCE [accounting term: or less used PROVISION] for depreciation [AMORTISSEMENT is depreciation in English NOR depreciation]
BUT to be really elegant, it's OK to just say:
FINAL: depreciation and other allowances
[becuase in accounting, one knows this means FUNDING or making an ALLOWANCE, putting aside money for depreciation]
20 years doing this stuff FROM THE FRENCH
:) |
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Jane Lamb-Ruiz
| Grading comment Actually, this item is part of the "Financing expenditures" category, so the winner is Jane. However, I will add: Depreciation on investments...
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5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 funding of depreciation and other allowances
Explanation:
most elegant way to say it
putting money or cash into an ALLOWANCE [accounting term: or less used PROVISION] for depreciation [AMORTISSEMENT is depreciation in English NOR depreciation]
BUT to be really elegant, it's OK to just say:
FINAL: depreciation and other allowances
[becuase in accounting, one knows this means FUNDING or making an ALLOWANCE, putting aside money for depreciation]
20 years doing this stuff FROM THE FRENCH
:)
| Jane Lamb-Ruiz
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| | Grading comment | Actually, this item is part of the "Financing expenditures" category, so the winner is Jane. However, I will add: Depreciation on investments... |
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peer agreement (net): +1
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