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English translation: Financial/commercial balance sheet


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French term or phrase:bilan commercial
English translation:Financial/commercial balance sheet
Entered by: xxxjarry
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17:01 Sep 20, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting
French term or phrase: bilan commercial
I think it is "company financial statements", but I am not sure. Can anyone help?
Neil Rear
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:23
Financial/commercial balance sheet
Explanation:
as opposed to balance sheet for tax purposes.

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Note added at 40 mins (2004-09-20 17:41:42 GMT)
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22 years with one of the Big Four global business service providers in the auditing, accounting, taxation and translation divisions.
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xxxjarry
South Africa
Local time: 23:23
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8Financial/commercial balance sheetxxxjarry
4 -1financial statements, yesxxxsarahl


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
financial statements, yes


Explanation:
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xxxsarahl
Local time: 14:23
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  xxxjarry: Financial statements consist of a balance sheet, income statement and notes. A "bilan" is only one of these documents, namely the balance sheet.
21 mins
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
Financial/commercial balance sheet


Explanation:
as opposed to balance sheet for tax purposes.

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Note added at 40 mins (2004-09-20 17:41:42 GMT)
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22 years with one of the Big Four global business service providers in the auditing, accounting, taxation and translation divisions.

xxxjarry
South Africa
Local time: 23:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you!

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agree  Moushira El-Mogy
2 mins
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agree  xxxDeriche
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agree  Thierry LOTTE
6 mins
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agree  Natou
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agree  Bernadett Trabert
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agree  Shaila Kamath
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agree  xxxgitacsurya: What's in a Company Annual Report? BTS cours d'anglais -bilan comptable : financial balance sheet www.ac-versailles.fr/pedagogi/ anglais/joinin/companyannualreport.htm
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agree  palani
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