administrateurs extérieurs

English translation: outside directors

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French term or phrase:administrateurs extérieurs
English translation:outside directors
Entered by: Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)

15:03 May 14, 2002
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial / company structure
French term or phrase: administrateurs extérieurs
This is describing European officials of non-French subsidiaries of an international company, in their own countries. Is it really "external administrators"?
Nicky Over
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:47
outside directors
Explanation:
in corporate governance: directors from the outside

outside directors of the board

administrateurs=director

and their are also Lead directors

I can assure you 100% that this is correct....

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5 +2outside directors
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
4outside/external administrator
RHELLER
4wouldn't it be better to say (as you do here)
Parrot
4foreign administrators
Trudy Peters


  

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outside/external administrator


Explanation:
external subsidiary head

RHELLER
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wouldn't it be better to say (as you do here)


Explanation:
"foreign administrators of non-French subsidiaries", so as to avoid the "in-house/out-house" connotations (I would think they were all in-house) or outsourcing implications?

Parrot
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outside directors


Explanation:
in corporate governance: directors from the outside

outside directors of the board

administrateurs=director

and their are also Lead directors

I can assure you 100% that this is correct....

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Note added at 2002-05-14 15:36:14 (GMT)
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Check this out...
http://web.mit.edu/entforum/www/hadzima/odirectors.htm

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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PRO pts in pair: 8576
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Thanks for your help.
Nicky Over

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agree  PaulaMac (X): Absolutely
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foreign administrators


Explanation:
or administrators (of subsidiaries) in other countries

Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 17:47
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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