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2%u des parts sociales de la ste

English translation: 2% of the company's shares

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French term or phrase:	2% des parts sociales de la société
English translation:	2% of the company's shares
Entered by:	Yolanda Broad

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12:16 Feb 24, 2008

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French term or phrase: 2%u des parts sociales de la ste

Can anyone help me with '2%u' and does anyone know what 'ste' means.
Thanks!
It appears under a section relating to financial arrangements. Here is an extract from the partnership contract with the text in context:
le distributeur s’engage a donner a la XXXXX 2%u des parts sociales de la ste qu’il exploite la marque et les dérives du groupe .....

antoinette chappell KudoZ activity Questions: 52 (3 open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 4
Local time: 06:48

2% of the company's social capital

Explanation:
'ste' is short for 'société and I'd say the 'u' is a typo.

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Victoria Burns
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:48

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3 +1

2% of the company's corporate shares

helena barham

3 +1

2% of the company's social capital

Victoria Burns

Discussion entries: 2

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3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

2% of the company's social capital

Explanation:
'ste' is short for 'société and I'd say the 'u' is a typo.

Victoria Burns
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:48
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

James Roberts: Yes, but I think maybe "shares" for "parts sociales".

1 min

-> Thanks James.

neutral

cmwilliams: 'parts sociales' are shares

1 hr

-> Yes, as James states above, '2% of the company's shares' would be a good translation.

agree

rufinus: 'shares is right'. I don't believe we say 'social capital' in English to refer to a company's capital stock/authorized capital/registered capital etc.

2 hrs

agree

Aude Sylvain: agree, using "shares"

2 hrs

neutral

Iga Kulig: yes, but using "shares"

3 hrs

disagree

rkillings: If 'social capital' means anything at all in English, it doesn't mean share capital.

6 hrs

disagree

Tony M: Deciphering is right, but 'social capital' is so way off, I really couldn't agree!

9 hrs

neutral

Yolanda Broad: shares, not social capital.

8 days

14 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

2% of the company's corporate shares

Explanation:
'sociales' I would have thought would be corporate.

helena barham
France
Local time: 07:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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Changes made by editors

Mar 3, 2008 - Changes made by Yolanda Broad:
Edited KOG entry	Yolanda Broad's old entry - "2% des parts sociales de la société " => "2% of the company's social capital"
Mar 3, 2008 - Changes made by Yolanda Broad:
Edited KOG entry	antoinette chappell's old entry - "2%u des parts sociales de la ste " => "2% of the company\'s social capital"
Feb 24, 2008 - Changes made by writeaway:
Field	Tech/Engineering => Bus/Financial
Field (specific)	Law: Contract(s) => Business/Commerce (general)

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