French: a pris une participation à hauteur deEnglish translation: has acquired XXXX shares in our company 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | a pris une participation à hauteur de | | English translation: | has acquired XXXX shares in our company | | Entered by: | Enza Longo |
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French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) | | French term or phrase: a pris une participation à hauteur de | | Depuis le débit de l'année 2003, la société XXX a pris une participation à hauteur de 3.240 parts dans le captial de notre société |
| | | has acquired XXXX shares in our company | Explanation:
"parts dans le capital" means simply "parts sociales" ie: shares. A "participation" is a stake/interest in the capital of another company
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-04-05 16:35:49 GMT)
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"à hauteur de" means: for the amount of / of, but it is redundant here |
| Selected response from:
 Richard Quinn
France
| Note from asker to answerersounds perfect! many thanks Richard!
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| took a participation totalling/equal to
Explanation:
I think that the "a hauteur de" is somewhat surplus in English.
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Note added at 14 mins (2006-04-05 14:08:59 GMT)
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participation or shareholding
| pcjohnz
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