12:41 Aug 8, 2006 |
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French to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Finance (general) | |||||||
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4 | dividends |
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3 | savings |
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2 +1 | allowances |
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2 | savings / subsidies |
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savings / subsidies Explanation: Il s'agit d'un capital qui en tout cas n'est pas perçu comme actif! Difficile à dire malgré le long extrait. |
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savings Explanation: Le comportement rentier consiste à ne pas dépenser ou investir le produit d'un capital. je crois que "rente" est ici à prendre dans son sens premier de "revenu périodique d'un bien, d'un capital". Robert. "Subsidies" est donc faux. Reference: http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozi... |
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allowances Explanation: My understanding is that money may either be used productively to create more wealth, or used passively to pay off debts or buy goods that might not otherwise be bougt and do not help the local economy to develop. Allowances create dependence and passive behaviour rather than acting as a spur to wealth creation. The idea of rentier in your second extract fits in with this interpretation and could be translated as the 'behaviour of people of independent means' or 'non-productive people' |
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dividends Explanation: "rente" refers to guaranteed income from a (usually private) investment. Dividend (s. or pl.)should fit. As to "comportement rentier", "passive investment profile" fits well with the "insurance function", if additional context can be gleaned from the rest of the document. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 hrs (2006-08-08 19:57:43 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Many of Egypt's foreign workers are very well-off (many doctors, engineers, lawyers, working in the Arab Gulf or Saudi Arabia), and not only send money to extended families, but also make their own investments from abroad. |
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