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French to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / invoicing system | |||||||
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4 +1 | bottom line |
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3 | outcome |
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3 | landing |
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3 | closing |
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outcome Explanation: 1. probable year-end outcome 2. budget outcomes Really not 100% on this one but seems to make sense -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 5 mins (2004-12-03 03:40:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- NO.072. 2000-01 Final Budget Outcome. ... An electronic version of the 2000-01 Final Budget Outcome document can be found at: www.budget.gov.au. ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 6 mins (2004-12-03 03:41:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Appendix B 215 APPENDIX B – REVISED 2003-04 BUDGET OUTCOME This appendix provides revised estimates of the budget outcome for the 2003-04 financial year. ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 7 mins (2004-12-03 03:41:51 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Year End Outcome Report -- 2002 >, ... To review our Year End Outcome Report, click on the following links: ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 8 mins (2004-12-03 03:43:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- and more information is known about incoming tax receipts and actual spending levels, the government should get a better handle on the likely year-end outcome. ... |
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See comment Explanation: A financial meaning for 'atterrissage' is 'recession' - I've seen references to 'atterrissage brutal' or 'hard landing' and 'atterrissage en douce' or 'soft landing'. Could they be using it to mean cut-backs? I.e. they are forced to cut the IT budget, but they want to ensure that the level of service continues? Reference: http://www.business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,16849-13129... Reference: http://www.protrading.ch/dans-la-presse.htm |
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landing Explanation: (type of) landing, (hard/soft) landing No, I hadn't come across it before, but I took a gamble on it being a term imported from English and sniffed around Google on that basis. There are plenty of references to "hard landings" and "soft landings", which as Charlotte says refer to differing degrees of recessions: there are even "crash landings". A quick skim suggests that the references found generally refer to national economy budgets rather than internal corporate budgets. In a business budget context, this presumably could mean whether they're going to "fall on their feet" (another type of landing!) or not, ie respect the budget or not. In other words, "outcome" as suggested appears to fit, but maybe they want a "sexier" word... "budget landing" also appears to be a possibility : http://www.wsba.org/media/publications/barnews/2003/july03-b... The WSBA marked the halfway point in its fiscal year in May, and all signs point to an on-budget landing. No surprises there. http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cache:99WESoCKniMJ:www.morg... However, achieving a soft budget landing and increasing revenues was a subject for further discussion. She did not recommend changing the reserve policy with this budget. http://www.edubourse.com/guide/lexique.php?Terme=712&idLettr... "Atterrissage en douceur (ou soft landing) Contrairement au hard landing, la période de récession est mieux controlée." Hope this helps. It was interesting anyway ! |
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bottom line Explanation: Final budgetary analysis, bottom line at the end of the year. Fairly common accounting term in English. |
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closing Explanation: - -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 hrs 20 mins (2004-12-03 10:54:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- It seems to refer to the year end process called \"closing\" |
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