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Bus/Financial - Investment / Securities | | French term or phrase: branche de fonds | | Acquisition d'une branche de fonds à compter 30/05/2008 à la societé X d'activités dite "Polyphénols" |
|  silviantoniaKudoZ activityQuestions: 487 ( 2 open) ( 1 without valid answers) ( 39 closed without grading) Answers: 2438
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| | business branch | Explanation:
Short for "branche de fonds de commerce"
Each of the branches representing a different business activity.
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Note added at 25 mins (2009-11-17 11:40:35 GMT)
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Hi Silviantonia,
The way I read it is "The purchase of a 'business branch' from 30/08/2008 from company X of a business called "Polyphenols".
I see that they have put 'activitiés' in the plural so it probably includes several strands or entities.
I don't quite see where you have found 'branche d'activité", unless it is elsewhere in your text.
I think the main thing is that a "fonds de commerce" is a business in its own right -it's an arm or branch that can be sold off and remain functioning whereas maybe a "branche d'activité" as you say is a sector or segment -i.e. a description or classification of what goes on but not necessarily a "business" that can stand alone. |
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 Alain Pommet
Local time: 04:05
| Grading comment I liked your explanation to me of a business in its own right vs. just a business branch, and am going with it. It allowed me to make sense out of the text.
Thank you very much!
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2 hrs confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 division, business, business segment(?)
Explanation:
This could be different things but is probably most often called 'division' (or business, division is more common) in (US) English, maybe 'business line' in Britain.
I, myself would say (not knowing more details) "acquisition of a 'polyphenols' division" (business). I haven't ever heard the term "business branch" used in English, although I have heard the locution "a branch of their business" used in casual speech, but not exactly in this context.
It might or might not be technically defined as a 'division' by the company (it probably is, but it's their company they can call a division whatever they want, although the French term 'pôle' is also commonly used for division).
My "Ménard's Dictionnaire de la Comptabilité et de la Gestion Financière" has 'business segment" also, but I don't think that is the best translation in this context
| joehlindsay
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Asker: I am very grateful for your input as well... division would work as well as any of the others.
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| Nov 26, 2009 - Changes made by silviantonia: | | Edited KOG entry | silviantonia's old entry - "branche de fonds" => "business branch, sector, segment (that may not be able to stand alone)" | | Nov 26, 2009 - Changes made by silviantonia: | | Edited KOG entry | silviantonia's old entry - "branche de fonds" => "business branch, sector, segment (that may not be able to stand alone)" |
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