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Encours de production de biens et de service

English translation: Encours - outstanding

20:20 Feb 17, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Manufacturing / Balance sheet
French term or phrase: Encours de production de biens et de service
This entry appears on a balance sheet. Thannks in advance for all suggestions.
Joy Lewis
Barbados
Local time: 09:50
English translation:Encours - outstanding
Explanation:
I regularly translate for a well-known French finance group, and they always ask for this term to be translated as 'outstanding', especially in their balance sheets, e.g. 'production outstanding', 'credit outstanding', etc. I don't know if this is just an idiosyncrasy of theirs as I'm not a specialist, but thought it could maybe be useful...
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Lucy-Jane Michel
France
Local time: 15:50
Grading comment
Thanks Lucy. Client preferred this translation for term 'encours'.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3Work in progress
Rebecca Davis
4Inventories of goods and services
Chris Hall
4in-process goods and services production
Conor McAuley
3Balance of goods and services
Isabelle17
3Encours - outstanding
Lucy-Jane Michel
4 -1work in progress of production of goods and services
narasimha (X)
2Production of goods and services in progress
MatthewLaSon
Summary of reference entries provided
Definition
Travelin Ann

  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Work in progress


Explanation:
"encours de production" is work in progress; I have never come across "service in progress" in English (the concept doesn't actually make much sense), so I would just omit it here

Rebecca Davis
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:50
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Radu DANAILA: Yes, and even "work in progress/process inventory", acc. to Wikipedia.
10 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  pooja_chic
393 days
agree  Amber Phillips: I always use this when translating accounting material
767 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Production of goods and services in progress


Explanation:
Hello,

Would this make sense here?

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/271638/Glossary-of-Accounting-Te...

I hope this helps.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-02-17 21:54:34 GMT)
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Wouldn't it be "encours de serviceS"?

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 09:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 33
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Balance of goods and services


Explanation:
Un encours est le solde comptable d'un compte d'épargne, de prêt, de stock, etc., ceci après comptabilisation des entrées (ou versements, en langage monétaire) et sorties (ou retraits).
Un encours diffère donc des flux, lesquels contribuent à le former.
Il apparaît dans le bilan des entreprises, et plus prosaïquement sur les extraits des comptes bancaires de tout un chacun.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encours

The total balance of the goods and/or services including interest and other fees that are due will be immediately collected ...
www.citibank.co.th/credit-card-benefits/paylite/.../conditi... - Similar -

Isabelle17
Brazil
Local time: 10:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Encours de production de biens et de services
Inventories of goods and services


Explanation:
Here, "encours de production" means "inventories".

Source: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServ...

stocks / encours de production = inventories


Chris Hall
Local time: 14:50
Native speaker of: English
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Encours - outstanding


Explanation:
I regularly translate for a well-known French finance group, and they always ask for this term to be translated as 'outstanding', especially in their balance sheets, e.g. 'production outstanding', 'credit outstanding', etc. I don't know if this is just an idiosyncrasy of theirs as I'm not a specialist, but thought it could maybe be useful...

Lucy-Jane Michel
France
Local time: 15:50
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks Lucy. Client preferred this translation for term 'encours'.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
work in progress of production of goods and services


Explanation:
This brings about the full meaning of the phrase, that needs to be represented in the balance sheet.

narasimha (X)
India
Local time: 19:20
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 22

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Amber Phillips: This doesn't sound very natural to me
767 days
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817 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
in-process goods and services production


Explanation:
...

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Note added at 817 days (2012-05-15 06:29:49 GMT) Post-grading
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http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q="in process ...

Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 15:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 25
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Reference comments


33 mins
Reference: Definition

Reference information:
Not my field, so I don't have a suggestion for a translation, but the specifics are detailed in the ref, which may help someone else give you a good English interpretation.


    Reference: http://www.plancomptable.com/titre-IV/titre-IV_chapitre-IV_s...
Travelin Ann
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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