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English translation: Notes to the Financial Statements


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German term or phrase:Anhang
English translation:Notes to the Financial Statements
Entered by: Ralf Lemster
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22:49 Sep 5, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting
German term or phrase: Anhang
Please confirm that in the context of a financial statement this translates as "Notes to the Financial Statement". Thank you!

Kind Regards,
Deborah Phillips
Deb Phillips
Notes to the Financial Statements
Explanation:
Confirmed (well, almost)! "Konzernanhang" = "Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements" (just in case...)
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Ralf Lemster
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Summary of answers provided
5 +10Notes to the Financial Statements
Ralf Lemster
5You are right!xxxTransdave
5Absolutely!Beate Lutzebaeck
4 -2appendix / annex / addition
SwissTell


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
appendix / annex / addition


Explanation:
the threefold interpretation of the single German word.
See also Babylon

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Note added at 2002-09-05 22:55:07 (GMT)
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I might add: attachment

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Note added at 2002-09-05 23:14:17 (GMT)
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after Ralf\'s correct disagree, I read this again and now offer
ADDENDUM

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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Ralf Lemster: Sorry, Deb explicitly mentioned the context
1 min

disagree  wrtransco: abbendum is not common usage either
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +10
Notes to the Financial Statements


Explanation:
Confirmed (well, almost)! "Konzernanhang" = "Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements" (just in case...)

Ralf Lemster
Germany
Local time: 00:15
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 143
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Beate Lutzebaeck: Got me ... d:-(
2 mins
  -> Höhö...still alive at this time :-))

agree  Frank Bremster
14 mins

agree  Richard Hall
2 hrs

agree  Theo Bose
3 hrs

agree  Alison Riddell
7 hrs

agree  kostan
7 hrs

agree  Steffen Walter
9 hrs

agree  Annette Scheler
11 hrs

agree  gangels
22 hrs

agree  Derek Gill Franßen: Would this also be correct for the sentence, "Der Anhang enthält alle vorgeschriebenen Angaben." under the heading "Jahresabschluss" in the context of a long-form audit report under §§ 316 ff HGB and IDW PS 450 for a GmbH & Co. KG in 2001? ;-)
1424 days
  -> Don't see why not, although one would have to see the entire text
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Absolutely!


Explanation:
Konzernanhang = notes to consolidated financial statements

Anhang zum Konzernabschluss = notes to consolidated financial statements


    Woywode, Accounting and Tax Dico
Beate Lutzebaeck
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1 day17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
You are right!


Explanation:
In this contect, they are the "Notes". The "Konzernanhang" would be the "Notes to the Consolidates Financial Statements".


    Years of translating German annual reports
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Changes made by editors
Jun 4, 2008 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field (specific)(none) => Accounting


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