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במקום

English translation: rather than

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Hebrew term or phrase:	במקום
English translation:	rather than
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10:08 Mar 21, 2011

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Hebrew term or phrase: במקום

The is a sentence from a preface to the company's financial statement.
הדוחות הכספיים ערוכים בערכים נומינליים, במקום סכומים מדווחים כנדרש לפי תקן חשבונאות מספר 12.
The financial statements are presented in nominal values instead of reporting the sums in compliance with the standard No.12???
I'd like your opinion on the sentence, I'm not sure I understood it correctly.

Thanks in advance!

NataSogo KudoZ activity Questions: 35 (none open) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 298 Israel
Local time: 20:40

rather than

Explanation:
The financial statements have been prepared in nominal values rather than in reported amounts as required by...

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Note added at 27 mins (2011-03-21 10:35:49 GMT)
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By the way, it's Accounting Standard No. 12, not just the standard...

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Local time: 20:40

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rather than

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peer agreement (net): +2

rather than

judithyf
Local time: 20:40
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English
PRO pts in category: 49

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Thank you!

51 mins confidence:

not in

Explanation:
As required by Accounting Standards 12, the Financial Statements are presented in nominal values and not in reported sums.

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Note added at 53 mins (2011-03-21 11:01:27 GMT)
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I didn't see Judith's answer (page open for a long time...). Her suggestion of rather than is also very good. And as you can see in my answer, she is right aboutn Accounting Standard 12 (sorry about the typo in mine - should be Standard without the s).

Lingopro
Israel
Local time: 20:40
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Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 44

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Asker: Thank you, Lingopro! Although I did not select your answer to this question, I nevertheless appreciate your help.

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