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Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting | | Norwegian term or phrase: regnskapsopprydding | | In a description of the staff of an accountacy firm: "Hun har også erfaring fra regnskapsopprydding, avstemming og årsavslutning." |
|   Brigid McCauleyKudoZ activityQuestions: 661 ( 2 open) ( 19 without valid answers) ( 112 closed without grading) Answers: 616
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| | accounts balancing | Explanation:
Opprydding seems to suggest there was a mess there in the 1st place. Normally, reconciliation would be a nice, odourless term for this term, but reconciliation seems to fit better with the next one, avstemming. So maybe something like accounts balancing, reconciliation and year-end procedures?
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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-09-28 18:13:55 GMT)
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In the matter of singular or plural, methinks there is oftentimes more than just the single account involved.
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Note added at 14 hrs (2009-09-29 05:06:44 GMT)
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Still on the plural hobbyhorse, one difference is that you CAN pick a single stamp, or a single berry...:-) |
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Per Bergvall
Local time: 02:31
| Grading comment Thanks, Per.
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1 hr confidence:  peer agreement (net): +1 accounts balancing
Explanation:
Opprydding seems to suggest there was a mess there in the 1st place. Normally, reconciliation would be a nice, odourless term for this term, but reconciliation seems to fit better with the next one, avstemming. So maybe something like accounts balancing, reconciliation and year-end procedures?
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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-09-28 18:13:55 GMT)
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In the matter of singular or plural, methinks there is oftentimes more than just the single account involved.
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Note added at 14 hrs (2009-09-29 05:06:44 GMT)
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Still on the plural hobbyhorse, one difference is that you CAN pick a single stamp, or a single berry...:-)
| Per Bergvall
Local time: 02:31
Native speaker of:  Norwegian
PRO pts in category: 48
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Asker: I think you're right, Per, though "account balancing" (singular form) seems to be the more accepted form.
Asker: I don't mean to make a meal out of this point about singular/plural, but your argument doesn't hold in English - what about "berry picking", or "stamp collecting"... ;-)
Asker: ooohhh.. what are you doing up so bright and early this morning anyway? Agree you have a point there. But as you will see if you compare them in similar searches, there is not much difference between them. I think it's a case of the eye that sees. Truce?
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