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14:30 Aug 16, 2010

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Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting

Norwegian term or phrase: skyggereskontro

Kontekst: en IT system for innfordring av utestpende fordringer. Verktøyet har "en skyggereskontro som inneholder all forfalte krav.

Firstly, this is not a standard term in this context. Secondly, searches for "shadow ledger" indicate that these are used to siphon off money to illegal accounts, which is not the case here.

Anyone know an alternative term in Norwegian? That would at least be a start.

Brigid McCauley KudoZ activity Questions: 661 (2 open) (19 without valid answers) (112 closed without grading) Answers: 616
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Summary of answers provided

shadow ledger!

Chris S

customer (client) tracking account

Charles Ek

inactive account

sampat

background ledger (or database)

Andrew Alix

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42 mins confidence:

inactive account

Explanation:
An inactive account is an account in which there have not been any transactions for an extended period of time. (I presume the Norwegian term is 'skyggereskonto', and not 'skyggereskontro'. Alternatively, it could be 'skyggereskontrol' which the asker may have to confirm)

sampat
Switzerland
Local time: 02:32
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English
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48 mins confidence:

customer (client) tracking account

Explanation:
Norske ordbøker at UiO has "reskontro" as "bokføringsbok el. kontokort der en fører detaljert regnskap for hver enkelt forretningsforbindelse" Ordnett.no has "shadow, follow, tail" among the translations for "skygge".

This put me onto "customer tracking account". See the reference link for the example sentence. In the IT context, I might use "client" in lieu of "customer", but it would depend on which flavo(u)r of trendiness was in fav(u)r at the moment.

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Note added at 52 mins (2010-08-16 15:23:40 GMT)
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See also this from Senter for statlig økonomistyring at http://www.sfso.no/templates/Word____777.aspx:

Reskontro

Beskrivelse av: Kundereskontro, Leverandørreskontro, Reskontro
Er en konto i regnskapet for mellomværende mellom virksomheten og dens kunder (debitorer) og leverandører (kreditorer) og kalles gjerne reskontrooversikt. I regelverket er det stilt krav om at det ved hver periode skal spesifiseres alle transaksjoner virksomheten har overfor sine leverandører og kunder. Disse spesifikasjonene benevnes leverandørspesifikasjon og kundespesifikasjon.

Alle virksomheter skal ha et økonomisystem med reskontrofunksjonalitet. Reskontroen kan også være et hjelpesystem, se Kravregister. Reskontro er et sentralt hjelpemiddel i virksomhetens regnskapsmessige behandling av:

utgifter og utbetalinger til leverandører
utgifter og utbetalinger til tilskuddsmottakere
inntekter og innbetalinger fra kunder"

Example sentence(s):

"All information entered in the Customer Tracking Account is displayed in the register when the account is recalled."

Reference: http://pos-ey.com/manual21.htm

Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 20:32
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English
PRO pts in category: 23

Notes to answerer

Asker: You're on the right track, Charles, but I've since found some English-language sources that mention a shadow system for accounts receivable.

19 hrs confidence:

shadow ledger!

Explanation:
It seems pretty normal and legit for there to be a shadow ledger in the world of factoring

Chris S
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 27

22 hrs confidence:

background ledger (or database)

Explanation:
Since you say this cannot be a shadow ledger, I'm guessing that it is a database run in the background that holds all of the collection claims.

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Note added at 22 hrs (2010-08-17 13:29:21 GMT)
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Nice. I like "shadow system". Have to remember it.

Andrew Alix
United States
Local time: 19:32
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Nice try, Andrew, but I don't get one single hit with this term.... think I'll stick to "shadow system for accounts receivable".

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