desequilibrio patrimonial

English translation: equity imbalance

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)

Spanish term or phrase:	desequilibrio patrimonial
English translation:	equity imbalance
Entered by:	JH Trads

01:04 Mar 26, 2002

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial

Spanish term or phrase: desequilibrio patrimonial

 La Sociedad se encuentra en una situación de desequilibrio patrimonial motivado por la existencia de pérdidas que dejan reducido su patrimonio contable a menos de la mitad de su capital social.

Is there a standard translation for this concept?
Thanks :-)

Katherine Matles KudoZ activity Questions: 470 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 1232 Spain
Local time: 21:34

equity imbalance of more than 50%

Explanation:
a ref:

... Florida or Georgia. Each of the dairies used in this report had an owner's equity
imbalance of less than 10% of beginning equity and a cash imbalance of less ...
www.dps.ufl.edu/dbap/1998fsummary.htm - 15k

HTH

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2002-03-26 02:13:05 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

I just saw your added question, and indeed I think that \"debt\" (implicit in my answer) can be put before \"equity imbalance\"

a reference:

The Australian entity can \"cure\" a debt: equity imbalance by injecting equity before
the end of the year, but must retain the equity for two subsequent years. ...
svc003.bne101v.server-web.com/Upload/PublicationUploads/ publication62.pdf

I hope it helps

Selected response from:

JH Trads
United States
Local time: 15:34

Grading comment

I think this is the best answer because the text also refers to thin capitalization and the debt-equity ratio.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

assets imbalance

Henry Hinds

4 +1

equity imbalance of more than 50%

JH Trads

imbalance of assets

Parrot

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

8 mins confidence:

assets imbalance

Explanation:
Means in short that they're in bad shape!

Exp.

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 13:34
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 26512

23 mins confidence:

imbalance of assets

Explanation:
seems more frequent (by websearch). Your text explains the situation, with liquidity at less than half of capital.

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 21:34
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 7645

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

equity imbalance of more than 50%

JH Trads
United States
Local time: 15:34
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

French
PRO pts in pair: 915

Grading comment

I think this is the best answer because the text also refers to thin capitalization and the debt-equity ratio.

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:

ProZ.com term search

Search millions of term translations