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English translation: periods of less than

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Spanish term or phrase:	períodos inferiores
English translation:	periods of less than
Entered by:	Katherine Matles

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14:26 Sep 13, 2008

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Spanish term or phrase: períodos inferiores

Context: incluyendo balances y cuentas de resultados correspondientes a períodos inferiores al ejercicio económico

My problem is is this "inferior" for "anterior"
Thanks in advance

Terry Cullen KudoZ activity Questions: 2 (none open) Answers: 4 Argentina
Local time: 02:11

periods of less than one (fiscal/financial) year

Explanation:
Un ejercicio económico is a one-year period

Here "periods inferiores" means periods of less than one year.

i.e. including balance sheets and income staments for periods of less than one (fiscal/financial) year.

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Katherine Matles
Spain
Local time: 07:11

Grading comment

Thanks you Katherine. A closer look at the contexts indicate this might be the case
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +4

periods of less than one (fiscal/financial) year

Katherine Matles

4 +1

periods less

Henry Hinds

periods preceding

Elizabeth Medina

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12 mins confidence:

periods preceding

Explanation:
Periods preceding the current exercise.

Elizabeth Medina
Local time: 01:11
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 7

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks, anyway, Elizabeth

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

periods of less than one (fiscal/financial) year

Katherine Matles
Spain
Local time: 07:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

Grading comment

Thanks you Katherine. A closer look at the contexts indicate this might be the case

15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

periods less

Explanation:
períodos inferiores al ejercicio económico = periods less than the accounting period

"My problem is is this "inferior" for "anterior"

I don't get this, are you saying you think it is an error and should say "anterior"? I see no evidence of that, although the CONTEXT is very sparse.

Henry Hinds
Local time: 23:11
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 756

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Sep 14, 2008 - Changes made by Katherine Matles:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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