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English translation: we have audited the (COMPANY NAME) consolidation package dated 31 December 2003

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Spanish term or phrase:	"...hemos auditado el paquete de consolidación de (COMPANY NAME) al 31 de diciembre de 2003..."
English translation:	we have audited the (COMPANY NAME) consolidation package dated 31 December 2003
Entered by:	SMLS

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16:42 Mar 16, 2004

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)

Spanish term or phrase: FINANCIAL: help with English sentence structure

The original text is:

"...hemos auditado el paquete de consolidación de (COMPANY NAME) al 31 de diciembre de 2003..."

Should the structure of the translation be:

we have audited the (COMPANY NAME) consolidation package on/of/dated 31 December 2003

or we have audited the consolidation package by (COMPANY NAME) on/dated 31 December 2003

I just don't know how to structure this correctly.. thanks for your help, hanna.

SpanTran KudoZ activity Questions: 330 (none open) (11 closed without grading) Answers: 72 Spain
Local time: 02:51

we have audited the (COMPANY NAME) consolidation package dated 31 December 2003

Explanation:
we have audited the (COMPANY NAME) consolidation package dated 31 December 2003. This sounds best to me. Good luck!

Selected response from:

SMLS
Ireland
Local time: 01:51

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

we have audited the (COMPANY NAME) consolidation package dated 31 December 2003

SMLS

5 +2

we have audited CXXX's consolidated financial statements ending 31 December 2003

Jane Lamb-Ruiz

We have audited the consolidation package of (COMPANY NAME) as of December 31, 2003.

Richard Cadena

4 +1

we have audited (COMPANY NAME)'s consolidated package through December 31, 2003

David Russi

4 +1

we audited the consolidated package of XX as of 12/31

SwissTell

first option

Jeanne Zang

3 +1

suggest "we have audited the consolidation package of XXXX as at 31/12/...

Dennis Wright

5 -2

We have audited the consolidation package of(COMPANY NAME) on December 31, 2003.

Indiana

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

we have audited the (COMPANY NAME) consolidation package dated 31 December 2003

Explanation:
we have audited the (COMPANY NAME) consolidation package dated 31 December 2003. This sounds best to me. Good luck!

SMLS
Ireland
Local time: 01:51
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 7

Grading comment

Graded automatically based on peer agreement.

4 mins confidence:

first option

Explanation:
I would use your first option. It sounds much better in English to me.

Jeanne Zang
United States
Local time: 20:51
Native speaker of:

English

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

we audited the consolidated package of XX as of 12/31

Explanation:
my take

SwissTell
United States
Local time: 20:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 67

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

we have audited (COMPANY NAME)'s consolidated package through December 31, 2003

Explanation:
Una posibilidad

David Russi
United States
Local time: 18:51
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 70

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

hemos auditado el paquete de consolidación de (COMPANY NAME) al 31 de diciembre de 2003... We have audited the consolidation package of(COMPANY NAME) on December 31, 2003.

Explanation:
.

Indiana
Cuba
Local time: 20:51
Native speaker of:

Spanish

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

suggest "we have audited the consolidation package of XXXX as at 31/12/...

Explanation:
suggest "we have audited the consolidation package of XXXX as at 31/12/...

Dennis Wright
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:51
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

41 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

we have audited CXXX's consolidated financial statements ending 31 December 2003

Explanation:
PLEASE NOTE: THEY DID NOT AUDIT ON DEC 31 2003...THAT IS THE ending date OF THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS....NOT THE DATE ON WHICH THE AUDIT WAS MADE......THEY DON'T STATE WHEN THEY AUDITED IT...usually that would be "consolidated financial statements at December 2004" but that sounds a bit awkward so I suggest ENDING so people don't think that is the DATE OF THE AUDIT. SEE? :)

ALSO PACKAGE IS NOT USED IN ENGLISH IN MY OPINION, IT THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS....

Jane Lamb-Ruiz
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 443

50 mins confidence:

We have audited the consolidation package of (COMPANY NAME) as of December 31, 2003.

Explanation:
This is a standard opening sentence in accounting. The sentence structure after the verb in the past participle form "audited" is:
Name of report (balance sheet, consolidation package, etc.) /
the preposition OF /
Name of company /
Prepositions:
a) as of + the date
b) at + the date
Look in the last section of any annual "Accounting Trends & Techniques" published by the AICPA. Here you will find auditors' opinions that cover a wide range of situations, along with the three basic paragraphs of any auditor's opinion. These are extracts taken from financial statements of the largest corporations in the US that were audited by any of the big 4 accounting firms. Hope this helps.

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Note added at 2004-03-16 17:37:31 (GMT)
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A more simplified explanation would be as follows:
a) OF + COMPANY NAME + AS OF + DATE
b) OF + COMPANY NAME + AT + DATE
Hope this makes it easier.

Reference: http://aicpa.org
Reference: http://cpa2biz.org

Richard Cadena
Mexico
Local time: 19:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 291