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Spanish: FINANCIAL: help with English sentence structure

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
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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
Spain
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!
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SMLS
Ireland
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2we have audited the (COMPANY NAME) consolidation package dated 31 December 2003
SMLS
5 +2we have audited CXXX's consolidated financial statements ending 31 December 2003
Jane Lamb-Ruiz
5We have audited the consolidation package of (COMPANY NAME) as of December 31, 2003.
Richard Cadena
4 +1we have audited (COMPANY NAME)'s consolidated package through December 31, 2003
David Russi
4 +1we audited the consolidated package of XX as of 12/31
SwissTell
4first option
Jeanne Zang
3 +1suggest "we have audited the consolidation package of XXXX as at 31/12/...
Dennis Wright
5 -2We have audited the consolidation package of(COMPANY NAME) on December 31, 2003.
Indiana


  


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 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
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Jeanne Zang: You beat me to it. Good job.
1 min
  -> thanks!

agree RNolder: This is it!
50 mins
  -> thanks!
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
first option

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

Jeanne Zang
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
we audited the consolidated package of XX as of 12/31

Explanation:
my take

SwissTell
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 59

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agree Pablo Tarantino
6 mins
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
we have audited (COMPANY NAME)'s consolidated package through December 31, 2003

Explanation:
Una posibilidad

David Russi
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 58

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Paulina Gómez
8 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 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:
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Indiana
Cuba
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree Jane Lamb-Ruiz: this means we audted the package ON dec etc and it does not mean that...it means the accounts were closed on that date
29 mins

disagree Richard Cadena: I concur with Jane's observation.
50 mins
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 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
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Marianela Melleda
1 hr
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 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
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 443

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree David Brown: basic grammatical errors committed above e.g. "al" and "past simple"
15 mins

agree Duckster: This is the standard auditing verbiage we use
2 hrs
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
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
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 251
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