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Contaduría Pública

English translation: Public Accounting

20:27 May 22, 2003
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Spanish term or phrase: Contaduría Pública
University program... "Public Accounting" or "accounting"?
Cris
English translation:Public Accounting
Explanation:
As in Certified Public Accountant (CPA)....
Selected response from:

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 15:31
Grading comment
Thanks,
C
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6Public Accounting
Marian Greenfield
5Public accounting
lafresita (X)
5Accounting
Maria-Jose Pastor
5Accounting
andre_
5Profession of a C.P.A.
Michael Powers (PhD)


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Public Accounting


Explanation:
As in Certified Public Accountant (CPA)....

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 15:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 14617
Grading comment
Thanks,
C

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria-Jose Pastor: by a nose!
2 mins
agree  Aurora Humarán (X)
3 mins
agree  Luz Dumanowsky
8 mins
agree  Consult Couture
8 mins
agree  mónica alfonso
28 mins
agree  Vanessa Wagenknecht
3 hrs
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Public accounting


Explanation:
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Note added at 2003-05-22 20:30:18 (GMT)
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Graduates and the Demand for Public Accounting Recruits. ...
www.aicpa.org/members/div/career/edu/sagdpar.htm

lafresita (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:31
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in pair: 100
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Accounting


Explanation:
With a capital A, it is part of the title. In English we capitalize all important words in a title. Those not capitalized are of, and, the, a, etc. unless they are the first word in the title:

Maria-Jose Pastor
Local time: 15:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 152
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Accounting


Explanation:
Sometimes simple is better. Good luck.

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Note added at 2003-05-22 20:32:28 (GMT)
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If it is for a University program it would just be Accounting.

andre_
United States
Local time: 15:31
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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Profession of a C.P.A.


Explanation:
This is the translation of that phrase in Urrutia's Dictionary of Business - English-Spanish, Spanish-English (1999)



Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 15:31
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 12685
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