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Leverantörsreskontra

English translation: accounts payable/bought/ ledger


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Swedish term or phrase:Leverantörsreskontra
English translation:accounts payable/bought/ ledger
Entered by: Tom Thumb
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11:03 Feb 8, 2005
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting
Swedish term or phrase: Leverantörsreskontra
ska skrivas i ett CV.
helenkass
Local time: 21:18
accounts payable ledger
Explanation:
Ingvar E. Gullberg, svensk-engelsk fackordbok. No specialist Swe/Eng. translator - who can afford the price - should be without it. Now in 2 vols. - prev. in one.
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Tom Thumb
Local time: 21:18
Grading comment
Hi all,

Thank you so much for your interesting suggestions to this translation. It seems to me that several wourds can be used so I just simply chose the transl. that most people agreed to.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4accounts payable ledger
Tom Thumb
5purchase ledger
Sven Petersson
3 +1bought ledger
Peter Linton


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Leverantörsreskontra
accounts payable ledger


Explanation:
Ingvar E. Gullberg, svensk-engelsk fackordbok. No specialist Swe/Eng. translator - who can afford the price - should be without it. Now in 2 vols. - prev. in one.

Tom Thumb
Local time: 21:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Hi all,

Thank you so much for your interesting suggestions to this translation. It seems to me that several wourds can be used so I just simply chose the transl. that most people agreed to.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sven Petersson: Please see "Note added" under my answer!
5 mins

agree  ojinaga
1 hr

agree  Glenn Viklund: By far, most common in various crm- and billing systems.
3 hrs

agree  Suzanne Blangsted
6 hrs

agree  Charlesp
21 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Leverantörsreskontra
bought ledger


Explanation:
FAR;s dictionary points out that "accounts payable ledger" is AmE. My version is FAR's suggestion for BrE.


    Reference: http://www.agencycentral.co.uk/agencysearch/accounting/skill...
Peter Linton
Local time: 20:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 73

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Madeleine MacRae Klintebo: Personal exp. working in admin and accounts in the UK
1 min
  -> Glad to have such expert support.

neutral  Sven Petersson: Not in common use, please see my answer! - Also a slightly different meaning! See my 3rd note added!
22 mins
  -> I agree that "purchase ledger" has more Google hits, but I think Madeleine Klintebo's comment based on experience carries a great deal of weight. So it's Google quantity versus human quality. Let's agree that both terms are acceptable.
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Leverantörsreskontra
purchase ledger


Explanation:
:o)

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Note added at 16 mins (2005-02-08 11:20:11 GMT)
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\"Accounts payable ledger\", as proffered by Gullberg, is American English.

FAR supports my suggested translation.

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Note added at 41 mins (2005-02-08 11:44:49 GMT)
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\"Bought ledger\" yields 792 Google hits,
\"purchase ledger\" yields 70900 hits!

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Note added at 1 hr 34 mins (2005-02-08 12:37:39 GMT)
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From http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/138/142120/glossar...

\"Bought Ledger (Business Accounting Vol 1 - Chapter 20): A variant of a Purchases Ledger where the individual accounts of the creditors, whether they be for goods or for expenses such as stationery or motor expenses, can be kept together in a single ledger.\"

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Note added at 5 hrs 50 mins (2005-02-08 16:54:15 GMT)
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Comment to Glenn Viklund\'s Agree to Tom Thumb\'s answer:
\'\"billing system\" \"purchase ledger\"\' yields 216 Google hits,
\'\"billing system\" \"accounts payable ledger\"\' yields 9 only.
Hardly \"most common\"!

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 21:18
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 237
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