astreintes

English translation: be obligated/required

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French term or phrase:être astreint
English translation:be obligated/required
Entered by: Yolanda Broad

01:20 Oct 29, 2003
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial / Financial / contracts
French term or phrase: astreintes
Par ailleurs l’article 2 du SYSCOA stipule que : « sont astreintes à la mise en place d’une comptabilité dite comptabilité générale, les entreprises soumises aux dispositions du droit commercial, les entités produisant des biens et des services marchands ou non marchands, dans la mesure où elles exercent, dans un but lucratif ou non, des activités économiques à titre principal ou accessoire qui se fondent sur les actifs répétitifs, à l’exception de celles soumises aux règles de la comptabilité publique.

Any help with that term is appreciated. It's part of a financial audit Thanks!
JTLingos
Local time: 19:13
obligated
Explanation:
or
required

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Note added at 2003-10-29 01:33:20 (GMT)
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In your sentence it would be easier to turn it around by using \"required of\" :
setting up an accounting system ... is required of all companies subject to
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William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 17:13
Grading comment
That was helpful. I did end up turning the sentence around like you suggested and using the word "required".

Thanks to everyone!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3obligated
William Stein
4 +1required
Abdellatif Bouhid
4possibilité
Jean-Luc Dumont
4compelled
Nathan Gihoul


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
obligated


Explanation:
or
required

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Note added at 2003-10-29 01:33:20 (GMT)
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In your sentence it would be easier to turn it around by using \"required of\" :
setting up an accounting system ... is required of all companies subject to

William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 17:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1737
Grading comment
That was helpful. I did end up turning the sentence around like you suggested and using the word "required".

Thanks to everyone!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sarahl (X): required by law, yep!
1 hr

agree  Robintech
7 hrs

agree  Lindsay Edwards: yes, required by law
8 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
required


Explanation:
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Abdellatif Bouhid
Local time: 19:13
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 390

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sarahl (X)
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possibilité


Explanation:

je tournerais phrase ainsi

stipule que : les entreprises soumises aux dispositions du droit commercial, les entités produisant des biens et des services marchands ou non marchands "must/should implement so-called general accounting procedures in as much as/as long as they operate/exercise economic activities

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Note added at 1 hr 33 mins (2003-10-29 02:53:49 GMT)
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or are required to implement

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 00:13
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 1108
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compelled


Explanation:
it has the same general meaning than obligated but has a different sound to it.

Nathan Gihoul
United States
Local time: 19:13
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 12
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