Amanda Santos Apr 13, 2023:

Typo? Between "the next" and "the last," I'd stick with the first option. Though I firmly believe neither. It's likely a typo for "first" or "fourth," and I'd double-check with the client.

MAY ZIMMIE AUNG Jan 23, 2023:

Last Quarter I understand it as "the last quarter of 2023".

TonyTK Jan 5, 2023:

Never seen this ... ... myself, but if you google "in the further quarter" it appears to be not uncommon and refer to Q4.

Tony M Jan 4, 2023:

@ Asker I agree with Yvonne. Instinctively, I'd have understood this as being "in the latter part of 2023" or "towards the end of..." — but the use of 'further' is so quirky here, it has to raise a red flag.

Nadia Ayoub (asker) Jan 4, 2023:

Well, if it doesn't make sense for you native speakers, then I'd better ask the client. Thank you very much for your help!

Yvonne Gallagher Jan 4, 2023:

@ Asker need to check this one with the client. No point in guessing.
Though, if I had to take a guess, I would say "further into 2023" (i.e., well into the year =2nd/3rd Q, but only IF "further" is not a typo for "fourth").
I don't believe "next" is intended at all and it's unlikely to be a typo for "first"

philgoddard Jan 4, 2023:

The document is likely to have been written in 2022, so there is no "next quarter" of 2023. Anyway, we're just guessing.

Mark Robertson Jan 4, 2023:

@philgoddard "next quarter" is a common turn of phrase in financial, banking, management, and accounting texts, (particularly when the reference point is the first, second, or third quarter :)).

philgoddard Jan 4, 2023:

Probably fourth It could also be 'first'. But I don't think 'next' is very likely, simply because it's too vague.

Mark Robertson Jan 4, 2023:

Translation error? Further might also be an incorrect translation/use of a source word/word in the writer's mother tongue that means next.

Christopher Schröder Jan 4, 2023:

Makes no sense. Typo for fourth probably.