plain vanilla
English translation: plain-vanilla
| 20:20 Feb 23, 2002 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / bond issue | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: VBaby Local time: 09:45 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | generic |
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| 5 +1 | plain-vanilla |
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| 4 +1 | ordinaires |
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12 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1ordinaires Explanation: At least according to LGDT 2000: Domaine(s) finance valeurs mobilières plain vanilla Note : Familier. ordinaire adj Se dit des titres comportant les caractéristiques de rendement et d'échéance qui leur sont traditionnellement attribuées, sans qu'ils soient assortis d'avantages ou de caractéristiques inusités comme l'option de conversion, l'option de rachat ou de remboursement par anticipation, le taux variable, le rendement indexé, etc. Syn. standard adj |
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30 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1generic Explanation: Plain Vanilla P. Plain Vanilla. P. Plain Vanilla. A reference to a standard financial instrument with few or no bells and whistles. Glossary * P. newrisk.ifci.ch/00012415.htm ... Glossary of Financial Market Terminology - G Entries. I ... instruments are derived. A generic or plain vanilla instrument is the simplest structure possible ... www.prebon.com/glossary-g.html It's a term commonly used for simple interest rate swaps 20 years in financial translation, mostly at an investment bank. |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1plain-vanilla Explanation: Hello Joy, The French source uses the English expression employed to qualify "plain" (run-of-the-mill) financial instruments as opposed to more exotic ones (complex, structured etc) and, since your text is obviously highly-specialized, you should leave plain-vanilla in your translation: The market for plain-vanilla and structured private placements... Reference: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=plain+vanilla+bonds+inv... |
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