Feb 19, 2012 13:53
12 yrs ago
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français term
décalage
français vers anglais
Droit / Brevets
Finance (général)
Annual report
Hello All,
Working on an annual report and came across the following sentence. The meaning of the word in this financial context is eluding me. As always, thanks in advance for all suggestions.
"Le Free Cash Flow cumulé est supérieur au budget, avec une variation positive du BFR d’exploitation et un décalage de certains investissements."
Working on an annual report and came across the following sentence. The meaning of the word in this financial context is eluding me. As always, thanks in advance for all suggestions.
"Le Free Cash Flow cumulé est supérieur au budget, avec une variation positive du BFR d’exploitation et un décalage de certains investissements."
Proposed translations
(anglais)
| 4 | shift, postponement |
ann huwaert
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| 4 +3 | offset |
Just Opera
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| 4 +1 | lag |
rkillings
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| 3 | putting off or discrepancy |
Alison Sparks (X)
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Proposed translations
6 minutes
ann huwaert
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Native in: néerlandais 
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3
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shift, postponement
investments will be carried out at a later date
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Comment: "Thanks"
8 minutes
putting off or discrepancy
Needs a bit more context?
+3
19 minutes
offset
dictionary definition, standard financial term
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Note added at 19 mins (2012-02-19 14:13:25 GMT)
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http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/offset
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Note added at 19 mins (2012-02-19 14:13:25 GMT)
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http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/offset
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
AllegroTrans
26 minutes
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| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
: yep
1 heure
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| agree |
rokotas
5 heures
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+1
19 heures
lag
With a lag in certain investment outlays.
All that décalage really says is that the investments didn't occur quite when they were expected to occur in the budget, and they were not ahead of schedule either. No need to get into active verbs like "delayed" or "postponed" that imply an agent. And in *this* context, the reader is (very) unlikely to understand "offset" to mean an offset in time.
All that décalage really says is that the investments didn't occur quite when they were expected to occur in the budget, and they were not ahead of schedule either. No need to get into active verbs like "delayed" or "postponed" that imply an agent. And in *this* context, the reader is (very) unlikely to understand "offset" to mean an offset in time.
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