Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Racine de compte
English translation:
Accounts Code
Added to glossary by
Jack Fleming
Sep 4, 2011 20:09
13 yrs ago
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French term
Racine de compte
French to English
Bus/Financial
Accounting
I´m translating a letter sent to a client about his subscription to a service called "Club Affairs", which consists of a monthly paid chauffering service. At the beginning of the letter there appears the following:
Compte client:......
Objet: votre abonnement Club Affaires
Racine de compte: 432R
What is a "Racine de compte"? Is it a sort code? A password?
Thanks for your help!
Compte client:......
Objet: votre abonnement Club Affaires
Racine de compte: 432R
What is a "Racine de compte"? Is it a sort code? A password?
Thanks for your help!
Proposed translations
(English)
4 | Accounts Code |
Jack Dunwell
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4 +3 | account root |
cc in nyc
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3 -1 | Account ratio |
Isabelle17
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Proposed translations
12 hrs
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Accounts Code
This is the code for input into their sales ledger/ account reference
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11 mins
Account ratio
Ex.
www.slideshare.net/.../sbi-icici-ratio-analysi... -
Profit And Loss Account Ratio Balance Sheet Ratio Combined / Composite Ratios; Balance Sheet Ratio Current Ratio = Current Assets / Current Liabilities ...
www.slideshare.net/.../sbi-icici-ratio-analysi... -
Profit And Loss Account Ratio Balance Sheet Ratio Combined / Composite Ratios; Balance Sheet Ratio Current Ratio = Current Assets / Current Liabilities ...
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
philgoddard
: Racine doesn't mean ratio, and this makes no sense in the context anyway.
1 hr
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account root
I found this term on a bilingual Band of Canada website:
Par actif personnel, Banque Nationale Courtage direct entend l’actif détenu sous une même racine de compte (6 premiers chiffres du numéro de compte) en date du dernier jour ouvrable du mois précédent.
http://www.bnc.ca/bnc/cda/newsdetail/0,2714,articleCode-1540...
By personal assets, NBDB means assets held under the same account root (first 6 digits of the account number) on the last business day of the previous month.
http://www.nbc.ca/bnc/cda/newsdetail/0,2714,articleCode-1540...
They kindly explain (in French and English) that the term relates to the first six digits of the account number.
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Note added at 17 mins (2011-09-04 20:27:02 GMT)
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In the case of your source text, perhaps the account root relates to the first four characters of the account number.
Par actif personnel, Banque Nationale Courtage direct entend l’actif détenu sous une même racine de compte (6 premiers chiffres du numéro de compte) en date du dernier jour ouvrable du mois précédent.
http://www.bnc.ca/bnc/cda/newsdetail/0,2714,articleCode-1540...
By personal assets, NBDB means assets held under the same account root (first 6 digits of the account number) on the last business day of the previous month.
http://www.nbc.ca/bnc/cda/newsdetail/0,2714,articleCode-1540...
They kindly explain (in French and English) that the term relates to the first six digits of the account number.
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Note added at 17 mins (2011-09-04 20:27:02 GMT)
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In the case of your source text, perhaps the account root relates to the first four characters of the account number.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
piazza d
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Thank you.
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philgoddard
: I don't think people will understand what "account root" means, but "first four characters" would do.
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Probably so! Note that the Bank of Canada felt obliged to gloss it. Thank you.
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rkillings
: Usually better, "account root code". In data structure parlance, it's a "node". Typically a prefix in the number of one or more child accounts, NOT an account in itself.
3 days 22 mins
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Thank you. I think "node" works for this context.
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