Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Cabinets d’audit et d’expertise comptable
English translation:
auditing and accounting firm
French term
France
Experience and feel
Native in: French 
, English (Variant: British)
Works in: English to French, French to English
Cabinets d’audit et d’expertise comptable
It is an economic study on the sector
Apr 30, 2008 09:33: swanda Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): wfarkas (X)
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Proposed translations
auditing and accounting firm
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writeaway
: my RC gives charted accountant for expert-comptable. and 'my' copy of RC business gives 'chartered accountancy' for expertise comptable. so your 100% CL is misleading because inacccurate.
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I have trusted the Robert & Collins du Management so far..... successfully..... my clients never complained, that's why I'm 100% confident, but maybe I shouldn't....
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B D Finch
: I think that 100% confidence should be based on more than looking up the term in a dictionary - e.g. personal expertise in the particular field.
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http://www.expat-finland.com/entrepreneurship/accounting_and... http://www.alpellas.com,http://www.jdt.com.sg/audit-accounti... you'll find many examples on Google, and I've used this term many times in translations
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rkillings
: Make it plural here.
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you're right "firms", thanks rkillings
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cmwilliams (X)
: ...firms
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yes, you're right, thanks cmwilliams
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AllegroTrans
: firms
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thanks AllegroTrans
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roctor
: this is the best answer
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thanks Roctor
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Accurate, natural and very hard-working
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 3 more.
audit and experienced accountancy firms
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PRen (X)
: audit and accounting firm (the word experienced is superfluous: expertise comptable means "accounting"
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writeaway
: experienced accountancy? is that an official term? I see it's currently a battle between the 100% confidence posters.
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No. "Experienced firm". "Accountancy" acts as an adjective here.
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Assimina Vavoula
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Thanks, Assimina
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cmwilliams (X)
: expertise does not mean 'experienced' here
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Chartered Accountants...if
Professional audit and accounting firms
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2008-04-17 18:49:10 GMT)
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Proposed translation builds on following industry classifications:
a) EU NACE Rev. 1.1. K7412 (Accounting, book-keeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy)
b)US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration SIC 8721 (Accounting, Auditing, and Bookkeeping)
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AllegroTrans
: the "cabinet" bit simply refers to the offices from which they operate, so why add "professional" ?
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'Professional' renders the notion of 'expertise'; 'firm' = 'cabinet'.Asker wants a heading (title) for tabulation and ranking purposes.
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Yolanda Broad
: "audit and accounting firms" is fine, but drop the "professional" part.
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Discussion
2) Is your survey global or specific to France ?