Oct 30, 2019 15:18
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French term
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S.C.A.
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Securities account statement
On a securities statement, the acronym S.C.A. is after the bank name. I know S.A. is Corporation or joint-stock company, and I have seen "societe anonyme agricole", but what is the best translation here??
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| 5 +1 | Société en commandite par actions |
Ivan Bradley Ndong Belinga
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Société en commandite par actions
The "Société en commandite par actions" is in fact a commercial company in which the partners of the company are divided into two groups called the general partners and the limited partners. It is mostly used by large companies.
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philgoddard
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Reference:
société commandite par actions
We've had this several times before. It's explained in detail here:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/general-conversa...
If it's part of a name, you should not translate it.
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/general-conversa...
If it's part of a name, you should not translate it.
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Wolf Draeger
: But do translate with a gloss in brackets where appropriate.
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Yolanda Broad
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Cyril Tollari
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Germaine
: société en commandite par actions; it usually translate as "L.P."
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Reference:
Société en commandite par actions
Seldom exact equivalents for these things, and in this case no agreement as to the best translation, but based on some web sleuthing and previous Kudoz (see Phil's ref entry), so far you have two options:
Partnership limited by shares
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partnership_limited_by_shares)
Limited liability partnership
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_liability_partnership#...
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/090214/limit...
Partnership limited by shares
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partnership_limited_by_shares)
Limited liability partnership
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_liability_partnership#...
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/090214/limit...
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