Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
à concurrence
English translation:
[see my suggestion]
French term
United Kingdom
The sports specialists
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, English, French to English
à concurrence
Le capital-actions est fixé à la somme de quatre millions de francs (fr. 4'000'000.-), libé-ré à concurrence de quatre millions de francs (fr. 4'000'000.-).
Many thanks!
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philgoddard
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Chris Hall
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writeaway
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Nov 25, 2009 00:12: writeaway changed "Language pair" from "French to English" to "English to French"
Nov 25, 2009 00:12: writeaway changed "Language pair" from "English to French" to "French to English"
Nov 25, 2009 10:02: Rob Grayson changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jan 5, 2010 17:00: philgoddard Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): Chris Hall, Evans (X), Rob Grayson
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Proposed translations
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
[see my suggestion]
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Note added at 16 mins (2009-11-24 23:50:53 GMT)
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"à concurrence de" means "in the amount of".
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-25 01:05:17 GMT)
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And "jusqu' à concurrence de" means "up to" :)
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Travelin Ann
: up to a maximum of 4million francs//don't think you and I really "disagree" on this one - I'll let you and CH battle it out :)
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No - not up to a maximum! But thanks for your Agree.
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Jean-Louis S.
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joehlindsay
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Karen Stokes
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Rob Grayson
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219 témoignages et ils ne cessent pas...
Native in: English (Variants: UK, British)
Works in: French to English, English
up to
Le capital actions est fixé à la somme de quatre millions de francs, libéré à concurrence de quatre millions de francs.
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The share capital is set at the sum of four million francs, paid up to four million francs.
Reference comments
à concurrence de
à concurrence de locution prépositionnelle
Definition :
1. jusqu'à une limite correspondant exactement à (un chiffre ou un montant)
(déduire des cotisations du revenu imposable à concurrence de 20000 francs)
http://fr.encarta.msn.com/dictionary_2016043354/à_concurrenc...
Discussion
Two different terms, but both mean the same thing.
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The share capital is set at the sum of four million francs, paid up to four million francs.
http://www.collinslanguage.com/results.aspx?context=6&revers...
In that case, how would you translate the asker's question? "Up to 4 million francs of the company's share capital is paid?" That doesn't make sense. It's "4 million francs is paid".
"Jusqu'à concurrence de" means "up to".