Capacité d'autofinancement globale

English translation: overall self-financing capability

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French term or phrase:Capacité d'autofinancement globale
English translation:overall self-financing capability
Entered by: Marc Glinert

11:48 Nov 14, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Petroleum Eng/Sci / financial results
French term or phrase: Capacité d'autofinancement globale
In a table giving financial data, the categories specified are: 'chiffre d'affaires, capacite d'autofinancement globale, investissements petroliers, resultat net'.
Does autofinancement mean cash flow of self-financing and how would this be translated?
Thanks
Suzanne Smart (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:36
overall self-financing capability
Explanation:
Sorry Cristina because my reply is almost identical to yours, but I prefer "overall"
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Marc Glinert
Local time: 23:36
Grading comment
Thanks very much
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4global self financing capability
Romanian Translator (X)
3 +1overall self-financing capability
Marc Glinert
4overall self-financing capacity
Paul Reeve


  

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global self financing capability


Explanation:
[The evaluation of the self-financing capacity within the ...OBJECTIVE: The main objective of this study is to calculate the point of financial balance in the ge...
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[PDF] 1. general Summary 3. Project Scenario and Project Schedule 4 ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
[Please state here your self-financing capability to cover the project costs. ... [If your self-financing capability is not equivalent to 100% of the ...
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Note added at 7 mins (2006-11-14 11:56:13 GMT)
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Response to Calls for InterestProposals for partnership with ESA in the development of the market should include the self-financing capability, which ESA may temporarily complement. ...
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Indication of Financial Planning and Self-Financing Capability ... availability of resources - self financing capabilities and intended investment, ...
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OUR MAIN WEBSITES : Business Services Business Tourism Ceram ...Self-financing capability : 40 M€ Investments : 87 M€ Resources : One of the main factors that characterizes the French Riviera Chamber of Commerce is the ...
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Renewingindia.org: Energy Finance in IndustrySelf-financing means the use of funds from internal accruals. ... including in-house energy management expertise or an inadequate maintenance capability; ...
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MEES@zawya Review of Energy, Finance and PoliticsBuilding a measure of self-financing capability. Providing the regulatory regimes that will create confidence in the sector that will attract local as well ...
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Romanian Translator (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:36
Native speaker of: Romanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Richard Benham: "Global" is a "faux ami" in this context. "Total" or "overall" is better.
3 hrs
  -> thanks for pointing it out
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
overall self-financing capability


Explanation:
Sorry Cristina because my reply is almost identical to yours, but I prefer "overall"

Marc Glinert
Local time: 23:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks very much

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Benham: You are correct to do so; either "overall" or "total". As I said to Cristina, "global" is a bit of a faux ami here.
52 mins
  -> thanks Richard
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1652 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
overall self-financing capacity


Explanation:
No reason I can see to prefer "capability" over the more common and overall semantically more sensible "capacity" here as far as I can see.

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Note added at 1652 days (2011-05-24 22:17:19 GMT) Post-grading
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Er, an extra "I can see" in there obviously.


Paul Reeve
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