Expression administrative

Pascale · 05-20-2005, 10:54 PM

Bonjour,

Je fais une traduction bénévole de la constitution et des règlements d'un organisme à but non lucratif. Est-ce que quelqu'un peut m'aider avec l'expression « remain on the books » dans la phrase suivante :

Policy statements [énoncés de politique] shall remain on the books for ten (10) years

Merci mille fois!
Pascale

MikeL · 05-21-2005, 04:55 AM

"to remain on the books" means to continue to have effect; does the context indicate that after 10 years the regulations or policies lapse automatically and become null and void unless renewed?
In a slightly different context, that of accounting, something (e.g. an asset) remains on the books for depreciation or taxation purposes until it is "written off".
Hope this helps.

Pascale · 05-21-2005, 01:49 PM

I understood the meaning and that's how I had ended up translating it (rester en vigueur), but I thought there might be a particular way to translate that phrase that I didn't know about.
Thanks very much for your response!
Pascale

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Pascale Junior Join Date: May 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 20 Pascale is an unknown character at this point	Expression administrative Bonjour, Je fais une traduction bénévole de la constitution et des règlements d'un organisme à but non lucratif. Est-ce que quelqu'un peut m'aider avec l'expression « remain on the books » dans la phrase suivante : Policy statements [énoncés de politique] shall remain on the books for ten (10) years Merci mille fois! Pascale
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MikeL International Forum Fan Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Auckland New Zealand Posts: 579 MikeL came out of the blue	"to remain on the books" means to continue to have effect; does the context indicate that after 10 years the regulations or policies lapse automatically and become null and void unless renewed? In a slightly different context, that of accounting, something (e.g. an asset) remains on the books for depreciation or taxation purposes until it is "written off". Hope this helps.
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Pascale Junior Join Date: May 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 20 Pascale is an unknown character at this point	On the books I understood the meaning and that's how I had ended up translating it (rester en vigueur), but I thought there might be a particular way to translate that phrase that I didn't know about. Thanks very much for your response! Pascale Last edited by Pascale; 05-21-2005 at 01:51 PM.
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