French term
United Kingdom
l’achèvement remonte...à moins de 6 ans.
Un amortissement accéléré au taux de 6 pour cent est admis à l’endroit d’immeubles ou parties d’immeubles bâtis, affectés au logement locatif, lorsque l’achèvement remonte au début de l’exercice d’exploitation à moins de 6 ans.
I've translated the first part of the sentence as follows: "An accelerated depreciation at the rate of 6 per cent is permitted in respect of buildings or parts of existing buildings, assigned to rental housing, when..."
Thank you
| 4 +7 | when they were completed less than 6 years before… |
Rob Grayson
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| 5 | completion dates back ... to less than 6 years (ago) |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
when they were completed less than 6 years before…
Seems quite straightforward to me.
Psychologist, Court-certified legal
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
completion dates back ... to less than 6 years (ago)
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Note added at 30 mins (2017-07-20 14:17:21 GMT)
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Even better w/o the typoe: "remonter"
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Note added at 31 mins (2017-07-20 14:18:36 GMT)
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http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/remont...
Cf. 6: "remonter à [dater de] to go OU to date back to"
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philgoddard
: Apart from the fact that this is effectively the same as Rob's answer, it doesn't quite make logical sense. The building dates back six years, because it still exists, but its completion can't date back six years.
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My suggestion is for the term as posted, includes the "..." for that reason. Rob's suggestion is a better fit, I agree. Hwvr, I am entitled to make another suggestion if I wish. Lastly, you have misread my suggestion which ends "to less than 6 years."
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B D Finch
: Agree with phil's comment. One could say "Completion occurred less than six years before .." Not "ago", because it's before the beginning of the operating year, not before the present moment.
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