Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
to be "fronting" for
French translation:
qu'elles faisaient office de façade
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FX Fraipont (X)
Nov 4, 2019 15:36
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English term
France
to be "fronting" for
English to French
Law/Patents
Finance (general)
The first defendant and second defendant, which were companies associated with AAA at the relevant time, were the counterparties to all of the FFAs (Forward Freight Agreements) concluded; however, the claimants always understood them to be "fronting" for independent market participants, typically big market players like BBB.
Proposed translations
(French)
| 4 +1 | qu'elles faisaient office de façade |
FX Fraipont (X)
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| 4 +4 | servir de prête-nom aux |
Eliza Hall
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| 4 | Faire écran |
Samuel Clarisse
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Change log
Nov 7, 2019 08:04: FX Fraipont (X) Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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14 mins
Selected
qu'elles faisaient office de façade
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
1 hr
Samuel Clarisse
France
France
Native in French
Works in field
France
Always keeping in mind the audience
Native in: French (Variants: Canadian, Belgian, Luxembourgish, Standard-France, Swiss) 
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French
Related KudoZ points
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68
Faire écran
Dans le sens de "société écran" largement utilisé
Peer comment(s):
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Daryo
: do you ever use a better criteria than "largement utilisé"??? Like getting the appropriate register / avoiding the wrong connotations .....
10 hrs
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4 hrs
Eliza Hall
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Lawyer-Translator-Certified Interpreter
Native in: English (Variants: US, Scottish, Canadian, Irish, British, UK)
Works in: French to English, English to French
Related KudoZ points
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8
servir de prête-nom aux
There are several ways to say this in FR. This one avoids negative connotations. The EN "front" can have negative connotations, but I don't think any are intended here because "fronting" typically is negative when it's done deceitfully. Here, it says right in the text that the claimants always knew the two companies were fronting for the other participants.
Examples of "service de prête-nom" being used in a completely normal, non-shady business context with no negative connotations:
https://www.francedns.com/domaine/prete-nom-et-contact-local...
https://www.netim.fr/nom-domaine/prete-nom.html
Examples of "service de prête-nom" being used in a completely normal, non-shady business context with no negative connotations:
https://www.francedns.com/domaine/prete-nom-et-contact-local...
https://www.netim.fr/nom-domaine/prete-nom.html
Peer comment(s):
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Marcombes (X)
1 hr
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Merci
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Daryo
: similar as for "nominee directors" [UK] - perfectly legal and mostly done for perfectly legitimate reasons.
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Thx
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GILLES MEUNIER
9 hrs
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Merci
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Michael Confais (X)
1 day 1 hr
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