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contrôle général

English translation: financial control

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French term or phrase:contrôle général
English translation:financial control
Entered by: Fiona McBrearty

12:12 Aug 21, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Mining & Minerals / Gems / Project management
French term or phrase: contrôle général
WWW is being audited as it is in a rocky financial state and wishes to find the road to recovery.
Un directeur en charge du ***contrôle général*** sera l'interface entre la direction de la WWW (mining company) et ZZZ (financial consultants/accountants)
Would this be something like "general supervision" or is there a specific term?
Fiona McBrearty
Local time: 06:39
Don't exclude financial control
Explanation:
Since the interface is with the financial consultants, maybe this is the company's financial comptroller, the one at the top, in charge of general financial control, as opposed to underlings looking after specific functions. Is WWW large enough for this to be the case?

I take it you don't have the director's name for Googling.
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Bourth (X)
Local time: 06:39
Grading comment
Yes, I think it is financial control - thanks
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Summary of answers provided
3general audit or inspection
Linda Ildevert (X)
1Don't exclude financial control
Bourth (X)


  

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general audit or inspection


Explanation:
If this is in a financial context, then I would use audit. However, in a more general context, I would use "inspection".

Linda Ildevert (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:39
Native speaker of: English
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
Don't exclude financial control


Explanation:
Since the interface is with the financial consultants, maybe this is the company's financial comptroller, the one at the top, in charge of general financial control, as opposed to underlings looking after specific functions. Is WWW large enough for this to be the case?

I take it you don't have the director's name for Googling.

Bourth (X)
Local time: 06:39
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Grading comment
Yes, I think it is financial control - thanks
Notes to answerer
Asker: This guy works for the company being audited with a view to putting it on the road to recovery. He is also the "Coordinateur de la mission d'audit stratégique et organisationnel" carried out by the consulting company. Thanks for the google tip - forgot about that! Our man is mentioned as a former "gestionnaire" of the mining company...

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