Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
au taux légal alors en vigueur
English translation:
at the legal rate in force at the time or at the then current legal rate
French term
au taux légal alors en vigueur
La TVA sera facturée, le cas échéant, au taux légal alors en vigueur
Merci
| 5 +3 | at the legal rate in force at the time or at the then current legal rate |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| 5 +1 | at the rate in force at that time |
Christopher RH
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| 4 +2 | statutory rate in force at the time |
Charlie Bavington
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| 4 | at the (current) official rate |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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May 3, 2005 16:29: Gayle Wallimann changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
May 3, 2005 23:35: Charlie Bavington changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X), Patrice, Charlie Bavington
Non-PRO (1): writeaway
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Proposed translations
at the legal rate in force at the time or at the then current legal rate
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Note added at 1 min (2005-05-03 16:15:21 GMT)
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spelling correx: the then-current legal rate
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Note added at 11 mins (2005-05-03 16:25:05 GMT)
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at the legal rate in effect at the time..same thing
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Katherine Zei
: a bit cluncky but correct. oops! clunky, sorry...no elegant way of putting this i guess.
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cluncky? That is clunky..
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TesCor -
: yes the current legal rate
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it's then-current....current means today's rate..
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Patrice
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Charlie Bavington
: it may be picky, but I believe that "statutory" is the word that applies (ha! - geddit?) to VAT rates
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at the rate in force at that time
I usually translate "taux légal" as "official rate" but I don't see the need for VAT (there can hardly be a non-official or non-legal rate).
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Bourth (X)
: Precisely. It's not like changing money on the black market.
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Thanks Bourth. However when car manufacturers like Renault offer to "rembourser la TVA", you could be forgiven for wondering.
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Charlie Bavington
: true but there is such a thing as the "statutory" rate and that's the word to use :-)
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at the (current) official rate
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Note added at 2005-05-03 16:45:36 (GMT)
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at the then
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statutory rate in force at the time
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Christopher RH
: agreed absolutely for the "statutory". But it is still superfluous: try to find "statutory" on this page: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q="VAT rate... ;-D
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true enough old bean. However you could say that "légal" its also superfluous, so the question is do you translate what's there, or are you going to rewrite it? "Crap in, crap out" is what I say, 9 times out of 10 :-)
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writeaway
: but why do you think such a standard question is Pro? it is easily found and has been asked before. no mystery about it. this pro thing is becoming a bit too much. http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=383907
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