Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

une politique de prises de participations financières

English translation:

a policy of making strategic investments / investing in

Added to glossary by Bianca Jacobsohn
Feb 27, 2007 11:06
17 yrs ago
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French term

une politique de prises de participations financières

French to English Social Sciences History politique francaise vers l'Allemagne
From:

"A partir de l’automne 1946, l’administration française opte pour **une politique de prises de participations financières** dans les entreprises allemandes, de façon à assurer à la France « une influence de caractère durable, susceptible de survivre à la période d’occupation »."

Grand grand merci!

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a policy of making strategic investments in German companies

don't really see the problem here
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Well, clearly a problem for me as I cant find the correct expression :)
Peer comment(s):

agree CMJ_Trans (X) : or just of "investing (or taking a stake) in"
21 mins
thanks CMJ
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
35 mins
thanks Vicky
neutral Richard Benham : Why "strategic"? It might be implied, but it is not stated, and would be equally implied by a faithful translation.//So a small shareholding is not a "participation"?
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because, Richard, this conveys the idea of "prise de participation" rather than just buying the odd share here and there
agree jean-jacques alexandre
1 hr
thanks jean-jacques
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for your help, Marc"
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an equity financing (or investment) policy

Cf. Glossaire de la Banque Mondiale
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