philgoddard Jul 22, 2011:

Maybe Allegro was hoping (as I was) that you'd get there yourself without needing our help, as it was fairly easy to Google. You didn't tell us you'd researched it and found the same reference as lorenab posted, so I, for one, assumed you hadn't done any research.

Sheila Hardie (asker) Jul 22, 2011:

I have also seen this paraphrased in English in the following website - http://www.terralex.org/publication/ef297bd330. It's a translation of the BOE from 2009.

In the fifth and final place, the reform contributes to a revitalization of the bankruptcy proceedings by making them faster. The estimated quantity for the abbreviated proceedings is thereby modified by increasing it to cover companies with up to 10 million Euros in liabilities, when until now only ***bankruptcy proceedings where the debtor had up to one million Euros in liabilities*** were processed by means of the abbreviated process.

Maybe this is how I should translate the phrase 'concurso de "menor entidad"'. I am simply not sure if another expression exists in English to cover this concept.

Sheila Hardie (asker) Jul 22, 2011:

@AllegroTrans Hi again. I notice you did not think the answer that FVS gave was correct - in fact, it was the term I was thinking of using before asking this question on Proz. However, so far you have not suggested any translation yourself. Do you know the correct way of saying this in English, so that a native speaker of English would understand? Many thanks in advance.

Sheila Hardie (asker) Jul 22, 2011:

lorenab23 - Thank you for your reply! I did find this reference but was not sure how to phrase it in English.
AllegroTrans - I did indeed (as ProZ expects of us all) look for a definition. As I have just explained, I found the reference already provided on this page (i.e. the one lorenab23 mentioned) but was not sure of the correct way to phrase this in English. This is why I asked the question. Many thanks for your help!

lorenab23 Jul 22, 2011:

@Sheila Based on the reference I have provided it seems that they are simply talking about "smaller entities" whose liabilities do not exceed one million euros.
Hope this helps :-)

AllegroTrans Jul 22, 2011:

Have you googled the term in order to get a definition? This would be prior research that ProZ expects of you.