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Fe. contab.
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Oct 19, 2017 20:01
6 yrs ago
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Spanish term

Importe en MD Mon.

Spanish to English Bus/Financial Accounting
Only context is the following (headings on a sheet with numbers):

Cuenta
Referencia
Nº doc.
Clase
Fecha doc.
Fecha pago
Fe.contab.
Importe en MD Mon. **********************
Doc.comp.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 Amount in DC
3 Amount in US Dollars
References
Mon. seems to be Moneda

Discussion

Rebecca Jowers Oct 20, 2017:
Another possible meaning of "MD" I found this: "MD = monto transado en divisa" in

Guillermo Buenaventura Vera, “Finanzas internacionales aplicadas a la toma de decisiones”, Bogotá, Colombia, Ecoe Ediciones, 2016

https://books.google.es/books?id=BKcwDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT284&lpg=P...
Charles Davis Oct 20, 2017:
MD = moneda dólar? I am very dubious about this. The answers to the Yahoo question look like guesswork to me. "Importe en MD Mon." occurs in several other documents online, none of which explains the meaning, but since it occurs in conjunction with "ML" (moneda local), I remain convinced that it has its standard SAP meaning of "moneda documento". Of course, it is very likely that this currency is in fact US dollars, but that doesn't mean that "MD" actually means dollars.

As for the whole phrase, I agree with Alex that "Mon." stands for "moneda" and is therefore redundant. I think it can simply be omitted.
Sandro Tomasi (asker) Oct 20, 2017:
Hello, Folks: Thank you for your input. Under the "Importe en MD Mon." column, there are numbers followed by USD. Looks like US dollars. When Rebecca asked about Mexico, I checked the doc and there is an acronym (not at liberty to say) that includes the letters MX. So I do believe the document is from Mexico (I haven't been given this info).
David Hollywood Oct 20, 2017:
and fully agree with Charles and Alex on the rest
David Hollywood Oct 20, 2017:
the translator's dilemma ... acronyms are a pest we have to live with and in this case I would ask the client
Alex Ossa Oct 19, 2017:
I second Charles.
Charles Davis Oct 19, 2017:
Hi Sandro MD is moneda documento (document currency, i.e. transaction currency), a SAP code, as opposed to ML (moneda local), but I don't know what "Mon." is doing there.

Proposed translations

+2
18 hrs
Selected

Amount in DC

Given the context of the other headings, I think this is very likely a SAP table (or table extracted from its reports). In that case, MD is almost certainly Moneda Documento. Mon, as I mentioned, I suspect is Moneda and given my search of the full accounting module fields in Spanish (first reference), there seems to be no other possible meaning for either of these (MD/Mon.).

Should this be so, Mon. is redundant and the field should just be MD, or DC (document currency, see second ref.).
Reference:

https://www.sapdatasheet.org/abap/dtel/S/index-f.html

https://archive.sap.com/discussions/thread/1105838

Peer comment(s):
agree Charles Davis
17 mins
Thanks!
agree Robert Carter : Makes sense (apart from the redundant "Mon."), given the other questions/answers.
53 mins
Yes, the Mon. is odd...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you to all of the answerers, referencers and commenters!"
13 hrs

Amount in US Dollars

Hi, Sandro

Is this a Mexican document? Is this a dollar account? MD may mean "US dollars" (maybe!)

I'm offering this as a possibility based on a Yahoo Argentina Answers entry. It appears that in Mexico MD means “moneda dólar” or “US dollars”. Here is the exchange:

Question:
¿que significan las abreviaturas md?
le dejaron un problema a mi hijo, con el numero 91,723,000,000md dividirlo entre 410,000,000md, el resultado q me da es 223.7146, pero lo q no entiendo es la abreviatura md el problema dice asi si la deuda externa de mexico en la actualidad es de 91,723.000.000md y anualmente abonara 410,000,000md ¿en cuantos años liquidaria la deuda?

Answers:

efectivamente: la operación se resuelve de manera habitual. MD: Moneda Dólar. Dólar americano!

https://ar.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201101050953...

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Reference comments

54 mins
Reference:

Mon. seems to be Moneda

Even though MD Mon. makes little sense (moneda doumento moneda...)
Reference:

http://foros.consultoria-sap.com/t/compensacion-automatica-de-cuentas/5357/7

Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree Charles Davis : I think you must be right, Alex. There are a few other examples online and it seems to be redundant in all of them. So it can just be omitted. I'm sure MD is moneda documento. Post an answer? I'm not planning to :)
15 hrs
haha thanks!
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