Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Engagements reçus : cautions bancaires

English translation:

Contingent assets / amounts contingently receivable: bank (bonds &) guarantees

Added to glossary by Joshua Parker
Apr 10, 2020 20:37
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French term

Engagements reçus : cautions bancaires

French to English Bus/Financial Accounting Sommaire / rapport du commissaire aux comptes
Title of a section in the table of contents of a statutory auditor's report for a French company.

Engagements reçus : cautions bancaires.

It doesn't help that the corresponding section in the report just says:
"Cautions bancaires :
Le montant total des cautions bancaires données par la société s'élève au 31 décembre 2018 à XXXXXXX €."

It's the "reçus" that is throwing me a bit. Given the context, should "engagements reçus" be read as "Commitments/liabilities undertaken", or perhaps "guarantees furnished"?
Unless "reçu" is being used in the "notarial" sense of "drawn up, executed"?

Proposed translations

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Contingent assets (amounts contingently receivable under) : bank bonds & guarantees

as opposed to engagements donnés: (contingent) liabilites outstanding/ amounts payable under bank guarantees. So no to "reçu" being used in the "notarial" sense of "drawn up, executed".

I remember, as an inhouse translator and interpreter at a translation office in London, having this barney with a City firm of investment brokers & accountancy clients all of 40 years ago - and these had been the translations such clients had suggested.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Francois Boye : Your translation does not match the expression submitted for translation//Liabilities, unlike assets, are the issue at hand.
1 day 19 hrs
1. It's not my translation, but the City of London accountant end-clients' and 2. the latter rejected my literal translation of commitments received on the assets side of the bal. sheet vs. given on the liabilities side.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you. This makes sense now, in contrast to "engagements donnés"; the link provided by Daryo was also a great help. "
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Guarantees : Bank guarantee

Une caution bancaire est un contrat stipulant qu’un organisme financier se porte caution pour l’un de ses clients et qu’il se substituera à lui, en cas de défaillance (ou d'impossibilité).
Example sentence:

Les conditions financières d’une caution bancaire fluctuent selon les banques, la somme empruntée, le montant des échéances et l’âge du débiteur.

Peer comment(s):

neutral Daryo : you forgot the "reçus" part..
21 hrs
I don't think it is required in English version
disagree Francois Boye : vous n'avez pas traduit 'Engagements reçus'
1 day 14 hrs
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liabilities received: refundable deposits

The deposits are liablities. Because they were refunded, they become liabilities received.

The term refundable deposits refers to cash collected from credit customers that a company expects to return after a specified period of time, or when certain conditions are satisfied. When companies collect this money, the intention is to return it after a relatively brief period of time.


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Note added at 1 day 20 hrs (2020-04-12 16:57:20 GMT)
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Comment obtenir une caution bancaire ?
La caution bancaire a un fonctionnement particulier : pour obtenir une caution bancaire, vous devez verser au départ à votre banque une certaine somme d’argent qui sera bloquée pendant toute la durée du contrat de bail.

C’est cet argent déposé sur un compte bancaire bloqué qu’utilisera votre banque pour payer votre bailleur en cas de loyers impayés. Ce n’est donc pas véritablement une caution au sens habituel du terme. L’argent de la caution, ce n’est pas l’argent de la banque, mais le vôtre.

Exemple : si vous souhaitez que votre banque s’engage à verser jusqu’à 6 mois de loyer en cas d’impayés et que votre loyer (charges comprises) s’élèvent à 600 euros, vous devrez verser 6 x 600 = 3 600 euros sur le compte bloqué.

Bon à savoir : certaines banques ne proposent pas le mécanisme de la caution solidaire. Par ailleurs, les modalités et les conditions de la caution bancaire varient beaucoup d’un établissement à l’autre. N’hésitez pas à comparer les banques entre elles.

Peer comment(s):

disagree Daryo : "une cautions bancaire" is no money at all - it's only a "promise" to possibly pay some money in future in some specific circumstances IF THEY OCCUR // where from do you get "deposits" ???
21 hrs
see above!
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