Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Président
English translation:
Chairman (CEO)
French term
Président
iate gives the term "Président de la société" as "Company President", but I often see it translated as "Chairman of the company".
Here are the 2 sentences in which this term appears, and I am not sure which to choose for both or either of them.
"L’Associé Unique, après avoir pris connaissance, du rapport de gestion du *Président*, du rapport spécial du commissaire aux comptes [...]"
"L’Associé Unique, après avoir pris connaissance, du rapport de gestion du Président, du rapport spécial du commissaire aux comptes à augmenter le capital social [...]
I have the feeling that a chairman would not have the power to increase the share capital, as he only presides over meetings, but I am not 100% sure of this, and find it frustrating that the French language uses the same term for 2 quite different functions.
I also am not sure if the Chairman prepares a management report. I would think not, but then perhaps his functions vary according to the type of company???
Your expert opinions would be very welcome!
| 4 | Chairman (CEO) |
Manoj Chauhan
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| 4 +2 | Chairman |
Paul Bevan (X)
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| 3 -1 | General Manager |
Chakib Roula
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May 29, 2017 12:25: David Hayes changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): writeaway, Bashiqa, David Hayes
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Proposed translations
India
For Globalization Words Matter a Lot..!
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Spanish to French, and 1 more.
Chairman (CEO)
| Are you all then in agreement that a chairman has the authority to make decisions such as increasing the share capital, preparing management reports and even amending the articles of association? (All these decisions are taken by the 'Président' in the text I am translating) |
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writeaway
: Chairman and CEO (Chief Executive Officer) are two different things. http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0912/3-reasons-to...
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yes you are right that's why I put the term CEO in option, your link was also conceded the answer
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Chakib Roula
: Yes,I agree with Writeaway,in this particular context,I would simply think of a GM.
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Chairman
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Tony M
: I agree with your term suggestion, but not entirely with your explanation; someone can be the 'chairman' of a company, even if that same company does not have a 'Board of Directors' for them to be chairman of.
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AllegroTrans
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Algeria
Shedding light out of words
Native in: Arabic 
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Works in: Arabic to French, Arabic to English, French to English, and 3 more.
General Manager
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I have not used "chairman" as I believe this term does not fit in your context because a chairman is a temporary position held during a conference, workshop, training semainars etc......
| Are you all then in agreement that a chairman has the authority to make decisions such as increasing the share capital, preparing management reports and even amending the articles of association? (All these decisions are taken by the 'Président' in the text I am translating) |
| Thank you Chakib. I am feeling slightly confused between the answers. Anyway, no one seems to think I should put 'President of the Company". But I made a mistake in my comment, it is the "Associé unique" who does all the things that I said were done by the "président". Sorry about that! |
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AllegroTrans
: A General Manager is usually a salaried employee; you have misunderstood "Chairman" and you need to think of the Chairman as a permanent officer who presides over the directors
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Discussion
président du conseil = Chairman;
président de la Société = Chair (President);
président-directeur général = chef de la direction = Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Dans ton texte, étant donné les pouvoirs, j'aurais tendance à utiliser CEO, mais bon, ça reste à voir...
Regarding Phil's comment about a gender-neutral term being preferable: it may be that in your case you actually know it IS a man in som specific instance, in which case there is no issue.
Alternatively, one solution is simply to refer to them as the 'Chair' — this is certainly commonly used in the sense of the person chairing a committee etc., but I think it is also used, especially in journalese, for the chairperson of a company.
http://www.proz.com/search/?term=Président&pairs=fra_eng&lan...
I prefer president because it's not sexist.
Le pays source est la France et le pays cible, l'Angleterre.
C'est une société avec des actionnaires, et un associé unique (ce qui me fait penser qu'il s'agirait peut-être d'une "joint venture" (selon l'extrait sur cette question trouvé sur internet: " a single-member board of directors can also operate in joint-stock companies with multiple shareholders").
http://bondard.fr/the-simplified-joint-stock-company/