Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
société anonyme à participation publique
English translation:
partially state-owned limited company (société anonyme)
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Jeanne Zang
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société anonyme à participation publique
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This is in the context of a commitment letter regarding mining rights.
Dans le cadre de ce projet, la société X a soumis aux autorités guineénnes une propostion qui permet l’actionnariat de la République de Guinée à hauteur de 15% et l’actionnariat de Madame Y en tant que partenaire locale à hauteur de 5%. A cet effet, la société X constituera, avec la République de Guinée, une société anonyme à participation publique, qui sera dénommée Z.
Dans le cadre de ce projet, la société X a soumis aux autorités guineénnes une propostion qui permet l’actionnariat de la République de Guinée à hauteur de 15% et l’actionnariat de Madame Y en tant que partenaire locale à hauteur de 5%. A cet effet, la société X constituera, avec la République de Guinée, une société anonyme à participation publique, qui sera dénommée Z.
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partially state-owned limited company (société anonyme)
Lowercase it all, as merely descriptive language. And always a good idea to keep the source-language designation of the corporate form.
Avoid the word "public" in this context. It can only confuse. (In much or most of the Anglosphere, any company that is or could be publicly traded is a "public company".) Furthermore, a UK plc is only similar to, not by any means the same as, a French société anonyme -- and who knows how close a Guinean SA is.
Avoid the word "public" in this context. It can only confuse. (In much or most of the Anglosphere, any company that is or could be publicly traded is a "public company".) Furthermore, a UK plc is only similar to, not by any means the same as, a French société anonyme -- and who knows how close a Guinean SA is.
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Limited company with government held stock
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writeaway
: any refs? in any case one keeps the French with the English in ( )
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I don't think it's, legally speaking, a special type of company. It's just a company whose stock is in part held by the government.
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AllegroTrans
: anything to show that government-held stock is involved??
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"public" in the source text means "state" + in the text : "actionnariat de la R. de Guinée à hauteur de 15%"
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Daryo
: that is what is says on the tin ....
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Thank you, Dario...
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limited company with public participation
limited company with public participation
Pour mémoire, l’EDG est une société anonyme à participation publique ; elle est créée par décret du 18 décembre 2001 suite à la liquidation de la société guinéenne d’électricité (SOGEL) concessionnaire et la société d’entreprise nationale d’électricité de Guinée (ENELGUI) société de patrimoine.
http://www.guineexpress.com/index.php?option=com_content&vie...
EDG is a vertically-integrated limited company with public participation. The state is the only share-holder.
http://www.reegle.info/profiles/GN.rdf
EDG is a limited company with public participation
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServ...
Pour mémoire, l’EDG est une société anonyme à participation publique ; elle est créée par décret du 18 décembre 2001 suite à la liquidation de la société guinéenne d’électricité (SOGEL) concessionnaire et la société d’entreprise nationale d’électricité de Guinée (ENELGUI) société de patrimoine.
http://www.guineexpress.com/index.php?option=com_content&vie...
EDG is a vertically-integrated limited company with public participation. The state is the only share-holder.
http://www.reegle.info/profiles/GN.rdf
EDG is a limited company with public participation
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServ...
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Najib Aloui
: One must be careful with the term "public" regarding stock ownership. It doesn't mean "state-owned" but open to public purchase, as opposed to "privately-held" stock...
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Daryo
: same
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Josephine Cassar
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public limited (liability) company with public participation
reference: http://iate.europa.eu/SearchByQuery.do:
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http://iate.europa.eu/SearchByQuery.do. copy/pasted it when I had written société anonyme. Hope it will work now
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Note added at 5 hrs (2014-04-06 19:33:26 GMT)
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it does now, you have to put sociéte anonyme, click French and mark English; don't know why it did not work, sure
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Note added at 5 hrs (2014-04-06 19:32:25 GMT)
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http://iate.europa.eu/SearchByQuery.do. copy/pasted it when I had written société anonyme. Hope it will work now
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Note added at 5 hrs (2014-04-06 19:33:26 GMT)
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it does now, you have to put sociéte anonyme, click French and mark English; don't know why it did not work, sure
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B D Finch
: The first "public" is unnecessary and "public participation" is a calque of the French rather than a term one would use in English, particularly as "public" is a faux ami here.
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