Principal Amount

10:01 Aug 29, 2012 

Hi, Danadiana, if it refers to equities or bonds then it is "monto de capital" or "importe de capital". In your example of the dress sold it wasn't.

19:39 Aug 28, 2012 

Thanks again for your input. There is no other text around it. This is a list of Major Purchases and Sales of investment securities during the period. One column is for Compras/ventas principales en el periodo and another column is the amount received/sold. This may include some transaction fees to it, I don't know but it is not important. Instead of saying importe I feel it would fit the financial statements language better if I say importe de capital but am not sure if it's acceptable. Currently it has been translated as importe principal but don't feel it's correct as principal could be the pricipal amount of a loan, which in this case it is not. It's just equities or bonds purchased or sold.

19:26 Aug 28, 2012 

Regards

18:08 Aug 28, 2012 

If it were a any of the documents mentioned by Henry I would not doubt in translating it as "importe/monto de capital" but for a dress that is quite odd, I've never heard it. Depeding on the context maybe it only means "importe" o "monto", but I wonder why they talk about principal amount. Suerte!

17:50 Aug 28, 2012 

You would not use "Principal Amount" or its equivalent in Spanish to refer to the price of a dress. It is a term that would normally be used to refer to the amount of a loan, mortgage, etc. "Importe capital" would be used to describe the equity of a corporation. Thus CONTEXT is always important and I would advise you to provide some.

16:34 Aug 28, 2012 

Thanks for your replies. The English term simply refers to total dollar amount. There is no credit, no principal sum with interest added to it. Just simply, I sell a dress for USD300 so the total amount is USD300. I just want to know if Importe capital would be an acceptable term as don't just want to say Valor.