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avec une ancienneté de

English translation: dating back / covering at least ...

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French term or phrase:avec une ancienneté de
English translation:dating back / covering at least ...
Entered by: Rimas Balsys

18:44 May 28, 2015
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
French term or phrase: avec une ancienneté de
This is an application form for an endowment fund scheme for high net worth individuals.
It asks the applicant to send documents as proof of their investment income:
"Ce(s) document(s) doi(ven)t être nominatif(s), indiquer les montants, **avec une ancienneté de** 6 mois au moins".
I'm flummoxed.
Does it mean "at least 6 months old?", "covering at least 6 months?", or "within the last 6 months?"
It is a Luxembourg company and is very-Luxembourg French which is why I'm at sea (no pun intended as Lux is landlocked).
Many thanks as always :-)
Rimas Balsys
Local time: 14:55
dating back to ... / which date back...
Explanation:
This is the expression I use, and hear often.
Selected response from:

Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:55
Grading comment
Needed tweaking but the best answer, thanks :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4at least ..... old
Wendy Streitparth
4 +3dating back to ... / which date back...
Lara Barnett
4covering the past ...(6 months)
kmaincor
3going back over at least the last 6 months
Barbara Cochran, MFA


Discussion entries: 5





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
at least ..... old


Explanation:
Or in other words: "dated at least 6 months previously"

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 23:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
1 min
  -> Thanks Ghyslaine
agree  Chakib Roula
1 hr
  -> Thanks Chakib
agree  Daryo: "dated at least 6 months previously" I very much doubt that in Luxembourg their variant of French is so bizarre as to give to "au moins" some other meaning ...
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Daryo
agree  papier
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, papier
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
covering the past ...(6 months)


Explanation:
As you've explained the text to be requesting proof of income from potential investors, it would be normal for an investor to be required to provide documentation for a certain period of time. The documentation would not necessarily need to be dated from that time period though, it would just need to demonstrate income during that time period. I hope that makes sense.

kmaincor
Local time: 23:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans: covering AT LEAST the past 6 months
44 mins
agree  philgoddard
57 mins
disagree  Daryo: that is not the meaning implied by "au moins" + fails the real life check = bankers will always prefer people who had substantial money for at least 6 months over "nouveaux riches"
2 hrs
disagree  Ghyslaine LE NAGARD: Nothing says that it is limited to 6 months
11 hrs
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
going back over at least the last 6 months


Explanation:
Another possibility.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 17:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
dating back to ... / which date back...


Explanation:
This is the expression I use, and hear often.

Example sentence(s):
  • "It is difficult for the applicant to collect all the pertinent information and documents WHICH DATE BACK from several years."
  • "We have created a dedicated website for Teaching Scotland where you will find articles and information DATING BACK TO January 2005. "

    Reference: http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/e...
    Reference: http://www.gtcs.org.uk/publications/publications.aspx?public...
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Needed tweaking but the best answer, thanks :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans: dating back at least 6 months
7 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  Wendy Streitparth: Yes, this is probably better
14 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Marian Vieyra: Best so far.
16 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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