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Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

bilancio programmatico

English translation:

budget plan

Added to glossary by suewiddicombe
May 23, 2014 03:00
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Italian term

bilancio programmatico

Italian to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general) Fondazione - Statuti
Hi, am having trouble understanding and translating bilancio preventivo e programmatico. What is the difference? If I put budget forecast for bilancio preventivo (although all budgets are forecasts) and budget plan or draft budget for bilancio programmatico (although all budgets are plans or drafts until they reach the "bilancio consuntivo" stage which I have translated as "final budget", i.e. approved by the Board), I still don't understand the distinction and these translations do not seem to make the distinction clear in English.

"1.4. La Fondazione pubblica sul proprio sito internet le seguenti informazioni istituzionali: nome; codice fiscale; contatti; scopo; bilancio preventivo e programmatico; bilanci consuntivi approvati; generalità degli amministratori e rispettivi poteri o deleghe; remunerazioni per tipologia di dipendente e rimborsi spese."

Can anyone shed any light on this? Many thanks
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 budget plan

Discussion

suewiddicombe (asker) May 23, 2014:
Yes, that is always and obviously the first place to look but in this case the site does not give any info of this kind - only info on the Foundation's activities.
philgoddard May 23, 2014:
Have you tried looking at their website? That would probably answer your question.

Proposed translations

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budget plan

"preventivo" and "programmatico" are both really just budgets. The first is where you are focusing on estimating and predicting, the second is where the focus is on planning.
Attention: consuntivo is not a budget at all. These are the final figures, or "actual figures". Budgets are future, consuntivo is past. I have tried just not translating this because the date at the top of the column tells you that 2013 is consuntivo, but Italian clients won't wear it.
Peer comment(s):

agree Peter Cox
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