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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

\"R\"

French translation:

Rand

Added to glossary by A-R-Traduction
Dec 28, 2023 13:01
4 mos ago
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English term

"R"

English to French Bus/Financial Finance (general)
Bonjour,
merci de m'aider à comprendre ce que signifie le "R" dans les phrases suivantes, je ne trouve pas.

Property, plant and equipment (“PPE”) of R18,5 billion
Intangible assets of R63,1 billion
R59,8 million in training and development spend
Proposed translations (French)
5 +3 Rand
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (2): Daryo, AllegroTrans

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Discussion

Daryo Dec 31, 2023:
??? It might well be accepted and used in few other countries, but the rand is the national currency of ONLY ONE country - South Africa.

South African Rand
The official currency of the Southern African Common Monetary Area, which includes South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, and Eswatini, is the South African rand, or simply the rand. Each penny is divided into 100. In addition to having their own national currencies tied to the rand at parity and still being extensively used as alternatives, Namibia, Lesotho, and Eswatini, three other CMA members, also recognize the South African rand as legal tender. Prior to the pula's par replacement of the rand in 1976, the rand was also accepted as legal money in Botswana.
https://currencies-build.pages.dev/zar/

Some other currencies being "at parity" with the South African rand does NOT make them "rand under another name" - Few decades ago, there was a brief period when the Yugoslav dinar was pegged to the Deuthmark - it was then STILL the Yugoslav Dinar.

But my main point still stands - asking a question without providing a context (i.e. here in which country this business operates) is utterly pointless.

Renate Radziwill-Rall Dec 30, 2023:
Allegro + others This questions concerns "R". I gave the answer. It is true that this currency is used under this name in several countries, same "R", but that does not change the quality of my input.
AllegroTrans Dec 30, 2023:
Open questions Asker, you have 10 open questions, most of them more than a year old.
Please close them.
AllegroTrans Dec 28, 2023:
Hello Asker "R" you there? Which country is this from please?
AllegroTrans Dec 28, 2023:
For a very obvious reason... You need to tell us which country this is from - "R" is clearly a currency symbol

Proposed translations

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Selected

Rand

Der Rand ist die Währung der Republik Südafrika.


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Note added at 12 mins (2023-12-28 13:13:44 GMT)
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Le rand est la monnaie de la République d'Afrique du Sud.

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Note added at 2 days 1 hr (2023-12-30 14:46:24 GMT)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_circulating_currencies
Peer comment(s):

agree Emmanuella
2 mins
merci
agree Bourth : Unless it's someone who didn't know where to find the ₹ (rupee) symbol.
50 mins
thanks, who knows, indeed :)
agree BORIS NTINGWA TSOBENG
1 hr
thanks
neutral AllegroTrans : I am removing my agree as Asker will not answer a fundamental and essential question // absolutely not but it isn't rocket science for the asker to respond to a request for context
1 hr
and that is my fault?
neutral Daryo : A distinct possibility, but as asked - without any context - the question is pointless. Asker MUST know in which country this business operates, and the list of world currencies and their symbols is hardly any kind of secret. Just do a 5 sec web search.
1 day 22 hrs
since you did not find that list, have a look further up, I made life easier for you
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Merci beaucoup"