Vanessa
Feb 2 2006, 10:41 am
In French, can I actually use the word "management" ? I dont want to say " management " as in a group of individuals who are the managers in a company, but management as in "dealing with" or "handling" foreign currency.. Can the word "Gestion" be used here?
Thanks
Ketchup
Feb 2 2006, 10:57 am
D'après moi, c'est tout à fait correcte.
Owain Glyndwr
Feb 2 2006, 11:02 am
just a question form someone who speaks only basic french (if that): Is the Étrangères necessary? I thought Devises already implied foreign currency, making Étrangères superfluous.
Ketchup
Feb 2 2006, 11:06 am
I believe "devises" only refers to "currency". Therefore "etrangeres" is necessary to refer to "foreign currency".
Owain Glyndwr
Feb 2 2006, 11:08 am
but an avoirs de devise is a foreign currency balance.
mellelisa
Feb 2 2006, 11:14 am
I think the phrase is correct and needs the etrangeres added.
I just checked with a French colleague who says it is "tout a fait" correct.
As already mentioned, "la gestion des devises étrangères" is correct.
Judging by the capitals in the thread title, it seems that the phrase is supposed to be used as a heading. If that's indeed the case, "la" is redundant. More importantly, there's no need for capitals (except for the first word, obviously) - "Étrangères" would, strictly speaking, be incorrect because in French adjectives are not capitalised.
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