open bookings

[Duchess of Fire]

Hi, I could use a bit of help.

I'm dealing with some French-speaking companies (and their accounting departments) and while I do speak French relatively well, I never really learned French accounting lingo. I'm trying to find a translation for "open bookings", which is kind of in reference to bookkeeping. It doesn't seem to make sense to use 'réservations', so are there any suggestions?

 

[Arbiter]

Your colleagues should understand booking, for it is also used in French... But anyhow, you may use "inscription en compte".

 

[vanagreg]

Hi,

could you explain what is meant by "open bookings"?

 

[Duchess of Fire]

Ooh okay, so would it be grammatically correct to say, "les bookings ouverts?"

La quéstion est si tu as les bookings ouverts jusqu'au 31 Décembre...

 

[Duchess of Fire]

Ah, by "open bookings" I mean incomplete transactions, or similar.

 

[Arbiter]

I'd say "(...) si tu as les écritures ouvertes jusqu'au 31 décembre"

 

[vanagreg]

Ah, by "open bookings" I mean incomplete transactions, or similar.

sorry to insist but do you have a more precise definition?

The accounting vocabulary is a very specific one, so it would help.

By the way, I've never heard the term "booking" used in French accounting.

 

[Duchess of Fire]

Okay, I'm afraid my accounting vocabulary is primarily in German. Let me see if I can do at least a partial translation for you.

In German, it's "buchungen," which translates in English out to a recording of entries or summary data. I hope this helps!

 

[vanagreg]

Okay, I'm afraid my accounting vocabulary is primarily in German. Let me see if I can do at least a partial translation for you.

In German, it's "buchungen," which translates in English out to a recording of entries or summary data. I hope this helps!

The verb is "journaliser" in French. So you can use the term "journal" ("journaux" in plural) when talking about bookings.