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Sep 4, 2012 16:08
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French term

chéquier / formule de chèques

French to English Bus/Financial Finance (general) bank accounts
my understanding was that a "chéquier" and a "formule de chèques" were the same thing, a "checkbook"....HOWEVER, i have an account opening contract which describes in one place what is necessary to get a "formule de chèques", and then a few pages later it says that "le compte ne donnera pas lieu à la délivrance de chéquier"... so either the person who wrote the contract was confused, or i am :) can these be two different things and what would they be called??? merci!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +4 checkbook/check specimen
4 chequebook / cheque forms
4 -1 Checkbook Reconciliation
3 Checkbook/check request form
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Non-PRO (2): Nikki Scott-Despaigne, Clarissa Hull

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Discussion

Nikki Scott-Despaigne Sep 5, 2012:
You might like to confirm with the client.
Just a reminder also that the English personal pronoun "I" still takes a capital letter, although it is increasingly common to find it in lower case.
SafeTex Sep 4, 2012:
Could be many slightly different things Start here

http://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/search?source=auto&qu...
Trans-Iberia (X) (asker) Sep 4, 2012:
more context i suppose it can't hurt to add more context: at one point the contract says: "Le compte fonctionnera sous la seule signature de ... pour les opérations suivantes : - se faire délivrer des formules de chèques" (then listing a few other things)..... a few pages later, in a totally isolated sentence unrelated to the sentences around it, it says: "Il est convenu que le compte ne donnera pas lieu à la délivrance de chéquier." i suppose the only other info i could add is that this is a corporate acct., not a regular ol' personal banking acct. thanks!

Proposed translations

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19 mins
Selected

checkbook/check specimen

or alternately, the "formule" could be the "check design" or a "blank" or "counter" check; that is to say a check drawn from the bank, but without the personalized information that would be printed on checks in a checkbook. I think a little more context would answer for you which of the above applies in this case.
Example sentence:

http://btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=&index=alt&__index=alt&srchtxt=formule+de+ch%E8que&comencsrch.x=0&comencsrch.y=0

Note from asker:
added some context in a 'discussion entry'...maybe you can be so kind as to take a look...merci!
Peer comment(s):
agree Nikki Scott-Despaigne : I agree with "checkbook" for "carnet de chèques" and "chèquier" and for forumle de chèque, like you, see this used, generally by banks/fin institutions themselves, for specimen chq or the return of unused chq. I tend to avoid handing out blank cheques!
28 mins
merci Nikki
agree Bertrand Leduc
4 hrs
merci Bertrand
agree Sheila Wilson : Does look as those "formules de chèques" are non-personalised or blank cheques
17 hrs
merci Sheila
agree Gaelle THIBAULT
22 hrs
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30 mins

Checkbook Reconciliation

Peer comment(s):
disagree Nikki Scott-Despaigne : A checkbook (UK) is translated in one of three ways in French : "chèquier", "carnet de chèques" and "formule de chèque", the latter being used in circumstances where you may have to return unused cheques remaining in a checkbook, so "unused cheques".
15 mins
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18 hrs

chequebook / cheque forms

Formule de chèque, plural formules de chèques.
Ce document est normalisé et doit indiquer les mentions obligatoires d'un chèque. Lors d'un paiement, le client complète cette formule (création d'un chèque). Ces formules sont remises par le banquier à son client reliées en carnet.

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Note added at 19 heures (2012-09-05 11:11:10 GMT)
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I should have written cheque forms as cheque form as it is not clear from the term as posted whether singular or plural. Glossary entries are generally given in the singular.
Reference:

http://www.omnidico.com/definition/formule-de-cheque,185.html

http://www.nord.banquepopulaire.fr/docs/NF-K_11-112.pdf

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1 day 21 hrs

Checkbook/check request form

Given the context, I would say that it is two different things. You open a checking account with a bank, but you may have to actually buy the checks from a separate organization (a check printing company), often, however through the bank because they give the correct micr-endoding instructions. So you fill out the form for the account opening and then fill out a different form indicating to the check printing company how you want your name to appear, color of checks, etc. Then you will receive "chéquiers" that are printed according to the instructions on the "formule de chèques". More context would help, so I don't have absolute confidence.
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