Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
refonte des statuts
English translation:
rewrite of the memorandum and articles
French term
France
Passionnée du mot juste.
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: French to English, English to French, English, and 1 more.
refonte des statuts
I understand this to mean that the sole shareholder (who has decided to change de company name) wishes for all the Articles of Association to remain the same. How to translate "refonte" ?
Thank you
| 3 | rewrite of the memorandum and articles |
Mpoma
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| 5 -1 | recasting |
Margaret Morrison
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Feb 8, 2024 23:16: Victoria Schmidt Created KOG entry
Feb 8, 2024 23:56: Yvonne Gallagher changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): philgoddard, AllegroTrans, Yvonne Gallagher
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Proposed translations
rewrite of the memorandum and articles
United Kingdom
Cambridge educated business specialist
Native in: English
Works in: French to English
recasting
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philgoddard
: Or change, or revise, or rewrite, or any number of other words.
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writeaway
: The research option is often useful /If it's an EU doc then one is often forced to use "their" special brand of English. I often had to put translator's note explaining why weird English was used. If it's not an EU doc, it is better to use more normal EN
24 mins
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Mpoma
: No, you wouldn't talk of "recasting" a memorandum and articles. Unfortunately Iate often dredges up awkward Eurosqueak twaddle-jargon from the bottom of the Bruxelles rabbit hole making it look like generally applicable English when it's not.
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AllegroTrans
: EU or not, this would be scoffed at in many En-spkg jurisdictions
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Discussion
to remodel or reconstruct (a literary work, document, sentence, etc.)
This wouldn't be my first choice of word, but it's perfectly correct. It's offensive to call it "twaddle-jargon" and disagree with it.