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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

liquidación

English translation:

settlement

Added to glossary by Taña Dalglish
Oct 31, 2020 00:56
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Spanish term

liquidación

Spanish to English Bus/Financial Law (general) Financial Manual
Buenas noches,

Tengo una duda con respecto al siguiente término. Este aparece en 2 incisos:

Caso 1:
**Liquidación de adelanto de viáticos**: es la generación y aprobación del formulario que liquida el adelanto de viáticos; y cuando corresponda, deberá presentar ante la
Organización los comprobantes definidos en este procedimiento.

Caso 2:
Si la **liquidación de adelanto de gastos** no cumple con las especificaciones Finanzas la rechaza y es regresada al solicitante para que realice los ajustes pertinentes.

No estoy seguro si en ambos casos "liquidación" se debe traducir como:

Settlement
Payment (no creo que sea payment porque, estoy casi seguro que más adelante el documento dice que después de la liquidación se procede al pago.
Clearance

Nuevamente, agradezco todos sus aportes.
Proposed translations (English)
2 +5 settlement
4 Payment
3 assessment; calculation; account-taking - of an advance on expenses
3 liquidation
Change log

Nov 1, 2020 03:57: Taña Dalglish changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/126813">Manuel Aburto's</a> old entry - "liquidación"" to ""settlement""

Discussion

Robert Carter Nov 2, 2020:
Hi Meridy, well yes, that in fact was my point, i.e., that you can't simply use "settlement" here, you need something like "form" or "claim form", etc. as well because it's meaningless by itself.
By the way, Manuel, I believe it was Phil Godard who suggested "claim form."
Meridy Lippoldt Nov 2, 2020:
media.suweb.site › 2017/05PDF
Guidelines for Completing the Travel Expense Settlement Form ...

While it may sound awkward "settlement" is widely used in US businesses. Of course "travel expense form" is perfectly understandable and gets the job done too.
Robert Carter Nov 2, 2020:
Hi Manual, yes, well I imagine there's some kind of shorthand going on here, i.e., they're using "liquidación", but what they really mean is a "solicitud de liquidación", so yes, a "claim form" would probably be the idea (putting in a claim for "liquidación" or payment/settlement). You definitely can't leave it as "settlement" in English because it's just confusing for an English speaker, IMO. "Settlement" sounds like the expenses have already been paid, which is clearly not the case here.
Manuel Aburto (asker) Nov 2, 2020:
Hi Robert,

Thank for your observation.

I remember that David said that they seemed to be talking about expenses claim forms.

Does it make more sense?
Robert Carter Nov 2, 2020:
I don't see how "liquidación" could in any way mean "payment" (settlement) here. It doesn't make the slightest bit of sense to me in the context given:

"**Liquidación** de adelanto de viáticos: es la generación y aprobación del formulario que liquida el adelanto de viáticos; y cuando corresponda, deberá presentar ante la Organización los comprobantes definidos en este procedimiento".

"**Payment** of per diem advance: means the generation and approval of the form..."

"Si la **liquidación** de adelanto de gastos no cumple con las especificaciones Finanzas la rechaza y es regresada al solicitante para que realice los ajustes pertinentes."

"If the **payment** of the per diem advance fails to meet with the specifications, Finance rejects it and it is returned to the applicant to make the relevant adjustments"

Eh?
Taña Dalglish Oct 31, 2020:
@ Phil Having worked with the UN for 15 years+ and having travelled with them, I know as a fact that "settlement", as in Case 1, does apply; the per diem is treated as an advance and settlement takes place after the fact, or at best reconciled, for instance, depending on where one travels to, a daily amount (e.g. US$180.00) exists to pay for hotel, food, etc.
Travel Policy - American University in Cairo documents.aucegypt.edu › docs › services_travel › Tra...
PDF https://documents.aucegypt.edu/docs/services_travel/Travel_P...
Nov 17, 2011 — The UN per diem rate covers all expenses incurred abroad, such as ... 2.2 Procedure required for per diem Advance settlement:
philgoddard Oct 31, 2020:
I'm not sure "settlement" works here. As Manuel says, and based on the context, they seem to be talking about expenses claim forms, not payments.
Meridy Lippoldt Oct 31, 2020:
I favor the term settlement. It is based on past experience working in an office that processed a lot of travel settlements. I think you are on the right track.

Proposed translations

+5
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Selected

settlement

Settlement ... why not?

Case 1:
- Per diem advance settlement ... This is the generation (creation) and approval of the form that settles the advance per diem;

Case 2:
- Settlement of expenses advance. If the xxxx does not meet specifications, Finance rejects it ....


Travel Policy - American University in Cairo
PDF https://documents.aucegypt.edu/docs/services_travel/Travel_P...
Nov 17, 2011 — 2.2 Procedure required for per diem Advance settlement: 1. The following documents must be prepared by the traveler a. Original accounting ...

Procedures Manual for Externally-Funded Grants - American ...documents.aucegypt.edu › docs › offices_controller
PDF
1.4.2 Procedure required for per diem Advance settlement: 1. The following documents must be prepared by the traveler a. Original accounting for Per diem form ...
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk02XbEIQSUaa0pTdXoo5...

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https://finance.utoronto.ca/policies/gtfm/travel-and-other-r...
Accountable Advances
An accountable advance is a cash payment to an individual to cover future expenditures ---

Generally, accountable advances should only be approved for the purposes of travel or subject payments; but in rare situations where no other payment options are available, an accountable advance is available for non-travel expenditures.

Obtaining an Accountable Advance

Settlement of an Accountable Advance


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Thank you so much.
Note from asker:
Thanks Taña!
Peer comment(s):
agree Maria Delgado : I'd include expense : "expense settlement" :-)
5 mins
Thank you. I did in Case 2, I believe? Stay safe!
agree David Hollywood
1 hr
Thanks David. Continue to stay safe!
agree patinba
10 hrs
Thank you patinba. Continue to stay safe.
agree EirTranslations
14 hrs
Thank you so much Eir. Stay safe.
agree Luis M. Sosa : Definitely.
20 hrs
Thank you Luis. Appreciate the support. Continue to be safe!
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9 hrs

Payment


Si le surge duda porque en la continuación encuentra también el término pago, la diferencia es que liquidación es el pago total o según las deficiones de abajo.
La liquidación es el resultado de liquidar, que significa, hacer el pago total a una cuenta, , finalizar un estado de algo. Tiene múltiples definiciones, las más destacadas:

https://www.billin.net/glosario/definicion-liquidacion/

Acto de saldar una cuenta
Pago de una deuda o tributo
Venta de productos a precios muy bajos
Disolución y liquidación de

Caso 1: Advance payment for travel expenses/travel advance
Caso 2:advance payment of expenses/advance expenses
Caso 1
State University of New York (University at Buffalo) as an advance for travel expenses to be incurred by me in the performance
https://www.buffalo.edu/content/dam/www/administrative-servi...
Caso 2
In order to receive advance payment of expenses for an educational course

https://www.seattlearchdiocese.org/Assets/HR/6965_EducationE...



Note from asker:
Thank you Tigranuhi!
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10 hrs
Spanish term (edited): liquidación - de adelanto de gastos

assessment; calculation; account-taking - of an advance on expenses

Settlement, legalistically, is *exactly* the same > ask your High Street Solicitor > as payment: so 'settlement of a law firm's fee note' these days - pace UN and IATE usage - is the same in the UK as payment of the firm's 'bill of costs' of old.

Nine times out of ten for expenses vs. winding-up of a business, liquidar as Phil G. rightly hints at, means the taking of account/s/ and is a standard Professional Spanish Network translation.

So best take a note to avoid constant repetition of this question after half a century,
Example sentence:

wiki words liquidación > calculation of payment

Reference:

http://www.wikiwords.org/dictionary/term/264902/528276

Note from asker:
Thanks Adrian!
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1 day 11 hrs

liquidation

Liquidation is a settlement, payment or clearance, elimination of debt.

Advance payments of travel expenses.
Advance payments of daily expenses.

"Liquidación en adelanto de viáticos.
Liquidación en adelanto de gastos."

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Esta vez son pagos adelantados de billetes para viajes y gastos diarios.
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