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German term

Ruth-M

1 question

auftragsgemäß nicht geprüft

German to English Bus/Financial Accounting

auditor's comment:
Belege, Bücher, Bestandsnachweise, die wir auftragsgemäß nicht geprüft haben.

Proposed translations (English)

3 +2	which we have not audited as per/in accordance with the contract agreement	David Hollywood
3	did not perform an audit..., in accordance with our engagement	Michael Martin, MA

Proposed translations

1 hr

David Hollywood

18075 answers

Native in English

Works in field

Selected

which we have not audited as per/in accordance with the contract agreement

I would suggest

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or: as this was not stipulated in the contract agreement

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-09-18 23:21:57 GMT)
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depends how wordy you want to get :)

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-09-18 23:22:47 GMT)
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if you don't like "audited", you could just go with "examined"

Note from asker:

Very helpful suggestions, much appreciated.

Peer comment(s):

agree	Pauline Alexiou 10 hrs
	thanks Pauline :)
agree	Ted Wozniak : I'd probably go with "examined" rather than audited here and use "engagement terms" rather than contract terms but that's a personsal choice. 14 hrs
	thanks Ted and I agree with both your suggestions (on the second one, a personal choice as you say)

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."

41 mins

Michael Martin, MA

United States

3979 answers

Native in German & English

did not perform an audit..., in accordance with our engagement

".... We did not perform an audit on X,Y,Z, in accordance with our engagement (letter)"

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See examples below:
"Because we did not perform an audit on such information, we expressed no opinion on it in our report."
http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/EFX_dll/EDGARpro.dll?Fet...

"This report is made solely to the company's shareholders, as a body, in accordance with our engagement letter." http://www.summerset.co.nz/investor_centre/2013-8-13 SGHL 20...