Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
En application du bon usage
English translation:
In accordance with good (banking) practice
French term
En application du bon usage
I am translating a bank statement from French to English
4 +6 | In accordance with good (banking) practice |
philgoddard
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Proposed translations
In accordance with good (banking) practice
En application du bon usage de la profession bancaire à destination des clients identifiés comme fragiles(1) et souscrivant à l’offre spécifique, notre établissement veillera, au plus tard à compter du 30 juin 2019, à ne pas facturer à ces clients plus de 200 € par an au titre des frais concernés par le bon usage.
http://www.hsbc.fr/1/PA_esf-ca-app-content/content/pws/rbwm/...
But even if that's not the context, the translation is still the same.
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Thomas Miles
: I like it Phil, especially avoidance of 'pursuant to' and 'as per'!
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Suzie Withers
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Thanks for agreeing twice!
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Eliza Hall
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AllegroTrans
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writeaway
: You were second. First to post it as an answer but second to suggest it. See Dbox
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Francois Boye
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Reference comments
The two sentences below are not in exact correspondence but the initial phrase is obviously equivalent. It may seem less idiomatic than the one suggested in the answer above, however, the bank should have hired a native English translator for this job, after all?
En application du bon usage de la profession bancaire à destination des clients identifiés comme fragiles(1) et éligibles à l’offre spécifique, notre établissement veillera, au plus tard à compter de février 2019, à ne pas facturer à ces clien
In accordance with the proper use of the banking profession of September 2018 for customers identified as fragile(1) and subscribing to HSBC Service Initial, HSBC France has undertaken, since 30 June 2019, not to charge these customers more than €16.50
https://www.hsbc.fr/1/PA_esf-ca-app-content/content/pws/rbwm/common/pdf/fragilite_financiere.pdf
https://www.hsbc.fr/content/dam/hsbc/fr/docs/en/personal-banking-fee-information-document.pdf
Discussion
You could also say: "Following the best banking practices..."