Comments on: Naked swaps, anyone? Planned regulatory changes spawn new financial terms

By: Laurent Krauland

Laurent Krauland — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:41:53 +0000

@ Sara: this could well be… although “pooling” is sometimes rendered by “syndicalisation”, even if it is used mainly for banks.

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:58:11 +0000

@Anne @Laurent, I have seen “marchés occultes” and “pôles de liquidité dissimulés” or something to that effect. I don’t translate into French, so I am rarely confronted with this issue, but at some point wouldn’t you just say that the French financial industry press uses “dark pools” in English and leave it in English with an explanatory note if the text is for non-specialized readers?

By: Laurent Krauland

Laurent Krauland — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:42:12 +0000

@ anne (still) : “regroupements sans objectif(s) clairement défini(s); (awaiting confirmation)…

By: Laurent Krauland

Laurent Krauland — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:09:37 +0000

@ anne : I would suggest something like “alliances obscures” or “intérêts communs indéfinis”.

By: anne

anne — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:08:25 +0000

a funny one turned up a few months back, we found “dark pools” being translated as “piscines obscures”. so far no viable alternative to the English has been adopted.

By: Ibai Aramburuzabala Arrieta

Ibai Aramburuzabala Arrieta — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:45:12 +0000

In Spain, English terms are commonly used in financial texts, specially financial products and neologisms. Anyway, I prefer to add a short explanation to make them easier to understand.