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 Митя

link 7.12.2005 21:57 
Subject: bean counter
Analyst group AMR Research claims that Sarbanes-Oxley compliance alone cost public companies a staggering $6.1bn, as the auditor bean-counters make hay while giving corporate abacus-jockeys some costly headaches. US university professor, Bob Garrett has recently been quoted as calling the auditing requirements “a bigger threat to capitalism than Karl Marx.”
Кто может помочь понять (и уложить), видимо, наполненную стилистическими изысками фразу "as the auditor bean-counters make hay while giving corporate abacus-jockeys some costly headaches". Речь о соблюдении аудиторских требований публичными компаниями... Спасибо

 operator

link 7.12.2005 22:12 
Что-то в этом духе:

"... из-за ревизоров-счетоводов, которые раздувают проблемы, причиняя корпоративным бухгалтерам-виртуозам дорогостоящую головную боль."


bean counter
n. Slang.

"A person, such as an accountant or financial officer, who is concerned with quantification, especially to the exclusion of other matters."

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=bean-counter&gwp=13

Make hay

"To use an opportunity to get the most benefit. Critics continue to make hay over the president's lack of self-discipline.
Usage notes: usually said about a competitive situation."
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/make+hay

 

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