{"id":3263,"date":"2021-07-06T10:55:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T08:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.way2global.com\/news-from-way2global\/relazione-semestrale-i-requisiti-di-una-buona-traduzione\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T10:47:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T08:47:57","slug":"relazione-semestrale-i-requisiti-di-una-buona-traduzione","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/way2global.com\/en\/news-from-way2global\/semi-annual-report-the-requirements-of-good-translation\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi-Annual Report: everything you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every company with financial transparency obligations, especially those that are publicly listed, is required to prepare an interim financial reporting document during the fiscal year: the\u00a0<strong>semi-annual report<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This accounting and management tool offers a summary of economic and financial performance for the first half of the year, aimed at informing the market, aiding stakeholder decisions, and ensuring both<strong>\u00a0transparency and consistency of information<\/strong>\u00a0between annual financial statements.<\/p>\n<p>Compiling the semi-annual report demands methodological precision, expert knowledge of regulations, and strategic synthesis capabilities. In international contexts, this challenge is complicated by the necessity of specialized financial translation that complies with industry standards.<\/p>\n<p>In this article, we detail\u00a0<strong>what semi-annual reports are<\/strong>, outlining who should draft them, their necessary components, and the critical need to rely on experienced professionals such as Way2Global for their\u00a0<strong>translation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>What are semi-annual reports?<\/h2>\n<p>A semi-annual report is a compulsory\u00a0<strong>accounting document<\/strong>\u00a0for listed companies and other entities in regulated markets such as banks and insurance companies. However, non-compulsory companies increasingly prepare them for governance, transparency, and stakeholder reporting purposes.<\/p>\n<p>It captures the company&#8217;s economic, asset, and financial performance over six months of the reporting year. It is an intermediate tool between the annual budget and other periodic reports, designed to provide a reliable, up-to-date view of\u00a0<strong>company performance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>From a regulatory perspective, the consolidated semi-annual report is governed by Article 154-ter of the Consolidated Law on Finance and is prepared following IAS\/IFRS, where applicable. Its structure and minimum contents are defined by Consob regulations, which also determine the manner and timing of its publication: within three months of the end of the first half-year, with mandatory public disclosure to ensure transparency of information to the market.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to numerical data, this document contains\u00a0<strong>qualitative analyses<\/strong>\u00a0explaining market trends, corporate strategies and major extraordinary transactions. It is, therefore, a technical document but also a communicative one, which transparently recounts the company&#8217;s choices and results.<\/p>\n<h2>Who writes semi-annual reports?<\/h2>\n<p>The obligation to prepare semi-annual reports applies to\u00a0<strong>companies listed<\/strong>\u00a0on regulated markets,\u00a0<strong>banks<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>insurance companies<\/strong>\u00a0and other entities supervised by authorities such as Consob or Banca d&#8217;Italia. However, even unlisted but structured companies, especially if they are invested in by funds or operate internationally, choose to draft it voluntarily for reasons of governance and financial credibility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parent companies of international groups<\/strong>\u00a0often have to prepare a consolidated semi-annual report, which includes the results of foreign subsidiaries. This entails additional complexities: gathering and aligning data from multiple jurisdictions, currency conversion, and standardization of accounting principles. In such cases, accuracy in editing and translation is essential.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Innovative start-ups<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>SMEs<\/strong>\u00a0accessing public or private funding may also have to produce an interim management report. 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