Accounting students find themselves lost in translation

ACCOUNTING was the flavour of the afternoon for the Leaving Cert and presented more than a few posers for the higher level students, especially those in all-Irish schools.

In one poser, if you looked at the paper in Irish, there was a reference to a debit balance which became lost in translation and appeared as a credit balance in the paper in English.

Another question differed between the languages and showed a numerical balance sheet discrepancy being €260 on one paper and €269 on the other, depending on whether you answered in Irish or English.