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Post Graduate Diploma in Translation Studies
 
423.11.5  : BANKING DOCUMENTS
 
     In this section, we will only take a close look at each of the main banking documents and discuss, through questions and exercises as to how to render them into an official language of India.
 
423.11.5.1  : BANKING DRAFTS
 
     Let us consider the nature of a Bank Draft first, and then try and answer the questions given later:
 
A Bank Draft is an order to pay money drawn by an office of a Bank upon another officer of the same Bank for a sum of money payable to order on demand.
 
It must be -
 
  1)

a conditional order

  2)

by one branch to the other branch

  3) order of a certain amount
  4)

payable to order

 
A.  MONOLINGUAL SPECIMEN OF A BANK DRAFT
 
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The Bank of Rajasthan limited
University Branch
Bapurnagar, Jaipur

 
No. B. 940410
29 th May 1994

 

   
  On demand pay to Commerce Ltd.
Bombay or order a sum of rupees
One hundred only value received
   
   
  To

            The Bank of Rajasthan Ltd - Rs. 100 /-

 
  Bombay - 2  
     
  Not over Rs 100/-

For the Bank of

      Rajasthan Ltd.
       Manager.
 
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