Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
activité réduite
English translation:
a business reduced to the activity of royalty collection
Added to glossary by
Enza Longo
Jan 16, 2005 14:34
19 yrs ago
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French term
Canada
activité réduite
French to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Ce travail sur la cessation d'activité a conduit XXX(person's name) a évoquer l'hypothèse d'une activité réduite à la perception e royautés.
Minutes of the meeting regarding cessation of business activities.
Minutes of the meeting regarding cessation of business activities.
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Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
activit� r�duite
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a business reduced to the activity of royalty collection
collection - a different sort of perception ;-)
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GILLES MEUNIER
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writeaway
: ah, false friends, even on Sunday!
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Neil Allen
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Charlie Bavington
: or possibly "a business consisting solely of the collection of royalties" - sounds a bit more "English" to me, altho I agree entirely with your interpretation of the meaning.....
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df49f (X)
: yes, reduced down to, restricted to, limited solely to collecting royalties
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Assimina Vavoula
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Terry Moran
: Simplest and best.
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French term (edited):
activit� r�duite
reduced activity regarding the collection of royalties
or...........hypothesized that there has been a slowdown in the collection of royalties
Peer comment(s):
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Michel A.
: I think it's a mistranslation of "réduit à" which means limited / reduced TO
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Veronique Domaratsky-Dujardin
: ok: activity reduced to collecting royalties.
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French term (edited):
activit� r�duite
reduced activity
but what is really meant is REDUCED INFLOW of royalties
Peer comment(s):
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Michel A.
: I think it's a mistranslation of "réduit à" which means limited / reduced TO
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Johanne Bouthillier
: OK, limited activity possible since royalties collected
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French term (edited):
activit� r�duite
The hypothesis evoked by xxx is to reduce / limit the business to royalties perception
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and therefore limit the costs in terms of structure, wages....whatsoever..
because collecting royalties is a very low cost activity
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and therefore limit the costs in terms of structure, wages....whatsoever..
because collecting royalties is a very low cost activity
Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
: you fell for a false friend-see that you noticed your error :-)
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You're absolutely right, but the Q was about 'activité réduite' and I think I gave the right answer after 9 minutes :-)))
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Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
: perception is a huge faux ami...hypothesis evoked in not used in English like that
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ok, it does not change the fact that my interpretation (later on backed by Connor's and the comments he got) is the right one and, sorry Jane, but you missed the meaning of the French sentence
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French term (edited):
activit� r�duite
bring up his/her assumption [to the x and y] that business activity was down.
it means reduced or lower business activity but it can't be translated like that in the context
This person voiced his/her assumption to the tax authority and royalty [payer? some entity, don't know] that the volume of business was low..
another way
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OK AFTER YOUR correction ENZA:
VCe travail sur la cessation d\'activité a conduit XXX(person\'s name) a évoquer l\'hypothèse d\'une activité réduite à la perception e royautés....
to bring up the assumption that business activity HAD BEEN REDUCED TO processing royalty payments.
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FINAL: .....X said that he ASSUMED that business activity had been reduced to processing royalty payment....
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ENZA
when X evoque l\'hypothese..it seems to me he is REFERRING to some other company....
it\'s not to evoke a hypothesis....
EXAMPLE: J\'ai evoque l\'hypothese que les enfants avaient x:
I BROUGHT UP THE IDEA THAT THE CHILDREN MIGHT HAVE...
NOT I evoked the assumption...see? :)
see?
FINAL: The winding down of the business led Mr. LALALA to bring up the idea that the business might have been reduced to royalty collection.
This person voiced his/her assumption to the tax authority and royalty [payer? some entity, don't know] that the volume of business was low..
another way
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Note added at 36 mins (2005-01-16 15:10:45 GMT)
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OK AFTER YOUR correction ENZA:
VCe travail sur la cessation d\'activité a conduit XXX(person\'s name) a évoquer l\'hypothèse d\'une activité réduite à la perception e royautés....
to bring up the assumption that business activity HAD BEEN REDUCED TO processing royalty payments.
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Note added at 38 mins (2005-01-16 15:12:38 GMT)
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FINAL: .....X said that he ASSUMED that business activity had been reduced to processing royalty payment....
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Note added at 46 mins (2005-01-16 15:20:29 GMT)
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ENZA
when X evoque l\'hypothese..it seems to me he is REFERRING to some other company....
it\'s not to evoke a hypothesis....
EXAMPLE: J\'ai evoque l\'hypothese que les enfants avaient x:
I BROUGHT UP THE IDEA THAT THE CHILDREN MIGHT HAVE...
NOT I evoked the assumption...see? :)
see?
FINAL: The winding down of the business led Mr. LALALA to bring up the idea that the business might have been reduced to royalty collection.
Peer comment(s):
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Michel A.
: I think it's a mistranslation of "réduit à" which means limited / reduced TO
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Je sais Michel mais il y avait PERCEPTION et avec la FAUTE on ne pouvait pas s'en rendre compte!
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