Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
écoulement
English translation:
selling off
Added to glossary by
Rebecca Elliott
Oct 27, 2008 08:36
16 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
écoulement
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Warehousing
Not sure how best to translate "écoulement" here. This is from a Logistics contract:
Ces prix ne sont pas modifiés par les flux tant que les moyens disponibles permettent leur écoulement.
Thank you
Ces prix ne sont pas modifiés par les flux tant que les moyens disponibles permettent leur écoulement.
Thank you
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | selling off |
Sébastien Ricciardi
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| 3 +1 | throughput |
rkillings
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| 4 | delivery |
234561
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Change log
Oct 27, 2008 18:06: Stéphanie Soudais (X) changed "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Transport / Transportation / Shipping"
Proposed translations
+2
5 mins
Sébastien Ricciardi
France
France
Native in French
France
Engineer w/ Physics MSc & Sports addict
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Swedish to French
Related KudoZ points
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11
Selected
selling off
¨GDT / Gestion
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-27 10:26:17 GMT)
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I confirm that "leur" definitely refer back to "les flux".
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-27 10:26:17 GMT)
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I confirm that "leur" definitely refer back to "les flux".
Note from asker:
| As far as I can tell, the "leur" does refer back to "les flux". The previous line, which is separate from this one, is: "Les prix seront revus pour la première fois courant juin 2009, pour application au 1er Août 2009." |
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Tony M
: But 'selling off' conveys something of the notion of 'brader', and I don't think that is intended here, where the usage seem to me to be a lot more neutral?
10 mins
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| neutral |
ormiston
: agree with Tony that all depends on what the flow is, nice continued metaphor in French but you can't sell off flows. Might be the idea of 'running through smoothly' but will need clarification
48 mins
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| neutral |
polyglot45
: I suspect "flux" here refers to quantities of products sold and that prices won't be affected by such volumes as long as there are enough resources to keep supplies flowing.
1 hr
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| agree |
adahjones
1 hr
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| agree |
Bourth (X)
: allow them to be sold/disposed of. I think there is a faint notion of "selling off", but maybe unintentional.
1 hr
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you"
+1
21 hrs
throughput
Prices do not vary with the (magnitude of the) flows so long as available resources can handle the throughput.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tony M
: Yes, that's the way I read it too. Could well be "prices will not vary with the volume, so long as the available resources can cope with throughput" (i.e. we don't need to invest in more plant to handle it)
6 days
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1 day 5 hrs
delivery
The problem is that écoulement has no direct translation in Engish. So a word is needed to express the idea of product movement from supplier to client. I proposes "delivery". The sentence would thus read: These prices are not changed in accordance with volumes as long as the available resources permit delivery.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Tony M
: But that leads to ambiguity, since it then sounds like "have lorry, can deliver"
5 days
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Discussion
politique commerciale d’écoulement (promotions, soldes spéciaux, retours fournisseurs) = commercial stock-turn policy (promotions, special reductions, supplier returns)
OR
prévisions d’écoulement = stock-turn forecasts