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BRI (BCS)
Feb 29, 2012 07:16
12 yrs ago
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French term

date haute...date basse

French to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Police Report
I am translating a police report. I have a table with all pertinent information, beginning with 'the facts' then the description of the offence, then underneath that:

'Date haute: 13/02/XXXX' and then "date basse: 01/02/XXXX'

I cant find this anywhere, I guessed start date and end date? But is it referring to the start and end dates of the case?
Proposed translations (English)
3 start date..end date
1 latest... earliest
Change log

Feb 29, 2012 08:15: writeaway changed "Field" from "Bus/Financial" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Law (general)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"

Discussion

Carol Rush (asker) Feb 29, 2012:
@Colin - thanks for this input. It does help. I have gone with 'Start date' and 'End date' as in 'the start of when the offence may have been committed' and the "end of when the offence may have been committed'
Alison Sparks (X) Feb 29, 2012:
Wierd normally in French, where time is concerned, "basse" means most recent, and "haute" further back, but that doesn't work here does it. As in "le bas moyen age" or "remonter plus haut dans le temps".
Colin Morley (X) Feb 29, 2012:
Not quite such a wild guess But a guess nonetheless. As a former police officer, when evidence was obtained of a crime/offence and the date could not be accurately specified, the charge was "between dd/mm/yyyy and dd/mm/yyyy where the date before the offence could have been committed and the date after committed could be proven. Hope this may help.
Carol Rush (asker) Feb 29, 2012:
Yes, same year. I dont know what it is the start and end of, this is what I am asking. There is no other context so it is quite confusing.
mimi 254 Feb 29, 2012:
just a wild guess date the offence was committed = date basse????
current date/date the report is drawn = date haute????
with w/w : is xxxx referring to the same year?
writeaway Feb 29, 2012:
start date and end date of what? are they both referring to the same year? (xxxx)?
Carol Rush (asker) Feb 29, 2012:
I don't really have more context. It's in a table, type of offence, location, date. That's all I have.
writeaway Feb 29, 2012:
not enough context your guess is as good as ours, without more context. seeing the actual (surrounding) context should make it clear.

Proposed translations

3 hrs

latest... earliest

or
earliest/latest - depending on the context.

Your context is counter-intuitive because date haute usually corrresponds to the earlier date, and the natural order would be earliest/latest rather than vice-versa, but your actual dates seem to indicate latest/earliest.
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4 hrs

start date..end date

As in my discussion entry, between.... and ....
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