Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
compliquer nos propositions de prix
English translation:
vary our pricing structure
Added to glossary by
TesCor -
Apr 11, 2005 20:43
19 yrs ago
French term
compliquer nos propositions de prix
French to English
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Business/Commerce (general)
Document entitled "Resisting to Price Pressure: How to Sell a Higher Price":
one of the points is,
- Compliquer nos propositions de prix
a) faire des marges différentes par qualification, par durée de mission et par délai de paiement
b) faire des marges différentes pour les jours fériés non travaillés mais payés;
one of the points is,
- Compliquer nos propositions de prix
a) faire des marges différentes par qualification, par durée de mission et par délai de paiement
b) faire des marges différentes pour les jours fériés non travaillés mais payés;
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +3 | vary our pricing structure |
Charlie Bavington
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4 +4 | Complicate our pricing policy |
Connor
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5 +1 | Introduce pricing levels or levels of pricing.. |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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4 +1 | Itemize our proposals/quotations. |
A-C Robertson (X)
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4 | sophisticating our price offer |
cchat
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4 | decompose our price offers |
Chris_Ferrar (X)
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4 | make our proposals/quotations more elaborate |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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3 -1 | to complicate our price proposals |
Regina Guerra
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Proposed translations
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56 mins
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vary our pricing structure
No negative connotations, and the proposed variations are detailed immediately afterwards.
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Note added at 1 hr 3 mins (2005-04-11 21:46:10 GMT)
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or maybe \"introduce variation(s) into the pricing structure\" - no longer a flat rate per day, but charging more for public holidays etc.
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Note added at 1 hr 3 mins (2005-04-11 21:46:10 GMT)
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or maybe \"introduce variation(s) into the pricing structure\" - no longer a flat rate per day, but charging more for public holidays etc.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Charlie"
+4
5 mins
Complicate our pricing policy
one way
OR
Use a sophisticated pricing policy to...
OR
Use a sophisticated pricing policy to...
Peer comment(s):
agree |
cchat
: it took me longer to type it, but great minds think alike
2 mins
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agree |
Patrice
13 mins
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agree |
Regina Guerra
: I've also think in "price policy" and, honestly, I think your answer is the better one.
15 mins
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agree |
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
47 mins
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neutral |
Charlie Bavington
: Gotta say, not a big fan of "complicate" - it's usually negative. Sophisticated sounds a bit, well, poncy to me. All they mean is they're gonna vary their charges a bit more.... :-)
52 mins
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I agree with you - but the word is there in big black pixels, they really want to complicate matters to make their pricing work, they say 'faire...' twice. This is not about being nice, this is more "pull a fast one" language & 'compliquer' = 'complicate'
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-1
6 mins
to complicate our price proposals
to complicate our price proposals
7 mins
sophisticating our price offer
if you say complicating it sounds wrong; sophisticating sounds good.
Peer comment(s):
neutral |
Connor
: I'm not a grammar fan, but 'sophisticating' sounds well dodgy!!
6 mins
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neutral |
Charlie Bavington
: I'm with Connor on the dodginess issue :-)
54 mins
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8 mins
decompose our price offers
"Compliquer" here has the not-often-used meaning of seperating the price offers into different parts. I chose to translate with "decompose" to keep the meaning of multiple parts but I am sure you can find an other word meaning "seperation into different components"
+1
29 mins
Itemize our proposals/quotations.
I thought this could be helpful :)
http://www.fastforwardclub.com/Articles/Business/A-Way-Of-Se...
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Note added at 31 mins (2005-04-11 21:14:54 GMT)
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\"Complicate\" and \"decompose\" are quite negative in connotation. This is to encourage the maintenance of a high standard in price and to offer some suggestions as to how to execute it, such as itemizing in detail.
http://www.fastforwardclub.com/Articles/Business/A-Way-Of-Se...
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Note added at 31 mins (2005-04-11 21:14:54 GMT)
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\"Complicate\" and \"decompose\" are quite negative in connotation. This is to encourage the maintenance of a high standard in price and to offer some suggestions as to how to execute it, such as itemizing in detail.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Kate Hudson (X)
6 mins
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neutral |
Charlie Bavington
: think there's a bit more to it than just itemising estimates. They mean actually charge differently for different things (implication being one price fits all at the moment)
31 mins
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+1
1 hr
Introduce pricing levels or levels of pricing..
Teresa..are you editing this? The title is in bad English. For example, you don't sell a price in English...you sell at a price..so....
This for consultants, right>
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Note added at 1 hr 33 mins (2005-04-11 22:16:05 GMT)
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as in: ... This 90-minute presentation will introduce the concept of managing production,
... As pricing levels and fundamental information are revealed in stages, ...
www.ilfb.org/viewdriveline.asp?dlid=95 - 37k - Cached - Similar pages
or
Introduce differentiated pricing....
This for consultants, right>
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Note added at 1 hr 33 mins (2005-04-11 22:16:05 GMT)
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as in: ... This 90-minute presentation will introduce the concept of managing production,
... As pricing levels and fundamental information are revealed in stages, ...
www.ilfb.org/viewdriveline.asp?dlid=95 - 37k - Cached - Similar pages
or
Introduce differentiated pricing....
9 hrs
make our proposals/quotations more elaborate
in that sense
further refine
further refine
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Resisting Price Pressure: How to Sell at a Higher Price