French term
état de l'art
"La particularité du projet réside dans le fait qu'il est basé sur le logiciel Open Source Linux et disponible gratuitement, à la différence de nombre de solutions existantes. Ainsi, dans le cadre de son soutien, Company X permettra également la réalisation d'une étude de marché préalable pour définir exactement l'état de l'art."
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Proposed translations
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BA(Hons) FITI MCIL CL ISO 17100:2015
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
the state of the art
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Enza Longo
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Thanks, Enza
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Terry Richards
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Thanks, Terry
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Emma Paulay
: Sorry Vicky, you posted while I was searching for refs.
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Thanks, Emma
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Mohamed Mehenoun
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Thanks, Mohamed
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rkillings
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Thanks :-)
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narasimha (X)
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Thanks :-)
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Arnold T.
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state of the art
They are conducting a survey to determine the state of the art in this field.
Reactive, reliable, win/win service
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French
best common practice
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Victoria/Emma: I don't think it means "state-of-the-art" which I would translate as "de pointe"... it means what sort of solutions are generally adopted in the field and how would they apply to this particular OS (I think!)
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As Victoria's Wiki link suggests also...
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I mean Emma's!! Time to get back to the job in hand :o
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Philippa Smith
: I agree, definitely not state of the art
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Jennifer Levey
: I agree it's best to avoid 'state ot the art', but I would suggest 'best *current* practice' in this context (what's 'best' is most likely not 'common').
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you're absolutely right.
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christian landais
: Exactly, plus I would use 'state ot the art' as an isolated locution as it appears in the post
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Mohamed Mehenoun
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the lie of the land
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Or just "the current situation", maybe
France
poor sources do not help smart targets
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English, English to French
standard practice
This should read "les tas de lards" on line with what such writers really are.
You have to pay to get out of going through all these things twice (Bob Dylan)
the big picture
current practices and emerging technologies
This is just an example from a professional context.
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