Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

placement machines

English translation:

machine placements

Added to glossary by Steven Geller
Feb 1, 2002 15:47
22 yrs ago
French term

placement machines

French to English Other
I am not sure what exactly is meant by this sentence..Pour relancer notre développement opérationnel sur nos placements machines, nous proposerons une offre globale constituée de deux gammes machines

Proposed translations

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machine placements

HTH
Peer comment(s):

agree Meri Buettner : and you don't think "placement"(see Ménard English word placement) means investment? Open a dictionary.
5 mins
This has to do with placing machines, like vending machines. You are too attached to your dictionaries.
agree Linda Young (X) : I think Steven has caught the vibe on this one
1 hr
agree Eva Blanar : placement can mean many different things and this suggestion really makes sense, but I am not completely sure (see my own proposed answer).
1 day 3 hrs
agree USER0034 (X) : if this has to do with vending machines, then machine locations would also be sppropriate
1 day 6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks."
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17 mins

machine expenditures/investments

placements machines is just = our machine investments (as in placements financières, meaning the type of investment)

investment = An expenditure to acquire an asset that is expected to yield future revenue or service.

placement = Affectation d'une somme d'argent à l'achat de valeurs mobilières ou immobilières. Termium

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Note added at 2002-02-01 17:31:31 (GMT)
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as Steven mentions, the case may be about placing machines with clients but ***placement is usually about people, not machines
\"placing\" is better (placing of machines) and much clearer (only my opinion)

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Note added at 2002-02-01 17:37:32 (GMT)
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deployment, rollout (buzz word for implementation) or just simply *machine orders*

I imagine \"placement\" could be used...but the meaning can be confused with \"investment\" or \"expenditure\"
Peer comment(s):

disagree Steven Geller : it has nothing to do with investments
41 mins
oh really ? You can invest in a washing machine or a computer - mes placements machines/informatiques à moi sont les ordinateurs que j'ai acheté ou me suis procuré
disagree USER0034 (X) : totally disagree, Steven is right, this context has to do with distribution /sales not investments
2 hrs
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+1
2 hrs

machine distribution/sales

is more appropriate .... the first part says "to boost ...operations...the sentence goes on to say they will offer two product lines..it's logical they are talking about selling their product (machines) and not talking about investing in (buying) new ones
I would translate as such:

To boost the development of our machine distribution operations,we will make a comprehensive offer consisting of two product lines.
Peer comment(s):

agree Meri Buettner : very clear (though I originally thought that they were talking about the machines they already had - not new ones)
21 mins
disagree Steven Geller : the machines are not sold--they are "placed", and customarily the owner of the machine (vending machine company) pays a commission to the owner of the property.
8 hrs
You might not have noticed that i proposed a translation of the complete sentence where i used distribution and not sales..but you're comment to my answer leaves me wondering where in the context you saw anything about vending machines?
agree Guy Bray
9 hrs
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1 day 4 hrs

distribution machines

Basically, I agree with Steven, but I think the sentence is about the equipment, not about the action to select a location. (I know the word order is strange, but it occurs in professional slang, doesn't it?)
Peer comment(s):

disagree USER0034 (X) : a distribution (vending) machine is called a "machine distributrice" in French
3 hrs
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