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moyens de contrôle

English translation: means for monitoring

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French term or phrase:moyens de contrôle
English translation:means for monitoring
Entered by: helena barham

06:18 Feb 1, 2009
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
French term or phrase: moyens de contrôle
nouveaux moyens de contrôle du respect des délais de paiement
helena barham
France
Local time: 16:13
means for monitoring
Explanation:
bew means for monitoring payment times.
It's not possible to "control" payment times, so here you need monitor.
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Rod Nelson
Canada
Local time: 07:13
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2means for monitoring
Rod Nelson
4 +1means of control/controlling
Rebecca Davis
4 +1means of monitoring
B D Finch
4 +1means of checking
Bourth (X)
4New CONTROL MEANS.....
memonic
4new methods of control for monitoring
lundy
3 +1follow-up (or even tracking) means, resources...
cjohnstone
3 +1(new) ways of monitoring
Clayton Causey


Discussion entries: 1





  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
New CONTROL MEANS.....


Explanation:
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memonic
Mexico
Local time: 08:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: faux ami in the case.
2 hrs
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
means for monitoring


Explanation:
bew means for monitoring payment times.
It's not possible to "control" payment times, so here you need monitor.

Rod Nelson
Canada
Local time: 07:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 6
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yasdnil1: agree - controle has both meanings in Fr and here is more like "suivi"
25 mins
agree  Anthony Lines (X)
2 hrs
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
means of control/controlling


Explanation:
One of these should work, depending on the context

Rebecca Davis
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 109

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bashiqa
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
new methods of control for monitoring


Explanation:
I prefer the word "methods" here - I don't think it's too much to have both "control" and "monitoring". As the attached link illustrates, "methods of control" (heading half-way down the page) is a notion which comprises many aspects


    Reference: http://www.tpub.com/content/advancement/14148/css/14148_59.h...
lundy
France
Local time: 16:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: That sort of "control" is, I think, really "maîtrise".
1 day 4 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
means of monitoring


Explanation:
Perhaps the difference between "of" and "for" may seem slight, however I think that it does make a difference.


B D Finch
France
Local time: 16:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 308

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aude Sylvain
7 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
follow-up (or even tracking) means, resources...


Explanation:
of course anything but control... depends in the language level and location required... hopefully a clue

cjohnstone
France
Local time: 16:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 63

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rkillings: new means of tracking timeliness of payments
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
means of checking


Explanation:
compliance with ...



Bourth (X)
Local time: 16:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 377

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sandra & Kenneth Grossman: Verifying compliance with..
30 mins
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(new) ways of monitoring


Explanation:
New ways of montoring the timeliness of payments.

Clayton Causey
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jennifer White: I'd use this.
2 hrs
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