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casquette de demande

13:04 Nov 2, 2009
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French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Systems, Networks / maintenance
French term or phrase: casquette de demande
A manager sings the praises of a maintenance provider for logistics hardware: "pas d'ouverture de ticket, pas d'attente, pas de casquette de demande". I am guessing "(no) triage of requests", but I freely admit I am guessing! Any other ideas?
David BUICK
Local time: 10:22


Summary of answers provided
4 +1cap on questions
Stephanie Ezrol


Discussion entries: 4





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cap on questions


Explanation:
As in there is no cap on questons, or no limit on the number of questions you are allowed to ask.

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-02 14:56:43 GMT)
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I agree that it is not the usual way of saying this in French, but the author may be trying to be cute or innovative. It is a playful sentence, expressing happiness in finding something quite unusual in a service provider.

Example sentence(s):
  • but the proposed crackdown on excessive payouts so far falls short of European demands after the U.S. and Britain shied away from imposing a cap.
  • A CRL survey published today finds high levels of support for an annual interest rate cap on consumer loans of no higher than 36 percent. Three out of four Americans with an opinion think that Congress should cap interest rates at some level, and 72 perce

    Reference: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32700836/ns/business-world_busin...
    Reference: http://www.responsiblelending.org/media-center/press-release...
Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 04:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: that kind of cap would be "plafonnement" in French...

Asker: Thanks for your and everyone else's help. The end client has not got back to me and I'm not fully convinced by any of the suggestions - particularly as none of us appear to be native French speakers - so I haven't graded.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Travelin Ann: perhaps - as "unlimited support" or "no limits on support"
1 hr
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