Correspondants techniques et fonctionnels

English translation: technical and operational associates/correspondents

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French term or phrase:Correspondants techniques et fonctionnels
English translation:technical and operational associates/correspondents
Entered by: Catharine Cellier-Smart

14:13 May 7, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Education / Pedagogy / plan assurance qualité/ logiciel
French term or phrase: Correspondants techniques et fonctionnels
– Un directeur de projet ayant des compétences de manager. Il pourra : - – Remonter les informations des correspondants techniques et fonctionnels de manière centralisée à la companie x
johaina
Local time: 09:37
technical and operational associates/correspondents
Explanation:
Not 100% sure that 'correspondent' is the best word here but it could be a possibility. There are no google references for "technical and operational correspondents".

Functional in this context (quality control) means someone who is operational not literally functional.

" Planning, organisation and execution of systems and equipment related training for Company technical and operational associates."
http://www.hrg.ru/materials.asp?id=3&lng=eng&id_material=328

"Planning, organisation and execution of systems and equipment
related training for technical and operational associates".
http://www.findjobs4you.com/Vacancy/VacancyView10307.aspx

"technical and operational associates"
http://www.consultdc.com/home.html

"Would the contracted foreign technical and operational associate be considered as a consortium member?"
www.ictregulationtoolkit.org/En/Document.3407.pdf

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Catharine Cellier-Smart
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1technical and operational associates/correspondents
Catharine Cellier-Smart
4technical and functional correspondents
imatahan
4technical and functional advisers / consultants / specialists / experts
Chris Hall
3technical and functioning correspondents
solejnicz
4 -2technical and functional correspondence
stevencaller


Discussion entries: 4





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
technical and functional correspondence


Explanation:
technical and functional correspondence

stevencaller
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Martha Melter: see discussion entry
46 mins

disagree  Chris Hall: Not "corrspondence", these are people as Martha has rightly suggested in the discussion entry.
1 hr

neutral  Françoise Vogel: with Martha
1 hr
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
technical and functioning correspondents


Explanation:
"Correspondants" refers to persons and is therefore usually translated as "correspondents", not "correspondence". However, I'm not sure if "fonctionnel" should be translatedhere as "functional", because "functional correspondent" seems to be used in other contexts.

solejnicz
Netherlands
Local time: 10:37
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: what is a functioning correspondent???
20 hrs
  -> I think it can mean all sorts of things, just as "fonctionnel" in the source text.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
technical and functional correspondents


Explanation:
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The technical correspondent's mail
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de RJ Vander Wal - 1951
are postmarks on mail forwarded to the technical correspondent of the American ... THE scope of the technical correspondent's mail shows clearly that our ...
www.springerlink.com/index/V6456057P7302560.pdf

imatahan
Brazil
Local time: 06:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Catharine Cellier-Smart: your reference seems to refer to correspondent in a journalistic context and not quality control
6 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
correspondants techniques et fonctionnels
technical and functional advisers / consultants / specialists / experts


Explanation:
Un directeur de projet ayant des compétences de manager. Il pourra : -- Remonter les informations des correspondants techniques et fonctionnels de manière centralisée à la companie X
=
A project manager with some managerial skills. He / she will be able: -- Forward the information from the technical and functional advisers / consultants / specialists / experts in a centralised manner to company X.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-05-08 00:14:04 GMT)
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I would definitely NOT translate "correspondants" (FR) as "correspondents" (EN) here.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-05-08 00:14:46 GMT)
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He / she will be able: -- To forward the information from the technical and functional advisers / consultants / specialists / experts in a centralised manner to company X.


Chris Hall
Local time: 09:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Correspondants techniques et fonctionnels
technical and operational associates/correspondents


Explanation:
Not 100% sure that 'correspondent' is the best word here but it could be a possibility. There are no google references for "technical and operational correspondents".

Functional in this context (quality control) means someone who is operational not literally functional.

" Planning, organisation and execution of systems and equipment related training for Company technical and operational associates."
http://www.hrg.ru/materials.asp?id=3&lng=eng&id_material=328

"Planning, organisation and execution of systems and equipment
related training for technical and operational associates".
http://www.findjobs4you.com/Vacancy/VacancyView10307.aspx

"technical and operational associates"
http://www.consultdc.com/home.html

"Would the contracted foreign technical and operational associate be considered as a consortium member?"
www.ictregulationtoolkit.org/En/Document.3407.pdf



Catharine Cellier-Smart
Reunion
Local time: 13:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 54
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jennifer White
9 hrs
  -> thank you Jennifer
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