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affinés

English translation: refined

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French term or phrase:affinés
English translation:refined
Entered by: EirTranslations

08:36 Apr 18, 2016
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / minutes of meeting
French term or phrase: affinés
devront être affinés et formalises

Pls see below thanks

Monsieur xxx indique que le Comité des nominations et des rémunérations a débattu des objectifs individuels 2016 proposés pour Monsieur xxx et Madame xxx.
Il est convenu à l’issue des débats que ces objectifs devront être affinés et formalisés.
EirTranslations
Ireland
Local time: 01:17
refined
Explanation:
bakercommunications.com/.../performance-management-personal-trainin...
A manager is essentially a personal trainer for their team. ... However, all goals must be refined to make sure they are clear, reasonable and ...

midastechnologies.ie/projectmanagement/Develop project plans and goals within refined budgets. Organise and manage all phases of the projects to ensure on-time completion.
Selected response from:

B D Finch
France
Local time: 02:17
Grading comment
thx
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6refined
B D Finch
4 +1fine tuned
Daryo
3 +1(more) clearly defined
katsy
3 +1elaborated (upon)
Verginia Ophof
3well-honed
Adrian MM. (X)


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(more) clearly defined


Explanation:
http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/affiner
Défintion C

katsy
Local time: 02:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 13

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Gallagy :-)
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
elaborated (upon)


Explanation:
elaborated upon and formalized

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 18:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chakib Roula: Pretty coherent.
35 mins
  -> Thank you Chakib !
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
refined


Explanation:
bakercommunications.com/.../performance-management-personal-trainin...
A manager is essentially a personal trainer for their team. ... However, all goals must be refined to make sure they are clear, reasonable and ...

midastechnologies.ie/projectmanagement/Develop project plans and goals within refined budgets. Organise and manage all phases of the projects to ensure on-time completion.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 02:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 308
Grading comment
thx

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Catharine Cellier-Smart
40 mins
  -> Thanks Catharine
agree  Jennifer White
1 hr
  -> Thanks Jennifer
agree  James A. Walsh
2 hrs
  -> Thanks James
agree  writeaway: confirmed by standard Fr-En dictionaries
2 hrs
  -> Thanks writeaway
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Gallagy
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin: or 'more clearly defined' as Katsy wrote ...
5 hrs
  -> Thanks. I don't think so, "refined" includes not just clarity of definition, but also clarity and adequacy of concept.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fine tuned


Explanation:
these objectives need to be fine tuned

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 166

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edgar Bettridge: I think this is much better than refined (manners/sugar/oil, but not meeting goals) - finessed also a poss
2 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
well-honed


Explanation:
And, no Wrong-Away, I cannot narrow down the web ref. to a single one, as there are many other ProZ answers.

I like the other suggestions above, but I'm unsure of the collocations with objectives, as opposed to targets - alas, the 'wrong side's' shots being on goal-target at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

Example sentence(s):
  • At times, we have omitted crucial and difficult-to-define objectives in favor of the unimportant. ... absolute necessity for thorough study and well-honed objectives.

    Reference: http://www.proz.com/?sp=asearch&term=affiner&from=fra&to=eng...
Adrian MM. (X)
Local time: 02:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 60

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jennifer White: Normally used to describe skills, and digs at colleagues are not amusing./Not nice. Who says they are? I think this is plain rudeness./Your ref. proves my point.
1 day 18 hrs
  -> They have a GSOH though I,for one, resent being labelled 'someone': http://www.proz.com/kudoz/italian_to_english/law_general/609...
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