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mettre en face

English translation: to be seen/considered in light of

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:être mis en face de
English translation:to be seen/considered in light of
Entered by: katieker

10:44 Feb 10, 2004
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
French term or phrase: mettre en face
"Les coûts engendrés doivent être mis en face des économies généralement attendues de ces nouvelles structures"
katieker
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:36
must be seen in light of...
Explanation:
The costs are justified in advance because of the money they'll save with the new structures.

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Note added at 16 mins (2004-02-10 11:01:18 GMT)
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You could also use : will be absorbed by
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Guy Demers (X)
Grading comment
Thanks for your help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4must be seen in light of...
Guy Demers (X)
4 +1compared with/set against
CMJ_Trans (X)
5must be aligned with or be the same as or jive with
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
4faced with
cheungmo


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
faced with


Explanation:
Something like: the cost that arise must be faced with the savings these new structures are expected to generate


cheungmo
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
must be seen in light of...


Explanation:
The costs are justified in advance because of the money they'll save with the new structures.

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Note added at 16 mins (2004-02-10 11:01:18 GMT)
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You could also use : will be absorbed by

Guy Demers (X)
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thanks for your help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sarahl (X): excellent !
1 min
agree  LilyBart: or maybe "be considered in light of". I think "absorbed by" is too strong of an interpretation.
32 mins
agree  moya: agree with Elaine
2 hrs
agree  enesonia: with must be seen in light of
3 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
compared with/set against


Explanation:
the costs incurred should be set against the savings generally to be expected from...

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Note added at 2004-02-10 11:15:07 (GMT)
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JUDGED IN RELATION TO

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 17:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 425

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Abdellatif Bouhid: compared with
4 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
must be aligned with or be the same as or jive with


Explanation:
Costs [......] Savings Expected....

that is aligning in my opinion.....\\

In English,costs are said to be aligned or in alignment with this or that ..

It means the costs must be looked at in terms of the expected savings

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Note added at 7 hrs 40 mins (2004-02-10 18:25:21 GMT)
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as in this example:


[PDF] REALIZING LOWER TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP BY OBTAINING CRM SOFTWARE ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Your browser may not have a PDF reader available. Google recommends visiting our text version of this document.
... No maintenance, no infrastructure building, no complex license matters! - Convert
investments into operational costs. Align costs with savings. - Freedom! ...
www.crm-resultants.nl/ files/LOWERING_TCO_FOR_CRM_THROUGH_ASP.pdf - Similar pages



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Note added at 7 hrs 40 mins (2004-02-10 18:25:27 GMT)
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as in this example:


[PDF] REALIZING LOWER TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP BY OBTAINING CRM SOFTWARE ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Your browser may not have a PDF reader available. Google recommends visiting our text version of this document.
... No maintenance, no infrastructure building, no complex license matters! - Convert
investments into operational costs. Align costs with savings. - Freedom! ...
www.crm-resultants.nl/ files/LOWERING_TCO_FOR_CRM_THROUGH_ASP.pdf - Similar pages



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Note added at 7 hrs 52 mins (2004-02-10 18:37:04 GMT)
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Les coûts engendrés doivent être mis en face des économies généralement attendues de ces nouvelles structures

The ensuing costs must be aligned with the savings that are generally expected from these new structures...

cheers

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 441
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