Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
maintien des délais de livraisons du carnet de commande
English translation:
respecting order-book delivery deadlines
French term
Canada
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Native in: French 
Works in: French to English, English to French
maintien des délais de livraisons du carnet de commande
| 4 +5 | respecting order-book delivery deadlines |
Tony M
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| 4 +3 | adherence to the delivery periods on the order book |
Francois Boye
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| 3 | Keeping up with the order form delivery dates. |
Andrew Bramhall
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Jan 11, 2016 11:18: Jennifer White changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): David Hayes, GILLES MEUNIER, Jennifer White
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Proposed translations
respecting order-book delivery deadlines
délai de livraison = delivery deadline
maintien = keeping to — but I feel 'respecting' would be better here in EN.
UNLESS of course it meant deliberately keeping those deadlines long — for example, if this was telling sales staff to refrain from offering impossibly fast lead-times. Possible, bot nut I think likely!
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Note added at 11 heures (2016-01-11 08:25:59 GMT)
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Luckily for your list of nouns in EN, we have the gerund!
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Andrew Bramhall
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Thanks, Oliver!
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Susan McDonald
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Thanks, Susan!
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Jennifer White
: ...and yes, this IS a gerund (verbal noun).
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Thanks, Jennifer! Absolutely!
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philgoddard
: This isn't a gerund, so it doesn't fit the asker's context.
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Thanks, Phil! I don't see on what basis you can claim 'respecting' is not a gerund as I have used it here?
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Daryo
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Merci, Daryo !
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B D Finch
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Thanks, B! :-)
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Francois Boye
: In French, a 'délai de livraison' is not exactly the same as a 'date butoir de livraison"
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That's precisely why I didn't use the word 'date' in my translation! It might well be 'within 3 weeks' etc. But in any event 'deadline' is very often the best translation for 'délai de ... (livraison etc.)'; others are sometimes 'turnround' / 'lead-time'.
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Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Keeping up with the order form delivery dates.
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Tony M
: And why order form? A 'carnet de commandes' is an order book
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Sorry, Tony, yes, you're right;
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An economic geek with social skills
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
adherence to the delivery periods on the order book
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OlivierBenhamou
: tool long for a bullet point, no? ;)
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Thanks!
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Charles Davis
: "Delivery dates" is better, in my opinion, but "adherence" is good and "order book" is strictly more accurate. I don't understand Olivier's comment; this is not significantly longer than the others.
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Thanks, Charles!
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Andrew Bramhall
: I don'rt understand Olivier's comment either, but for a different reason; why did he give an agree? Ditto to the agree to Phil's answer above.
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philgoddard
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Thanks, Phil!
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Discussion
gerund - definition and examples of gerunds in English ...
http://grammar.about.com/od/fh/g/gerundterm.htm
A gerund is a verbal that ends in "-ing" and functions in a sentence as a noun.
There really is no problem at all about using an -ing form in a list of otherwise nouns, we see it all the time all over the place, and it does not stand out unduly or impede reading.
The trouble is, FR very often uses lists of noun forms where in fact a form using a verb would be more natural / idiomatic in EN. Depending on the other items in the list, and the way it is presented, converting ALL the other nouns to verbal forms might well be the best overall solution — and probably save a great many 'of's!
"Respecting women is something that ought to be taught to all boys from the earliest age."
Here the test for a gerund is if it means 'the action of doing the verb'.
Cf. "Respecting his wife, he would open doors for her." — that is a present participle!