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en commission

05:16 Jun 10, 2019
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French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Online site sales
French term or phrase: en commission
The sentence is:
Lorsque nous vous informerons d’une nouvelle commande, vous enverrez votre XXX en commission chez Company Y frais de livraison compris.
Stephen Rifkind
Israel
Local time: 09:22


Summary of answers provided
1on commission
Tony M
Summary of reference entries provided
to complete the transaction or upon instruction?
Julie Barber

Discussion entries: 8





  

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on commission


Explanation:
It sounds like the sales arrangement here might be 'on commission' — even though this would not normally be the correct way of expressing that in FR!
Is there any doubt as to the provenance or quality of the FR in this source text?

Tony M
France
Local time: 08:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 571

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: thought it had to be this but seeing further context "on spec" or "on approval" might be intended?//Yes, sorry I voted it non-Pro as it's not clear.
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Yvonne! As more and more context leaks out, that does seem to be increasingly likely!
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Reference comments


1 day 3 hrs
Reference: to complete the transaction or upon instruction?

Reference information:
Two different suggestions but I think that it relates to "faire la commission"....years ago I used to have a very old guy come to the door in Toulouse who was a rent collector and he also used to say "je fais la commission" (or rather la commissionG in Toulouse hee hee) and I always understood it to mean that he would complete the "job" - pass on the money etc). Here are some examples of the meaning

Faire la commission
Mandat, charge que l'on donne à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose.
Donner commission à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose, lui donner une commission, le charger de quelque commission.
Exécuter, remplir une commission.
S'acquitter de sa commission.
Outrepasser sa commission.
Il a reçu commission d'aller en tel lieu.https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/commission

Julie Barber
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 166
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