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le taux de rentabilité d'exploitation ou son montant

French translation: le taux de rentabilité d'exploitation

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English term or phrase:operating margin
French translation:le taux de rentabilité d'exploitation
Entered by: ILA

12:48 Dec 11, 2001
English to French translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial
English term or phrase: le taux de rentabilité d'exploitation ou son montant
business
ILA
Local time: 20:52
operating margin or operating profit
Explanation:
Hi ILA,

operating margin is a ratio, "un taux"
operating profit is an amount, "un montant"

Those are the terms used in corporate finance

I hope it helps
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JH Trads
United States
Local time: 15:52
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1operating margin or operating profit
JH Trads
5operating margin or operating profit
JH Trads
4operations' profitability rate or figure
Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
4the level of operating profits or their amount
mckinnc
4operation's yield or its amount
Jean-Paul Salaün (X)
4The return on operation or its amount
Sylvie Barnet


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
operations' profitability rate or figure


Explanation:
...exp with similar documents.

Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
Canada
Local time: 15:52
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 1162

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jacqueline McKay (X)
22 hrs
  -> tks
disagree  Eva Blanar: this is a margin and an amount
8 days
  -> the margin is the rate and its amount is the figure. I think this is proper english.
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the level of operating profits or their amount


Explanation:
I think its better to vaoid profitability because what follows wouldn't sound right

mckinnc
Local time: 21:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Eva Blanar: I would keep the term operating, because there are other margins as well
8 days
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
operation's yield or its amount


Explanation:
taux de rentabilié ou taux de rendement =yield

Jean-Paul Salaün (X)
Canada
Local time: 15:52
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The return on operation or its amount


Explanation:
taux de rentabilite=rate of return, return
exploitation=operation
taux de rentabilite d'exploitation=return on operation


    Routledge Dictionary of Business, Commerce and Finance
Sylvie Barnet
United States
Local time: 15:52
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
operating margin or operating profit


Explanation:
as in the reference below:

"Operating margin = operating profits/sales or turnover
http://www.fool.co.uk/school/margins2.htm"

Then operating margin is expressed in percentage and operating profit in the appropriate currency

the operating profit= turnover or sales minus cost of sales minus operating expenses

Note that you also can use operational instead of operating as in the reference:...

a 53.8% increase compared to the first nine months of 1999. Thus, the operational
margin reached 23.4% during the first nine months of 2000, which compares ...
www.masisa.com/corpo/com_prensa/2000/271000(1).htm - 37k


I hope it helps


    exp. bus, fin.
JH Trads
United States
Local time: 15:52
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 1109

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eva Blanar
8 days
  -> thanks Eva :-)
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6 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
operating margin or operating profit


Explanation:
Hi ILA,

operating margin is a ratio, "un taux"
operating profit is an amount, "un montant"

Those are the terms used in corporate finance

I hope it helps

JH Trads
United States
Local time: 15:52
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 1109
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