Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
décomptes d'horaires
English translation:
discrepancies on timesheets
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Anne McKee
Jul 25, 2005 20:55
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Jul 25, 2005 21:30: JCEC changed "Term asked" from "d�comptes d?horaires" to "d�comptes d\'horaires"
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French term (edited):
d�comptes d'horaires
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discrepencies on timesheets
We don't exactly why there is a problem, maybe its not a deliberate act of falsification
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Comment: "I like this word choice, but spelled "discrepancies," of course."
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French term (edited):
d�comptes d'horaires incoh�rents
falsifying timesheets
For lying on their timesheets, reporting false/inconsistent work hours.
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French term (edited):
d�comptes d?horaires
incoherences in calculating timesheets
I don't know if we can go as far as falsifying here
but incoherences might be strong enough
it could be : in presenting timesheets
but incoherences might be strong enough
it could be : in presenting timesheets
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Tony M
: I think 'incoherent' is a faux ami here, I'm not at all sure it can be used in this way in English.
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French term (edited):
d�comptes d'horaires incoh�rents
timesheet irregularities
In order not to pre-judge the situation (as they are obviously being careful not to do here), it would probably be best to retain the elment of doubt in the original. Of course, they might not be specifically 'timesheets', but whatever system this particular firm uses for recording hours worked
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OED definitons for \'incoherence\':
1 Lack of coherence or connection, esp. in thought or language; incongruity, inconsistency; an instance of this, an incoherent or disconnected statement.
2 Lack of cohesion.
3 Physics. The property (of waves or wave phenomena) of being incoherent; lack of a definite or stable phase relationship between waves at different points (in space or in time).
At best, it might be \'inconsistencies\', but I still reckon \'irregularities\' would be the more appropriate term
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OED definitons for \'incoherence\':
1 Lack of coherence or connection, esp. in thought or language; incongruity, inconsistency; an instance of this, an incoherent or disconnected statement.
2 Lack of cohesion.
3 Physics. The property (of waves or wave phenomena) of being incoherent; lack of a definite or stable phase relationship between waves at different points (in space or in time).
At best, it might be \'inconsistencies\', but I still reckon \'irregularities\' would be the more appropriate term
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Kelvin Wu
: This sounds better.
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Thanks, Kelvin!
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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Thanks, Vicky!
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French term (edited):
d�comptes d'horaires
inconsistent timesheets or inconsistent number of hours worked
decomptes d'horaires by itself is timesheets or time worked..not necessarily a sheet..
you could have a decompte d'horaire [number of hours worked]
the point is that the numbers are counted inconsistently..not falsely...though they might also be false
you could have a decompte d'horaire [number of hours worked]
the point is that the numbers are counted inconsistently..not falsely...though they might also be false
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Tony M
: What I first thought of, Jane. But don't you think it makes it sounds as if they are 'not consistent' from (say) one month to the next...?
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yes of course and that is very likely what it meant..not consistent one month to another..or per week or whatever..
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