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English translation: on an ad hoc basis / event-based

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French term or phrase:	..au fil de l'eau
English translation:	on an ad hoc basis / event-based
Entered by:	Enza Longo

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21:00 Dec 10, 2005

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Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / contracts/treatment of waste water

French term or phrase: ..au fil de l'eau

Cette méthode de proratisation est appliquée systématiquement pour la facturation Cycle et Hors cycle (entrant, résilié, etc..) et fonctionne aussi dans le cas d'une facturation au fil de l'eau.

I don't understand what it meant by "fil de l'eau" in this sentence. Thanks in advance!

Ana Pando & Anne Spence KudoZ activity Questions: 81 (14 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 22
Local time: 07:46

on an ad hoc basis

Explanation:
or as the need arises

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Note added at 2 hrs 47 mins (2005-12-10 23:47:34 GMT)
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could also be referred to as "event-based invoicing"

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Enza Longo
Canada
Local time: 01:46

Grading comment

Thanks for your input :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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4 +2

on an ad hoc basis

Enza Longo

streamlined

Sylvia Smith

on the fly invoicing

Valérie Lapotre

staggered

xxxsarahl

Discussion entries: 1

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3 mins confidence:

staggered

Explanation:
invoice by the job, so forth.

xxxsarahl
Local time: 22:46
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 135

1 hr confidence:

on the fly invoicing

Explanation:
maybe it should be on-the-fly invoicing? can anyone help?

Valérie Lapotre
France
Local time: 07:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 28

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

on an ad hoc basis

Enza Longo
Canada
Local time: 01:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 71

Grading comment

Thanks for your input :-)

11 hrs confidence:

streamlined

Explanation:
I had the same phrase in a similar translation just the other day! It is already in Kudoz several times, see:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/8282

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/15653

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/778452

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/50440

Sylvia Smith
Local time: 07:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 99

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