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adresser les projets

English translation: undertake projects


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French term or phrase:adresser les projets
English translation:undertake projects
Entered by: joehlindsay
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18:50 Aug 20, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
French term or phrase: adresser les projets
I'm having trouble getting at the meaning of this sentence. A new BU was created at a multinational corporation, and:

"Les missions de cette BU sont d'adresser les projets au niveau national sur les segments de services suiants:

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Ysabel812
undertake
Explanation:
It just means to undertake, to 'do' projects on a national level.
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joehlindsay
Local time: 00:49
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4undertakejoehlindsay
4 +2to address projects
Juliette Scott
4to refer the projectssaraja
4to tackle the projectsEllen Kraus
2to discuss the projectsMatthewLaSon


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
adresser les projets...
to address projects


Explanation:
Maybe this was written by a non-native... I think this direct back-translation may suit...


    Reference: http://www.fema.gov/plan/ehp/noma/env-compliance2.shtm
    Reference: http://books.google.com/books?id=xfbMy_yp-4MC&pg=PA73&lpg=PA...
Juliette Scott
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agree  Mohamed Mehenoun
1 hr
agree  MatthewLaSon: I think they mean "discuss the projects".
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
adresser les projets...
undertake


Explanation:
It just means to undertake, to 'do' projects on a national level.

joehlindsay
Local time: 00:49
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agree  Aude Sylvain
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agree  Anthony Lines
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agree  Clair@Lexeme
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agree  Francine Bogos
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
adresser les projets...
to tackle the projects


Explanation:


signifie commencer de s´occuper des projets

Ellen Kraus
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
adresser les projets...
to discuss the projects


Explanation:
Hello,

To me, it just means "to discuss."

I hope this helps.

MatthewLaSon
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to refer the projects


Explanation:
référer les projets

saraja
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Changes made by editors
Sep 3, 2008 - Changes made by joehlindsay:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Aug 21, 2008 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Term askedadresser les projets... => adresser les projets


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