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14e mois

English translation: 14th month


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French term or phrase:14e mois
English translation:14th month
Entered by: Rimas Balsys
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22:11 Nov 9, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
French term or phrase: 14e mois
I'm translating employees' replies to an internal company survey about how it could do better. Most replies are brief to say the least. Some are solely '13e mois', '14e mois'. I'm inclined to translate them simply as "bonus" or are they something more arcanely specific like 'year-end bonus', 'interim bonus', etc?
Many thanks as always :-)
Rimas Balsys
Local time: 22:49
14th month
Explanation:
Don't fight it - translate it literally!

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xxxmediamatrix
Local time: 01:49
Grading comment
Thanks also to Anthony Lines but unfortunately the clock has to rule :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +714th monthxxxmediamatrix
4two bonus months
swanda
314th-month salary
Juliette Scott
3an additional month's bonus
anne wagner-findeisen
314th monthAnthony Lines


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
an additional month's bonus


Explanation:
the 13th month is the bonus equivalent to one month's pay given in addition to the 12 months' pay. It seems they would like a second monthly bonus, hence 14th month.

anne wagner-findeisen
United States
Local time: 01:49
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
two bonus months


Explanation:
that means that the salary is equivalent to 14 months, paid over a period of 12 months

swanda
Local time: 07:49
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 20
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
14th month


Explanation:
Don't fight it - translate it literally!

Call Centers and BPOs na may 14th Month Pay or Higher - PinoyExchange20 posts - 17 authors - Last post: 7 Jan
IBM Business Services has 14th month pay but i didn't accept the offer .... a very low salary talaga at mga bangko yun at ang isa isang ...
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14th Month Pay and Higher - Page 3 - PinoyExchange6 posts - 6 authors - Last post: 2 Mar
14th Month Pay and Higher The Working Filipino. ... ang computation ng tax for bonuses at yung basic salary since anything in excess of the ...
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Is 14th month pay compulsary for employers to give? - Yahoo! AnswersI have total of 11 employees in my newly establish…
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080811071823AA9r1Eb - 43k - Cached - Similar pagesiAYmTRnWyeTlC6KCwR4T2QqSoO1JbrbgQUzMER7FtM0gEWE5ak9VaJ4FKcqOfhdmKUavOasSNl8UpRayJSDSrwneZQpBJLqSKc27
Radio Prague - NewsOfficials, judges unlikely to get 14th month pay bonus. Senior state officials, judges and prosecutors are unlikely to receive a 14th month's salary this ...
www.radio.cz/en/news/60592 - 38k - Cached - Similar pages

xxxmediamatrix
Local time: 01:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 58
Grading comment
Thanks also to Anthony Lines but unfortunately the clock has to rule :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rkillings: Translate, don't explain.
3 hrs

agree  xxxBourth: Likewise. If anyone doesn't understand, they can ask and get the full explanation, including company-specific details, etc.
3 hrs

agree  1045
7 hrs

agree  lundy: yes and as it's an internal company survey, it will be obvious to Management
8 hrs

agree  mimi 254
9 hrs

agree  Assimina Vavoula
10 hrs

agree  gad
20 hrs
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
14th month


Explanation:
A 13th month's salary is fairly common for employees who have worked the whole year and is an often used incentive to promote staff loyalty. I am fairly confident that asking for a 14th month from a company which doesn't offer a 13th is a joke.

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Note added at 35 mins (2008-11-09 22:47:35 GMT)
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Sorry! In the time it took me to reply, I was beaten to the gun by mediamatrix.

Anthony Lines
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:49
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
14th-month salary


Explanation:
If these answers are to be used by any English speakers who are not already familiar with the content, I'd be a little more specific - see below how the New York Times got around it.

(sorry to forum administrators but wouldn't fit in the web ref box!)
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5DE103EF...


Juliette Scott
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Local time: 07:49
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