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démarche

English translation: how to

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French term or phrase:démarche
English translation:how to
Entered by: Fuad Yahya

06:50 Mar 14, 2001
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
French term or phrase: démarche
la dmarche de remplir un questionnaire. Le mot revient trs souvent, et je n'ai pens qu' process, qui sonne trs lourd. Merci
Meriem
How to complete (or answer) the questionnaire
Explanation:
This is the standard phraseology used in the US. Words like "steps" or "process" are not wrong, of course, but they sound a bit fussy, just because people are not used to hearing them in this kind of context.

The verbs “to answer,” “to fill in,” “to fill out,” and “to complete” are pretty much interchangeable. I prefer “complete,” but that is neither here nor there.



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LAC
natask OR job
Nigel Patterson
nastep(s)
Henri (X)
naHow to complete (or answer) the questionnaire
Fuad Yahya


  

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13 mins
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Explanation:
In many of the sentences you can probably leave out "démarche" alltogther... as in:
la démarche de remplir un questionnaire est longue -> filling in a questionnaire is long

An alternative to "process" when you can't leave out the rather redundant (in English) "démarch" could be:
the act of

It all depends on the entire sentence/paragraphe in question each time, though.

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15 mins
task OR job


Explanation:
I don't think 'process' is too bad, but maybe this will help.


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Nigel Patterson
United States
Local time: 06:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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50 mins
step(s)


Explanation:
Démarche= step

Faire les démarches nécessaires pour =
to take the necessary steps towards



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Henri (X)
Local time: 13:20

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1 hr
How to complete (or answer) the questionnaire


Explanation:
This is the standard phraseology used in the US. Words like "steps" or "process" are not wrong, of course, but they sound a bit fussy, just because people are not used to hearing them in this kind of context.

The verbs “to answer,” “to fill in,” “to fill out,” and “to complete” are pretty much interchangeable. I prefer “complete,” but that is neither here nor there.



Fuad



    common usage
Fuad Yahya
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