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ventes de services associés obligatoires

English translation: sale of compulsory related services


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French term or phrase: ventes de services associés obligatoires
English translation:sale of compulsory related services
Entered by: Louise Etheridge
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15:19 Jul 9, 2010
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French term or phrase: ventes de services associés obligatoires
Context: L'évolution du nombre de contrats par rapport au nombre de clients s'explique par le développement des ventes de services associés obligatoires.

I can't quite get the word order right. Would it be:

The progress in the number of contracts against the number of clients can be explained by the development of the obligatory sale of services associated with this

Many thanks.
Louise Etheridge
Local time: 08:28
sale of compulsory related services
Explanation:
IOW, in order to conclude certain contracts, clients are also required to purchase other related services, so there is an increasing number of contracts relative to the number of clients.
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Sangro
Local time: 10:28
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1sales of compulsory additional servicesphilgoddard
4sale of related services mandatory/compulsoryVacheCalme
4sale of compulsory related services
Sangro
Summary of reference entries provided
lumbered with compulsory services
Gene Selkov

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sale of compulsory related services


Explanation:
IOW, in order to conclude certain contracts, clients are also required to purchase other related services, so there is an increasing number of contracts relative to the number of clients.

Sangro
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Dear Sangro, Many thanks for your help with this. As I explained to Phil, I didn't get an alert from proz that this query had been answered and therefore I closed it (trying to avoid anyone spending time on it since I had to submit the piece). Anyway, that's why I closed before grading and Proz doesn't give a very wide range of options for a reason. Thanks for taking the time to answer and I'm seeing about awarding points with the proz team. Best wishes, Lilly

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sales of compulsory additional services


Explanation:
The word order is the clue to this: if your suggested translation were correct, it would be ventes obligatoires de services associés.



philgoddard
Local time: 02:28
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agree  Gene Selkov: I had a row with Verizon about this
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5 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sale of related services mandatory/compulsory


Explanation:
IMO 'mandatory/compulsory' describes sale and not services

VacheCalme
Local time: 12:58
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Reference comments


3 hrs
Reference: lumbered with compulsory services

Reference information:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/KIN-Phones-on-Sale-at-Verizon...

Example sentence(s):
  • Instead of being free, you get lumbered with compulsory voice and data contracts at exorbitant prices.

    Reference: http://news.softpedia.com/news/KIN-Phones-on-Sale-at-Verizon...
Gene Selkov
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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Changes made by editors
Jul 9, 2010 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
Field (specific)General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters => Business/Commerce (general)
Field (write-in)Journalistic piece => (none)


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