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sous forme hiérarchique

English translation: in hierarchical form


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French term or phrase:sous forme hiérarchique
English translation:in hierarchical form
Entered by: Kathryn Malan
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22:03 Mar 16, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Computers: Software
French term or phrase: sous forme hiérarchique
This is from a list of products offered by a software programme.

The two full sentences using this phrase (as bullet points in a list) are:
Catégories de produits sous forme hiérarchique
Multi-Emplacements sous forme hiérarchique

Any ideas on how best to translate this? I thought 'product categories in the form of a hierarchy' is a bit too wordy, so I'm stuck.

Thanks!
Kathryn Malan
France
Local time: 07:51
in hierarchical form
Explanation:
There is even 'hierarchized', though I can hardly say I'm enthusiastic about it!
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Tony M
France
Local time: 07:51
Grading comment
Thanks everyone!
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5in hierarchical form
Tony M
4 +1hierarchy [of]cc in nyc
4 +1(product category) treerkillings
4category hierarchy
Neil Coffey
2 +1in order of importance / priority
LINDA WATKINS
3breakdownxxxmediamatrix


Discussion entries: 4





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
in hierarchical form


Explanation:
There is even 'hierarchized', though I can hardly say I'm enthusiastic about it!

Tony M
France
Local time: 07:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 43
Grading comment
Thanks everyone!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
9 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil!
agree  Chantal Tougas
35 mins
  -> Thanks, CTougas!
agree  MatthewLaSon: I think that works well.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Matthew!
agree  Yolanda Broad: I do feel some enthusiasm for hierarchized.
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Yolanda! ;-)
agree  Liliane Hatem
6 hrs
  -> Merci, Liliane !
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
breakdown


Explanation:
There's a degree of tautology in the source text (categories tend to involve hierarchies, for example), so maybe there's a slightly different intended meaning here, along the line of a 'breakdown'.

Catégories de produits sous forme hiérarchique
-->
Breakdown of product categories.

Without more context I wouldn't like to say whether the same term could apply to 'multi-emplacements'.

Planet Retail: Category Breakdown - [ Traducir esta página ]Planet Retail's latest intelligence offering, Category Breakdown, is a ground- breaking approach to product category management and performance analysis. ...
www1.planetretail.net/.../category-management - En memoria caché[PDF] Product Breakdown of Net Turnover - [ Traducir esta página ]Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Vista rápida
category. NACE. Breakdown of Total Net Turnover by products (must add up to ... category. NACE. Breakdown of Total Net Turnover by products (must add up to ...
www.cso.ie/.../surveys/services/.../prod_breakdown_of_net_t...

xxxmediamatrix
Local time: 01:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
in order of importance / priority


Explanation:
difficult to say without knowing what the software does!

LINDA WATKINS
France
Local time: 07:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  joehlindsay: I think this is the best translation. We just don't use hierarchy like this in English.
2 hrs
agree  kashew: Everyday language - I agree with Joe L.
11 hrs
disagree  Neil Coffey: I don't think it matters about trying to paragrphase it into "everyday language" rather than just using the jargon that's regularly used in the field. I think "in order of importance" is wrong anyway-- it's surely talking about actual hierarchy.
16 hrs
neutral  cc in nyc: I don't think it's order of importance, but rather something like: clothing | pants | denim pants | dungarees --or--
real estate | commercial | store | sidewalk shop
(sorry for all the updates)
17 hrs
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
hierarchy [of]


Explanation:
Just another possibility; for instance: "Hierarchy of product categories."

cc in nyc
Local time: 01:51
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Liz Slaney
2 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
category hierarchy


Explanation:
Another option if you want something that's a bit more of a "buzzword". You could also say "hierarchically organised categories", or indeed generally any of the other suggestions here.

Neil Coffey
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(product category) tree


Explanation:
A software company? This is what they'd call it, even if it doesn't look like a tree to you and me. Anything with dependencies (e.g., parent-child) and branches is a "tree".

rkillings
United States
Local time: 22:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 26

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: If this is really what the context is (and it's none too clear!), then I agree with your comment and suggestion.
1 hr
neutral  Neil Coffey: I think it's common enough, e.g. in Amazon listings, to call it a "hierarchy" of categories.
8 hrs
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PRO / non-PRO		Non-PRO (2): philgoddard, Rob Grayson


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Changes made by editors
Mar 17, 2011 - Changes made by writeaway:
Field (specific)Business/Commerce (general) => Computers: Software


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