efficace à moins de 70%

18:31 Feb 19, 2008

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Risk assessment

French term or phrase: efficace à moins de 70%

This is all the context I have:
Aucun des risques bruts ne présente un dispositif de maîtrise des risques efficace à moins de 70%

Tina Delia KudoZ activity Questions: 149 (10 open) (5 without valid answers) (11 closed without grading) Answers: 2 United Kingdom
Local time: 07:20

Summary of answers provided

4 +9

less than 70% effective

B D Finch

4 +1

less than 70% efficient

Anne de Freyman (X)

less than 70% efficient

Rob Grayson

effective at less than 70%

Enrique Huber (X)

Answers

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

less than 70% efficient

Explanation:
all the risk control systems have a degree of efficiency of at least 70%

Anne de Freyman (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:20
Native speaker of: French

The asker has declined this answer

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

less than 70% effective

Explanation:
"On 7 farms TBZ was less than 100% effective as gauged by FECD. Of these 6 had an FECD above 90% ... LEV proved to be less than 100% effective on 8 farms. ..."
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nzva/nzvj/1981/00000029/0000...

"Even when it can be fully implemented, this technique is less than 100% effective in removing organisms from ballast water. Some parties even suggest that ..."
globallast.imo.org/index.asp?page=ballastw_treatm.htm&menu=true

B D Finch
France
Local time: 08:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 146

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Victoria Porter-Burns: I think effective is more likely than efficient here

5 mins

-> Thanks

agree

suezen

11 mins

-> Thanks

agree

Angeliki Papadopoulou

20 mins

-> Thanks

agree

Irene McClure: definitely effective, not efficient

20 mins

-> Thanks

agree

Rachel Fell: or poss. (an) effectiveness of less than 70% http://www.evapcoolme.com/how.asp

45 mins

-> Thanks

agree

rkillings: Google on "hedge effectiveness" and "IAS 39".

5 hrs

-> Thanks rk.

agree

Bourth (X): Possibly a difficult call, but do we not say "cost-effective" when it is cost-efficiency we are talking about?

5 hrs

-> Thanks Bourth. Effectiveness is about obtaining a specific result with an action or input. Efficiency is about the economy of means used to obtain a result or the most cost-efficient approximation of that result.

agree

izzabel (X)

13 hrs

-> Thanks isabelle.

agree

Sandra Petch

17 hrs

-> Thanks Sandra.

The asker has declined this answer

8 mins confidence:

less than 70% efficient

Explanation:
I don't quite see where the problem is...

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Note added at 45 mins (2008-02-19 19:17:17 GMT)
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"Efficace" can, of course, be translated as either effective or efficient. In this context, as suggested, the former may indeed be a more effective translation...

Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 805

Notes to answerer

Asker: See below.

The asker has declined this answer

1 day 40 mins confidence:

effective at less than 70%

Explanation:
that's how I understand it.

Enrique Huber (X)
Mexico
Local time: 01:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

The asker has declined this answer

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