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12:13 Nov 27, 2009
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
French term or phrase: saisir sur
I am struggling with the translation of saisir sur.
The full sentence is
"Il a saisi la Commission departementale des Impots directs et Taxes sur le chiffre d'affaire..."
michael peters


Summary of answers provided
4 -1provided sales figures to the Commission
konungursvia
4 -1to fill in XXX about something
Chris Hall
Summary of reference entries provided
dictionaries
writeaway

Discussion entries: 2





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
to fill in XXX about something


Explanation:
"Il a saisi la Commission departementale des Impots directs et Taxes sur le chiffre d'affaire..."
=
"He / It has filled in the Departmental Commission of direct Taxes and Taxes about the turnover..."

Chris Hall
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 65

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Rob Grayson: "Refer/submit (a matter) to", rather than "fill in", in this case
7 mins
  -> Yes, I have realised the error of my ways. Slightly misleading question though. However, I admit that I maybe jumped into answering the question too quickly.
neutral  Martin Cassell: legal context, legal sense // often the case though: don't assume the asker is thinking (or parsing) clearly! the most valuable service that peers provide is often to unravel a muddled reading, not coin-in-the-slot glossary stuff.
12 mins
  -> Point taken Martin. I acted a bit like a kid in a sweetshop on this one. Slightly misleading question though if I may say so.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
provided sales figures to the Commission


Explanation:
:)

konungursvia
Canada
Local time: 15:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  writeaway: mistranslation. saisir is not to provide, for starters
56 mins
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Reference comments


8 mins peer agreement (net): +4
Reference: dictionaries

Reference information:
most ordinary (ie not specialised) Fr-En dicos will inform you that saisir in this case means to refer the matter to. or a variation thereof.

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Note added at 27 mins (2009-11-27 12:40:31 GMT)
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For the record (and as stated in the discussion box), 2 seconds of www research shows that 'sur' is part of the name and has nothing to do with the verb saisir:
Commission départementale des impôts directs et des taxes sur le chiffre d'affaires.
http://droit-finances.commentcamarche.net/legifrance/74-code...

writeaway
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Rob Grayson: Absolutely
2 mins
agree  Chris Hall
5 mins
agree  Martin Cassell: http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/saisir , sense 7.
7 mins
  -> oeuf corse. any dictionary basically. as long as it's opened to the right page :-)
agree  Stéphanie Soudais
21 hrs
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Voters for reclassification
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PRO / non-PRO		PRO (1): Yolanda Broad
Non-PRO (3): writeaway, Rob Grayson, Chris Hall


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Changes made by editors
Nov 27, 2009 - Changes made by Chris Hall:
LevelPRO => Non-PRO


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