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French to English translations [PRO]
Food & Dairy / Food production and sales | | French term or phrase: marge | This is the full sentence
"Une marge sera prélevée sur les ventes afin de financer les activités de sensibilisation, formation et accompagnement mises en œuvre par xxxx."
The whole document is about a project by xxxx in Africa.
I believe the meaning, not the translation per se, of the sentence is that some portion of the sales will finance awareness outreach, training and the furthering of the project.
I am stumped about the use of marge here, margin doesn't make sense to me but maybe I'm missing something. |
| | | margin/additional charge | Explanation:
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This is what it means literally - prélever is to charge. However, I think that, as you say, in English we would say "A proportion of sales/profits will be used to fund..." |
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2 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 margin/additional charge
Explanation:
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This is what it means literally - prélever is to charge. However, I think that, as you say, in English we would say "A proportion of sales/profits will be used to fund..."
Reference: http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/marge
| philgoddard
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25 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 a percentage of the sales
Explanation:
A percentage of sales (revenue) will go towards financing these activities, rather than a margin being added on.
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