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French: accord à vivre

English translation: agreement reached that everyone could live with







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French term or phrase:accord à vivre
English translation:agreement reached that everyone could live with
Entered by:Veronique Domaratsky-Dujardin
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Bus/Financial - Human Resources
French term or phrase: accord à vivre
This seems to be a labor-specific term - applied to an agreement reached after a walkout.

"L’accord à vivre pose le principe d’une gestion prévisionnelle de l’emploi, de l’anticipation des évolutions technologiques, de l’organisation du travail et du contenu des métiers."
Stephanie Mitchel
United States
Clarification request(s) and response
gad: 6:32pm Apr 5, 2005: See http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=18852 -
Stephanie Mitchel (asker): 6:32pm Apr 5, 2005: I dd - I don't think it's adequat for my context.

the agreement reached that everyone could live with...
Explanation:
or agreement all could abide with... (just a feeling here, folks!)
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Veronique Domaratsky-Dujardin
France
Note from asker to answerer
this is close to what the client ended up wanting... they say accord à vivre 'sounds nicer' than accord tout court
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Summary of answers provided
3tentative accordPatrice
2the agreement reached that everyone could live with...Veronique Domaratsky-Dujardin


  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
accord à vivre tentative accord

Explanation:
this would be the accord reached but not yet passed

Patrice
United States
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

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neutral gad: I'm not so sure about that...
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1 day20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
accord à vivre the agreement reached that everyone could live with...

Explanation:
or agreement all could abide with... (just a feeling here, folks!)

Veronique Domaratsky-Dujardin
France
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
this is close to what the client ended up wanting... they say accord à vivre 'sounds nicer' than accord tout court
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