par tranche de

English translation: for every

22:29 May 23, 2002

French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: par tranche de

...sera astreint a une penalite de 120F par cheque et par tranche de 1000F.

Re advice to shopkeepers on bad debtors

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English translation:for every

Explanation:
Tranche literally means slice but in this case we're evidently talking about bouncing cheques or whatever. The fine is thus 120 francs for every 1000 francs the cheque (or debt) in question is worth (ex a bounced cheque for 3000 francs would demand a penalty of 360 francs). The only thing that worries me is why you're translating francs when they don't exist any more!!

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xmas
Local time: 15:02

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Summary of answers provided

5 +11

for every

xmas

4 +2

for each increment of 1,000 francs

Yakov Tomara

1000 Francs in installments

jerryk (X)

1000 Francs in installments

jerryk (X)

be subject to a penalty (fine) of 120F per check and a penalty (fine) for each additional 1000F

Michael Tovbin

Answers

24 mins confidence:

1000 Francs in installments

Explanation:
One of the meanings of tranche is "in installments" ,Oxford-Hachette French dictionary, 1994.

jerryk (X)
PRO pts in pair: 134

43 mins confidence:

1000 Francs in installments

Explanation:
One of the meanings of tranche is installments ,Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary, 1994

jerryk (X)
PRO pts in pair: 134

50 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +11

for every

xmas
Local time: 15:02
PRO pts in pair: 6

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9 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

for each increment of 1,000 francs

Explanation:
Unlike the previous answerer I was puzzled not by francs mentioned but by "et" in the source text. I remembered one Steven Geller's answer (see link 1), which IMO exactly fits this case, given the following definition of "tranche" in French: "-- FIN Ensemble des revenus imposés au même taux." (link 2).
So, I understand the phrase in question as follows: "... penalty/fine of 120 francs per cheque AND for each increment of 1,000 francs." This means that for each (bounced) cheque 120F penalty is applied whatever the amount of cheque is and then for each 1,000F of that cheque amount another 120F are added to the penalty amount.

Also maybe "tranche" applies not to cheques only but to other payment methods as well.

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Note added at 2002-05-24 08:11:39 (GMT)
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If my interpretation is true, the penalty amount for the cheque for 3,000 F would be 480 F rather than 360 F calculated by xmas.

Reference: http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&eid_c=28937&id=187405&keyword=tran...
Reference: http://www.francophonie.hachette-livre.fr/

Yakov Tomara
Local time: 16:02
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in pair: 228

17 hrs confidence:

be subject to a penalty (fine) of 120F per check and a penalty (fine) for each additional 1000F

Explanation:
repetitive but ...

Michael Tovbin
United States
Local time: 08:02
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian
PRO pts in pair: 166

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