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dossiers à lancer

English translation: work to be initiated


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French term or phrase:dossiers à lancer
English translation:work to be initiated
Entered by: Natalie Chandler
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19:56 Jan 25, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management / Corporate speak
French term or phrase: dossiers à lancer
Optimisation of business operations

L'acheteur doit définir les priorités dans les dossiers à lancer (contrats venant à échéance, dépenses les plus importantes,…).

Does this mean something such as either "files to be got rid of" or "files that need to be opened/started"? Or am I completely off track here...
Natalie Chandler
Local time: 20:43
procedures to be initiated
Explanation:
or 'files to be thrown out of the window'
:-)
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Connor
Local time: 20:43
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This suggestion put us on the right track!
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Summary of answers provided
4The Head of purchasing must decide on an order of priority for work requiring follow-up measuresMarc Glinert
4projects requiring follow-up
Miranda Joubioux
4procedures to be initiatedConnor


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dossiers à lancer
procedures to be initiated


Explanation:
or 'files to be thrown out of the window'
:-)

Connor
Local time: 20:43
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dossiers à lancer
projects requiring follow-up


Explanation:
Assuming that "lancer" is a typo, this is what I would put.

Miranda Joubioux
Local time: 20:43
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  xxxdf49f: lancer is NOT a typo - follow-up is not the meaning
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dossiers à lancer
The Head of purchasing must decide on an order of priority for work requiring follow-up measures


Explanation:
Many thanks for the comments above which were largely responsible for my suggestion


Marc Glinert
Local time: 20:43
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sylvia Smith: well said, Marc!
23 mins
  -> that's v kind of you Sylvia
disagree  xxxdf49f: lancer is not a typo - follow-up is not the meaning of lancer and dossiers are not really measures
1 hr
  -> if this is the case then replace "requiring follow-up measures" with "to be undertaken"
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PRO / non-PRO		Non-PRO (2): xxxdf49f, Dr Sue Levy


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