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prévisionnels d’activité

English translation: activity forecasts


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French term or phrase:prévisionnels d’activité
English translation:activity forecasts
Entered by: xxxronando
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15:48 May 11, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management
French term or phrase: prévisionnels d’activité
etablir des Business Plan et prévisionnels d’activité, animer l’équipe

Does anybody know what is meant by "prévisionnels d’activité" here please.

It is in the context of a manager and what she is responsible for within the company.

Many thanks:)
xxxronando
activity forecasts
Explanation:
"Activité" is often best translated "business", but as it follows business in the same sentence, "activity" forecasts should be fine here.
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Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:56
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Thanks Rob!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2activity forecasts
Rob Grayson
4budget
fourth
4projected business activity
Chris Hall
3cash-flow forecasts
Tony M
3 -1action plan
Verginia Ophof


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
activity forecasts


Explanation:
"Activité" is often best translated "business", but as it follows business in the same sentence, "activity" forecasts should be fine here.

Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Thanks Rob!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: You could leave out the "activity" and just say "business planning and forecasting".
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Phil

agree  joehlindsay: I think in the States we might just say 'business forecasts
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Joe

neutral  Chris Hall: "Business forecasts", as suggested above, sounds much better. Note to Joe: "Business forecasts" is also commonly said in the UK rather than "activity forecasts". / Disagree? It is NEUTRAL - oh dear, maybe you would like to retract that comment...
20 hrs
  -> "Sounds much better" on what basis? Either is acceptable and both mean the same thing in this context.
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
projected business activity


Explanation:
N/T

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Note added at 4 mins (2010-05-11 15:53:34 GMT)
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établir des Business Plan et prévisionnels d’activité, animer l’équipe
=
draw up some Business Plans and projected business activity, lead the team

Chris Hall
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
action plan


Explanation:
The objective of the plan is the most important part. Every plan should spell out your goals. Every objective should specify results and activities that can be easily tracked.

objectives/ goals

action plan/ motivate the team

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 01:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Rob Grayson: No, this is absolutely not about action plans (which would be "plans d'action") – it's about forecasting business/activity levels
16 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
budget


Explanation:
First we develop the Business Plan and then define it as a budget, giving responsibilities to managers to control costs/create revenue and then to report against it to show variances as a basis for improvement.

"Forecast" in this context lacks the actual business context of management, control, discussion, responsibility, improvement. The Dynamics, the excitement of budgeting!!

fourth
France
Local time: 09:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Rob Grayson: If it was a budget, why wouldn't they have called it "un budget"? A forecast is not the same thing (though it has similarities)
15 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
cash-flow forecasts


Explanation:
Right at the moment, this is what my accountant is preparing for me, and AFAIK, this is the nearest equivalent in EN.

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Note added at 17 hrs (2010-05-12 09:18:13 GMT)
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My accountant has prepared for me a document referred to as a 'prévisionnel d'activité' — it corresponds pretty closely to what my accountant in the UK used to call a 'cash-flow forecast', though it does contain some additional information as well.

Tony M
France
Local time: 09:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Rob Grayson: Sorry, Tony, but I believe this is off base – this would be "prévisions de trésorerie".//How do you know it corresponds to what your act has prepared without knowing what the document referred to in the question contains?
14 hrs
  -> Fair enough, you know best! But this corresponds exactly to the document my accountant has prepared for me... (as part of my overall business plan) / I don't, I'm just going by the only info we have, i.e. the name of the doc.
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