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French: aboutissement

English translation: an end in itself







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French term or phrase:aboutissement
English translation:an end in itself
Entered by:Jason Willis-Lee
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French term or phrase: aboutissement
I understand this as being an incentive to succeed in sales but my dictionaries/research on the term don't seem to concur. TIA for any confirmation...

Après 10 ans de postes nationaux en marketing et 6 ans de ventes, je pense que la vente est au coeur du business.
Beaucoup le voient comme un tremplin, ne serait-ce pas plutôt un aboutissement de réussir dans la vente ?
Jason Willis-Lee
Spain
an end in itself
Explanation:
just a suggestion - "... but could one not regard a successful career in sales as an end in itself?"
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Helen Genevier
France
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks very much Helen...
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5achievementDr Sue Levy
4divers
Andy THEODOROU
4culminationxxxCMJ_Trans
1 +2an end in itself
Helen Genevier
3outcome, conclusion, aim
Francis MARC


  

Answers

10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
achievement

Explanation:
not a springboard (means of advancing one's career) but an achievement in itself



Dr Sue Levy
Luxembourg
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Helen Genevier: I prefer yours to mine :-)
4 mins
  -> thanks Helen - actually I tossed up between "achievement" and "end"

agree VRN
11 mins
  -> thanks VRN

agree Andy THEODOROU: perhaps 'the' achievement or 'ultimate' achievement
55 mins
  -> thanks Andy

agree Enza Longo
2 hrs
  -> thanks Enza

agree xxxsarahl
5 hrs
  -> ta cobber :-)
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
outcome, conclusion, aim

Explanation:
possibilités

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +2
an end in itself

Explanation:
just a suggestion - "... but could one not regard a successful career in sales as an end in itself?"

Helen Genevier
France
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks very much Helen...

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Susan Pasco
14 mins

agree Charlie Bavington: And I prefer yours to Sue's :-)
18 mins
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
culmination

Explanation:
of one's career

xxxCMJ_Trans
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
divers

Explanation:
ultimate sign of success
the achievement of the natural career goal for salespeople
reaching the peak in terms of career progression
the zenith of a career

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Note added at 1 hr 8 mins (2005-10-19 10:19:48 GMT)
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I am thinking that the person is talking of achieving a particular position in sales ,ie the 'le' in 'Beaucoup le voient comme un tremplin' refers to a post that has not been mentioned.

Andy THEODOROU
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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