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en amont

English translation: prior to

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French term or phrase:en amont
English translation:prior to
Entered by: Enza Longo

15:00 May 23, 2003
French to English translations [PRO]
French term or phrase: en amont
Il sert de référence vis-à-vis de la solution proposée, et permet un traçage des unités de fonctions en amont de l’expression des besoins


referring to the requirements of a telephone offer
Enza Longo
Canada
Local time: 15:57
prior to
Explanation:
En amont usually translates into "upstream". However, in this particular case, it refers to something that has to happen prior to another event.
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essef
Local time: 21:57
Grading comment
Many thanks !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +9prior to
essef
4 +3upstream of
Francis MARC


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
upstream of


Explanation:
=

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 22:57
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 6500

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Clive Jones: Means simply "before"
5 mins
agree  Parrot: upstream functions: used in telecoms (technical).
27 mins
agree  cjohnstone
1 hr
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +9
prior to


Explanation:
En amont usually translates into "upstream". However, in this particular case, it refers to something that has to happen prior to another event.

essef
Local time: 21:57
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
1 min
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
14 mins
agree  zaphod
17 mins
agree  Bourth (X): Prior to, before, beforehand, etc.
18 mins
agree  Mary Lalevee
40 mins
agree  cjohnstone
1 hr
agree  Jean-Luc Dumont
7 hrs
agree  evelyn evans
9 hrs
agree  Shog Imas
1 day 2 hrs
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