Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
performant
English translation:
advanced, performing, efficient, performant
Added to glossary by
Beno?t MARTIN
Apr 26, 2004 15:59
20 yrs ago
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French term
CMJ_Trans (X)
performant
French to English
Other
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
general
la société doit se doter d'outils performants
I have 60 pages with words that sound fine but are hard to translate without repeating yourself.
What I am really looking for is a whole series of words for the above to inspire me to vary each time the word crops up
Thanks for your help
I have 60 pages with words that sound fine but are hard to translate without repeating yourself.
What I am really looking for is a whole series of words for the above to inspire me to vary each time the word crops up
Thanks for your help
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | performant/performing/efficient/advanced... |
Beno?t MARTIN
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| 4 +4 | list |
Bourth (X)
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| 5 +2 | effective, high-performance |
HRiley
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| 4 +2 | appropriate tools |
Channel
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| 5 | EFFICIENT |
zaphod
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Proposed translations
+4
8 mins
Beno?t MARTIN
Native in French
reliable and efficient
Native in: French 
Works in: French to Spanish, Spanish to French, English to French
Related KudoZ points
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4
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performant/performing/efficient/advanced...
Here are some... good work
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Note added at 9 mins (2004-04-26 16:08:57 GMT)
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adequate,...
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adequate,...
Peer comment(s):
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Hacene
1 min
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hirselina
: successful, high performance (comme adj.)
2 mins
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Vicky Papaprodromou
9 mins
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Iulia Matei
15 mins
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thanks
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
+2
5 mins
appropriate tools
Some ideas...
Efficient, perfoming, achieving , competitive,
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Note added at 5 mins (2004-04-26 16:05:14 GMT)
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\"performing\" sorry for the typo...
Efficient, perfoming, achieving , competitive,
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Note added at 5 mins (2004-04-26 16:05:14 GMT)
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\"performing\" sorry for the typo...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
hirselina
: plus performant: improved, better (functioning)..
10 mins
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Thanks
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Mario Marcolin
15 hrs
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+2
10 mins
effective, high-performance
Just my tuppence worth :o)
+4
14 mins
list
effective, high-performance, cost-effective, competitive, ultra-modern/efficient/east-to-use, etc., depending on precise context.
"Performant" IS one of those PAIN passe-partout words where too much imagination is rarely enough.
"Performant" IS one of those PAIN passe-partout words where too much imagination is rarely enough.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
: you go Alex
6 mins
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| agree |
NancyLynn
40 mins
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| agree |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: A range of excellent suggestions. "Performing" can't work here - a false friend - performing dogs and so on but not performing tools...
3 hrs
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| agree |
Charlie Bavington
: yeah, but why do WE have to be the ones who come up with the imaginative stuff when the French(-speaking) author clearly couldn't be arsed !! An impressive list though !
5 hrs
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6 hrs
EFFICIENT
HOW could there be any other translation???????? I don't care about the points, but why bandy about a simple word?
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