procés verbal

English translation: REPORT

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French term or phrase:	procés verbal
English translation:	REPORT
Entered by:	Bharg Shah

21:00 Jul 22, 2000

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial

French term or phrase: procés verbal

from a tender document

Bharg Shah KudoZ activity Questions: 369 (none open) Answers: 211 India
Local time: 03:21

REPORT

Explanation:
I do not think "minutes" is appropriate here since this is a tender document - so I would use "report" - Collins Robert Dictionnaire du Management.

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caroail (X)
Local time: 22:51

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Summary of answers provided

proces verbal

Fayçal Falaky

> see below <

Heathcliff

minutes

Victor Foster

minutes; report:;statement

spodur

verbal lawsuit

smita mulani

REPORT

caroail (X)

Answers

23 mins

proces verbal

Explanation:
this legal term, although originally French, exists in English too. Check the link provided for what the exact definition is.

Reference: http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=proces%20verb...

Fayçal Falaky
Local time: 23:51
Native speaker of:

French,

English
PRO pts in pair: 12

30 mins

> see below <

Explanation:
The term has several possible English equivalents, including "(official) report," "(legal) proceedings," "minutes (of meetings)," "record (e.g., of evidence)", etc. Without more context, it's hard to tell which meaning is meant; however, if it appears in a tender document, it probably doesn't refer to police/court/procedural meanings, most likely referring instead simply to a report of some kind, or possibly to the minutes of a meeting. -- Hope this helps, at least a little.

Heathcliff
United States
Local time: 14:51
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 953

1 hr

minutes

Explanation:
according to dictionnaire de l'anglais économique et commercial par michel marcheteau minutes is the correct translation of procés verbal in a financial context. in addition, see the web references below.

Reference: http://www.part.gc.ca/36/refmat/glossary/m_z-e.htm
Reference: http://www.part.gc.ca/36/refmat/glossary/m_z-f.htm

Victor Foster
United States
Local time: 16:51
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 209

8 hrs

minutes; report:;statement

Explanation:
According to the Robert/Collins dictionnary, it could be one of the above three answers.

Good luck

spodur
PRO pts in pair: 7

11 hrs

verbal lawsuit

Explanation:
it's very much a legal word and the meaning is verbal lawsuit hope this will help

smita mulani
Local time: 03:21

16 hrs

REPORT

Explanation:
I do not think "minutes" is appropriate here since this is a tender document - so I would use "report" - Collins Robert Dictionnaire du Management.

caroail (X)
Local time: 22:51
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 107

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