Jul 22, 2004 11:59
19 yrs ago
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French term
Expert on Business/Finance/Law/Life Sci
Native in: English
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anticipe des standards
French to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
et anticipe des standards comme un durcissement de la réglementation
Describing a virtuous company. Does it mean that it is pro-active in imposing its own standards or that it merely anticipates external standards.
Describing a virtuous company. Does it mean that it is pro-active in imposing its own standards or that it merely anticipates external standards.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | anticipates external standards... |
Martine Brault
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| 4 +1 | keeps (a step) ahead of the standards |
CarolynB
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| 5 | and implements tougher standards before the regulations do. |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| 3 | anticipates |
Sébastien St-François (X)
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Proposed translations
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Martine Brault
Canada
Canada
Native in French
&
English
Specializes in field
Canada
Versatility reliability professionalism
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English, French, and 1 more.
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anticipates external standards...
is probably the meaning here, but viewing the complete sentence would have helped.
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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thank you
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Tony M
: I think it means already adheres to self-imposed standrads that it expects to be at least as stringent as any standards that are subsequently introduced; such companies even sometimes end up setting the standard!
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Thanks Dusty.
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sarahl (X)
: with Dusty
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Thank you Sarah
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Nanny Wintjens
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Thank you!
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Good, but think you need to stress the 'durcissement' more, which may be my fault for not including it in the question"
11 mins
anticipates
Seeing as it is a question of regulations, I believe the company is anticipating these standards seeing as the company itself does not enact regulations but is rather subject to them.
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keeps (a step) ahead of the standards
or stays ahead ...., if that sounds better to you
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Ying HUANG
: In fact, in Europe, there are "normes, standard" and "réglementation". The "réglementation is something you must obey, while "standard" is a reference, like ISO9001
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and implements tougher standards before the regulations do.
that's what it says..that bit..you really should post the entire sentence...if they anticipe them, it means they implement their own tough standards prior to the law doing so
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Note added at 1 day 17 mins (2004-07-23 12:16:59 GMT)
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sorry: this is poor
BETTER: and implements standards tougher than existing regulations.
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Note added at 1 day 17 mins (2004-07-23 12:16:59 GMT)
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sorry: this is poor
BETTER: and implements standards tougher than existing regulations.
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