Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

complément de prix

English translation:

price complement/supplement

Added to glossary by Conor McAuley
Nov 25, 2004 00:46
20 yrs ago
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French term

complément de prix

French to English Other Food & Drink Dairy industry
In the annual report of a French dairy co-op:

"Le résultat avant complément de prix..."

The question has been answered here before, but is there any specific term used in the context of a co-op?
I think "price supplement" is OK, but I want to check, as the expression comes up quite a lot in my text.

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Nov 25, 2004:
Thanks Alex, vive les insomniaques eh?

Proposed translations

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French term (edited): compl�ment de prix
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complement/supplement - beware!

I'd merely suggest you beware of "supplement" if the French is "complement", since they are not the same thing!

A supplement is over and above (the agreed price, etc.).
A complement is an agreed part of (the agreed price, etc.)

So if your dairy farmer sells 1000 gallons of milk, he might get X euros per gallon for 900 gallons of milk of an agreed quality, plus a complement of X euros per gallon for 100 gallons of high-quality cream, say, both at the factory gate, the whole making X euros per gallon of milk at the farm gate. IOW, the extra quality is factored into what is regarded as the "price".

If regarded as a supplement, that X euros per gallon at the farm gate would become the same "X euros" PLUS extra for extra quality, say.

It probably makes no real difference, but I can simply imagine the CAP arguments if British dairy farmers start thinking their French counterparts get paid a "price", which will have its equivalent(s) in the British Isles, PLUS a SUPPLEMENT, when "all they get" is the "price", comprising a COMPLEMENT.
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agree Johanne Bouthillier
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French term (edited): compl�ment de prix

price adjustment

North American reference
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earn out

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