Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term
Totally reliable, top quality
Native in: English 
Works in: Italian to English, French to English
objectiver
"Faisant suite au rapport du XXX de novembre 2007, la Commission de garantie des retraites a contribué à **objectiver** l’impact de l’allongement de l’espérance de vie, et la Conférence de revalorisation des pensions du 20 décembre 2007 a montré la nécessité de garantir le pouvoir d’achat des retraités face à une inflation plus forte que prévue."
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| 4 +2 | objectivize / objectify |
Tony M
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| 4 | to document |
Subodh Jangid
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| 4 | externalise or exteriorise |
Elizabeth Lyons
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| Objectivise does exist |
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Non-PRO (1): writeaway
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois)
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
assess
"objectivis(z)e" or "objectify" - these words both just sound like mumblespeak
Isn't "assess" the implied meaning here anyway?
objectivize / objectify
Here's the definition from NS OED:
objectivize
Make objective; objectify.
objectivi'zation n. the action or an act of objectivizing something; a thing that externalizes an idea, principle, etc.:
Early 20c.
... and I certainly think that's what they're talking about here;
You might which to consider the alternative verb 'objectify':
Make into or present as an object of perception; make objective; express in an external or concrete form.
... especially as I feel pretty sure that what they're REALLY talking about here is finding out the actual numbers!
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Note added at 13 mins (2008-10-19 12:40:14 GMT)
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objectify is listed by OED as mid-19c, so I think we can take it that 'obectivize' is a more recent 'buzz-word' (albeit 'recent' means early 20c!)
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Richard Nice
: yes, of course it exists, but ¨objectiver" does not seem to be the best word that could have been used in the source text
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Thanks, Richard! "Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to tranzlate... or die"
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Gina W
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Thanks, Gad!
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India
"The fastest and accurate translation"
Native in: Hindi 
Works in: French to English, English to Hindi, French to Hindi
to document
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Tony M
: Could indeed work in some contexts, but I have a feeling that here it may have a meaning closer to 'pin it down more accurately in figures', in which case this might be a little too loose?
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United States
Scientist / Linguist
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Portuguese to English, and 2 more.
externalise or exteriorise
This term can mean a limited range of different things.
You could stretch this and use:
-concretise
-exteriorise
-externalise
All of which mean giving something a material reality; in fact, in some instances 'materialise' would work well.
It depends on the text and discipline involved.
'Objectify' is perfectly correct, imho.
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Note added at 1339 days (2012-06-20 10:46:38 GMT) Post-grading
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Even less used but still correct: reify
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