phase d'achèvement

English translation: near completion/nearing completion

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French term or phrase:phase d'achèvement
English translation:near completion/nearing completion
Entered by: Stephanie Mitchel

18:35 Jan 8, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial / sales & marketing
French term or phrase: phase d'achèvement
Speech to shareholders on sales performance - talking about their sales network.

"Il s’agit du premier réseau d’Europe par ses revenus et sa capillarité. Nous nous sommes attachés, depuis 1997, à le moderniser par une vigoureuse politique de restructuration, qui est aujourd’hui en phase d’achèvement."

Are they in the final stages or is this restructuring already finished?
Stephanie Mitchel
United States
Local time: 12:18
near completion/nearing completion
Explanation:
this is similar to

"être en voie d'achèvement/de rénovation to be nearing completion/in the process of renovation"
Selected response from:

Ivana UK
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:18
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4near completion/nearing completion
Ivana UK
4 +2which is today in its final phase/stage
toubabou
4being realized
jerryk (X)


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
being realized


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This is business parlance fudgifying. It\'s not really done yet, but they don\'t want to admit this. So it is in the process of being done, has almost been done, is on the verge of being done, will soon be done etc. etc.

jerryk (X)
PRO pts in pair: 134
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
phase d'achèvement
which is today in its final phase/stage


Explanation:
not finished yet

toubabou
Local time: 12:18
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 187

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RHELLER: that would be my translation
17 mins

agree  Karina Vermeylen
18 mins
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
near completion/nearing completion


Explanation:
this is similar to

"être en voie d'achèvement/de rénovation to be nearing completion/in the process of renovation"



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Ivana UK
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 39

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Abdellatif Bouhid
15 mins

agree  writeaway
1 hr

agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
5 hrs

agree  nothing
16 hrs
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