rentabilité

English translation: Return on investment

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French term or phrase:	rentabilité
English translation:	Return on investment
Entered by:	claude-andrew

13:43 Dec 16, 2010

French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / The future of road traffic services

French term or phrase: rentabilité

This is a challenge. The writer is basing his speech on the Roman initials S P Q R. S (Sécurité), P (Prévisibilité) and Q (Qualité) - no problem in English; but R comme rentabilité ... your ideas welcome! But they must begin with R.

R comme rentabilité : les taxes et redevances de péage sont basées sur des paramètres simples.
L’avenir de la tarification routière répond au principe du pollueur-payeur.
Dès lors, il faut pouvoir individualiser le montant de la taxe en intégrant des paramètres tels que l’emplacement, l’heure, (gestion de la congestion urbaine et des itinéraires alternatifs), la charge par essieu (pour laquelle des technologies de pesage embarqué existent), les normes Euro de pollution, une circulation d’un camion à vide ou à plein.

claude-andrew KudoZ activity Questions: 643 (9 open) (36 without valid answers) (70 closed without grading) Answers: 358 France
Local time: 13:59

Return on investment

Explanation:
Just about the same concept as profitability, the additional revenue extracted from a business activity after deducting what you put into it from the total or gross revenue.
Or just play the old-fashioned game: pRofitability

Selected response from:

Simon Cole
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:59

Grading comment

Thanks Simon and the agreers, this was just the job. I actually just used "Return" as the context spelled out the meaning.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +4

Return on investment

Simon Cole

3 +3

Revenue

Cécile A.-C.

return incentives

rkillings

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Return on investment

Simon Cole
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:59
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 7

Grading comment

Thanks Simon and the agreers, this was just the job. I actually just used "Return" as the context spelled out the meaning.

33 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Revenue

Explanation:
just a suggestion???

Cécile A.-C.
United States
Local time: 07:59
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

4 hrs confidence:

return incentives

Explanation:
The writer is forcing it a bit in French: rentabilité isn't the aptest match for the polluter-pays message he has in mind. It's not about maximising revenue, but about giving users incentives they will see on their bottom line (even if the profit incentive is in most cases cost avoidance).

Sono porci questi romani.

rkillings
United States
Local time: 04:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 1140

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