le prix révisé à la baisse

English translation: the price ahsll be revised downwards

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French term or phrase:le prix révisé à la baisse
English translation:the price ahsll be revised downwards
Entered by: Lara Barnett

12:59 Dec 18, 2016
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Instructions for tenderer
French term or phrase: le prix révisé à la baisse
This is the part in the tender document regarding rectification of errors in pricing calculations:

Can I use "downwards revision" here?

Dans le cas où l’erreur résulte en une réduction du prix de l’offre, le prix de l’offre sera le prix révisé à la baisse
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:34
the price revised downwards
Explanation:
This formulation is more consistent with the text: (Dans le cas où l’erreur résulte en une réduction du prix de l’offre, le prix de l’offre sera) le prix révisé à la baisse
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Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 06:34
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the price revised downwards


Explanation:
This formulation is more consistent with the text: (Dans le cas où l’erreur résulte en une réduction du prix de l’offre, le prix de l’offre sera) le prix révisé à la baisse

Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 06:34
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans: adjusted downwards
15 mins

agree  Tony M: Yes, but the problem is really that this FR word order sits awkwardly in EN — whate we expect to read is "the downward-revised price", which is however not really viable. Whence Asker's dilemma...
40 mins

agree  B D Finch: This appears to be about procedure in the event of a calculation error in a bid and I see no problem with your formulation.
16 hrs

neutral  kempo: In my experience "révisé à la baisse" is a fairly common & convoluted way of saying "reduced". How you choose to translate it will depend on the overall style of the document. Here you could just say "the lower price".
20 hrs
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