marge

English translation: proportion or percentage of sales

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French term or phrase:	marge
English translation:	proportion or percentage of sales
Entered by:	Stephanie Ezrol

19:27 Sep 12, 2011

French to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink / Food production and sales

French term or phrase: marge

This is the full sentence

"Une marge sera prélevée sur les ventes afin de financer les activités de sensibilisation, formation et accompagnement mises en œuvre par xxxx."

The whole document is about a project by xxxx in Africa.

I believe the meaning, not the translation per se, of the sentence is that some portion of the sales will finance awareness outreach, training and the furthering of the project.

I am stumped about the use of marge here, margin doesn't make sense to me but maybe I'm missing something.

Stephanie Ezrol KudoZ activity Questions: 148 (none open) (15 closed without grading) Answers: 650 United States
Local time: 08:46

margin/additional charge

Explanation:
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This is what it means literally - prélever is to charge. However, I think that, as you say, in English we would say "A proportion of sales/profits will be used to fund..."

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philgoddard
United States

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margin/additional charge

philgoddard

4 +2

a percentage of the sales

Sarah Bessioud

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peer agreement (net): +2

margin/additional charge

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 38

Grading comment

thanks

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

a percentage of the sales

Explanation:
A percentage of sales (revenue) will go towards financing these activities, rather than a margin being added on.

Sarah Bessioud
Germany
Local time: 14:46
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English
PRO pts in category: 43

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