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supposent

English translation: requires

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French term or phrase:supposent
English translation:requires
Entered by: Enza Longo

17:35 Dec 14, 2003
French to English translations [PRO]
/ IT/telecom
French term or phrase: supposent
Les estimations de baisse et de hausse du statut GCR supposent une connaissance des règles et critères liés à son calcul.
Enza Longo
Canada
Local time: 15:34
requires
Explanation:
Estimating the... requires familiarity with the relevant rules and criteria.

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Note added at 3 mins (2003-12-14 17:38:45 GMT)
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Or, depending on the context:
The estimations of... assume that the reader is conversant with...
Selected response from:

William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 13:34
Grading comment
Many thanks William - I think that requires fits the context perfectly.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7requires
William Stein
5presume
T Crotogino
4assume
toubabou
3 +1assumes or preseupposes
Charlie Bavington
4mean.......
margaret caulfield
3are based on
RHELLER


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
requires


Explanation:
Estimating the... requires familiarity with the relevant rules and criteria.

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Note added at 3 mins (2003-12-14 17:38:45 GMT)
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Or, depending on the context:
The estimations of... assume that the reader is conversant with...

William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 13:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1737
Grading comment
Many thanks William - I think that requires fits the context perfectly.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Benham: Yeah, that sort of thing....
0 min
  -> Greetings to the Wizard of Oz!
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
4 mins
  -> Merci, Gilles.
agree  Charlie Bavington: could be this too. Assuming it's person doing the estimating !
11 mins
  -> Right, otherwise the last option would apply.
agree  Pierre POUSSIN
29 mins
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
40 mins
agree  margaret caulfield: could be
2 hrs
agree  Azure
7 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
assume


Explanation:
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toubabou
Local time: 15:34
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 187
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
assumes or preseupposes


Explanation:
Rather depends on who is doing the estimates - a person or a machine.

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Note added at 13 mins (2003-12-14 17:49:03 GMT)
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- and on the fuller context as a whole.

Charlie Bavington
Local time: 20:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1854

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  toubabou: estimations étant au pluriel, assume doit être au singulier
8 mins
  -> I guess that mentally, I had already translated "estimations" as "(the act of) estimating", as William did. Hence the verb form I used.
agree  sarahl (X)
2 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
are based on


Explanation:
are based on knowing (the knowledge of) the rules and criteria

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 13:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1582
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
presume


Explanation:
The estimates...presume one is familiar with the rules and criteria involved in its calculation.

T Crotogino
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 11
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mean.......


Explanation:
My opinion.

margaret caulfield
Local time: 21:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 368
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