Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
service overhead tasks
French translation:
tâches de gestion
Added to glossary by
Nathalie Reis
Nov 3, 2013 10:54
10 yrs ago
English term
service overhead tasks
English to French
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Offload service overhead tasks so you can focus on new sales
Proposed translations
(French)
| 3 +1 | tâches de gestion |
Alain Boulé
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| 4 | tâches de services généraux |
Julien Mulas
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| 4 -1 | tâches de service non prévues |
HERBET Abel
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Proposed translations
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1 hr
Alain Boulé
Native in French
Technical translation by an engineer
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, German to French
Related KudoZ points
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69
Selected
tâches de gestion
In general terms an overhead task is one which does not directly result in the modification or qualification of a required project deliverable. Under this definition most management activities, meetings, planning and monitoring are overheads, while specifying, designing, coding, documenting and testing are "payload" activities.
http://xprocess.blogspot.fr/2009/05/what-is-overhead-task.ht...
http://xprocess.blogspot.fr/2009/05/what-is-overhead-task.ht...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Merci!"
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21 mins
HERBET Abel
Native in French
Specializes in field
Graduate engineer
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
122
tâches de service non prévues
je pense
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Tony M
: That doesn't reflect the meaning of the 'overhead' part of the source text, which suggests rather on-going background tasks that need to be done all the time (and are hence more than likely to be relatively foreseeable)
8 mins
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1 hr
tâches de services généraux
"Délestez vous des tâches de services généraux pour vous concentrer sur les nouvelles ventes."
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Note added at 1 hr (2013-11-03 11:56:36 GMT)
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"In business, overhead or overhead expense refers to an ongoing expense of operating a business; it is also known as an "operating expense". Examples include rent, gas, electricity, and wages. The term overhead is usually used when grouping expenses that are necessary to the continued functioning of the business but cannot be immediately associated with the products or services being offered (i.e., do not directly generate profits)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhead_(business)
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Note added at 1 hr (2013-11-03 11:56:36 GMT)
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"In business, overhead or overhead expense refers to an ongoing expense of operating a business; it is also known as an "operating expense". Examples include rent, gas, electricity, and wages. The term overhead is usually used when grouping expenses that are necessary to the continued functioning of the business but cannot be immediately associated with the products or services being offered (i.e., do not directly generate profits)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhead_(business)
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Tony M
: I thought the same, but would like to know how/why 'service' is used in Asker's specific context, which might change things a bit.
7 mins
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