Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
ajuster les effectifs au CA
English translation:
adjust headcount based on sales...
Added to glossary by
Marian Greenfield
Apr 14, 2002 18:10
22 yrs ago
French term
ajuster les effectifs au CA
French to English
Bus/Financial
Human Resources
Nous pensons donc que la première phase de réajustement à la hausse du taux d’utilisation des effectifs est plausible, avec d’une part une politique commerciale plus agressive et ensuite la possibilité d’ajuster les effectifs au CA.
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13 mins
Marian Greenfield
Native in English
Over 30 years in financial translation
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English
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16
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adjust headcount based on sales...
that's the U.S. version...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks very much!"
14 mins
Steven Geller
Works in: French to English, English to French, English, and 1 more.
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10
adjust headcount to turnover / sales revenues
turnover BrE
sales revenue NAmE
sales revenue NAmE
+1
17 mins
to grow or reduce staff according to revenues
to match staff with revenues / sales figures / turnover
at least in the US, revenue= CA
at least in the US, revenue= CA
17 mins
re-adjusting the [number of] Employees to Sales
CA is Sales in the US. In the UK, they also say Turnover but here I would say sales to make it clear that they can hire more people if they make more sales.
Peer comment(s):
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Steven Geller
: Sales revenues not sales - a company can have high sales numbers and terrible revenues - "chiffre d'affaires" does not mean sales - it means turnover or revenues from sales.
27 mins
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18 mins
To adapt labor to turnover
labor = main-d'oeuvre
+1
56 mins
Make staff adjustments dependent on turnover
None needed
+1
15 hrs
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Native in English
Psychologist, Court-certified legal
Native in: English
Works in: French to English
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44
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