Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

mois tarif

English translation:

tariff month

Added to glossary by Tony M
Nov 7, 2012 14:33
11 yrs ago
French term

mois tarif

French to English Tech/Engineering Retail Supermarkets
Cette grille doit être réalisée une fois par mois tarif

This is taken from a benchmark being used for a supermarket inspection - the 'grille' here is a chart (which contains a list of items to be checked, ranging from the levels of stock on the shelves to the cleanliness of the customer toilets) which must be filled in for each..... what on earth is a 'mois tarif' here? All I could think of was 'pricing month' but that is not a term (as far as I am aware) and is meaningless... any ideas? I would have thought that once a month would be sufficient here, but clearly they mean something more specific....
Proposed translations (English)
1 +4 tariff month
3 Once a month
Change log

Nov 21, 2012 08:53: Tony M Created KOG entry

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tariff month

I imagine it is either months that aren't aligned with the calendar (following on, say, from the contract start date)... or at least something along those lines.

Just a hunch, though, I'm afraid :-)

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Note added at 27 mins (2012-11-07 15:00:30 GMT)
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Of course, it if just possible that 'tarif' is short for something like 'tarifé' etc., and just means 'per month to be charged for'. One comes across things like this in e.g. 'prestation tarifée' = 'chargeable / paying service'
Peer comment(s):

agree FoundInTrans : yes I agree it's a non specific time once a month, a very cool idiom and so French that I love it.
7 mins
Thanks, Patrick! I think perhaps you and I have different ideas of 'cool'... ;-)
agree Daryo : makes perfect sense
39 mins
Merci, Daryo !
agree philgoddard
47 mins
Thanks, Phil!
agree B D Finch : This reminds me of the six-day week used by my school: the first week of term, Monday was Day 1; the second week of term, Monday was Day 6 and Tuesday was Day 1 and so on. Awkward, but it solved some timetabling problems.
51 mins
Thanks, B! Yes, some weird and wonderful ideas have been developed, haven't they?
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
13 mins

Once a month

It does not say when in a month and is a rather arty way of saying something simple it seems. I think the word tarif is implying effort.

See ref. a little vague so my confidence is medium
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