reckoning (urgent)

French translation: a été confrontée à une prise de conscience

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English term or phrase:was experiencing a reckoning
French translation:a été confrontée à une prise de conscience
Entered by: mchd

16:19 Jun 12, 2020
English to French translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: reckoning (urgent)
Bonjour,

je ne comprends pas du tout le sens de reckoning ici.

In 2019, The Business of Fashion reported that the fashion industry was experiencing *a reckoning*, largely due to rising costs and fluctuating profit margins.
At the center of this whirlwind were legacy distribution channels like wholesale, along with direct-to-consumer pipelines and other emerging models.

merci
Gwenl
France
Local time: 02:31
a été confrontée à une prise de conscience
Explanation:

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Note added at 20 heures (2020-06-13 12:30:26 GMT)
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également : a dû affronter la dure réalité d'une augmentation des coûts avec des marges bénéficiaires en dents de scie
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mchd
France
Local time: 02:31
Grading comment
Merci !
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7heure de vérité
Cathy Rosamond
3 +2a été confrontée à une prise de conscience
mchd
5rendre des comptes
Christine HOUDY
4 -1marquer le pas
Renate Radziwill-Rall
3une situation critique
Timothy Rake
3une crise
Aurélie TRAPP
3contrainte de rendre des comptes
Stéphanie Bellumat
4 -2une estimation
Christine HOUDY
Summary of reference entries provided
reckoning
Nathalie Stewart

Discussion entries: 4





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
marquer le pas


Explanation:
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Renate Radziwill-Rall
France
Local time: 02:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 16
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci Renate, cela va dans le sens de ce que j'avais traduit "enregistré un recul"


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: I really can't see how you get that from the S/T?
3 hrs
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
heure de vérité


Explanation:
L'industrie de la mode fait face à une heure de vérité.

cf. Day of reckoning

"a time when the effect of a past mistake is experienced or when a crime is punished."

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/fr/dictionnaire/anglais/day...

Cathy Rosamond
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nathalie Stewart: Oui, mais je pense qu'on dit plutôt "connaître son heure de vérité"
48 mins
  -> Merci Nathalie. Je préfère également "connaître" mais cela semble moins usité (sur le net).

agree  liz askew
1 hr
  -> Merci Liz.

agree  Tony M: Yes, the idea is very close to 'règlement de comptes' (which is after all the literal meaning of 'reckoning')
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Tony.

agree  John ANTHONY
2 hrs
  -> Thanks John.

agree  Eliza Hall
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Eliza.

agree  Lorraine Dubuc: Constat. Se retrouver devant un constat.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Lorraine.

agree  erwan-l
13 hrs
  -> Thanks Erwan.
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
une situation critique


Explanation:
ou autrement "un moment critique" ... dans le sense d'une inévitable crise.

Timothy Rake
United States
Local time: 18:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Not really. Doesn't really convey the whole nuance of the S/T
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
une crise


Explanation:
Au vu du contexte, lié à l’augmentation des coûts rencontrés

Example sentence(s):
  • L’industrie de la mode fait face à une crise due à l’augmentation des coûts

    https://www.thefreedictionary.com/reckoning
Aurélie TRAPP
France
Local time: 02:31
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Doesn't really convey the whole nuance of the S/T
1 hr
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
une estimation


Explanation:
IMO

Christine HOUDY
France
Local time: 02:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: Not the sense here; you were closer with your suggestion of 'bilan' / Yes, but here, this is not accounting jargon.
5 mins
  -> Estimation is Bilan in accounting ;-)

disagree  willy paul: pas le sens de la source
2 days 14 hrs
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
contrainte de rendre des comptes


Explanation:
s'est vue/ a été contrainte de rendre des comptes

pour alimenter la discussion, car ma proposition vient peut-être trop tardivement...

Stéphanie Bellumat
Local time: 02:31
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 99
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a été confrontée à une prise de conscience


Explanation:

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Note added at 20 heures (2020-06-13 12:30:26 GMT)
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également : a dû affronter la dure réalité d'une augmentation des coûts avec des marges bénéficiaires en dents de scie

mchd
France
Local time: 02:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 140
Grading comment
Merci !
Notes to answerer
Asker: J'aime bien cette proposition :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Although not qualified to comment on the forumation in FR, I certainly agree this conveys the tone of the S/T in EN.
25 mins

agree  willy paul: clever finding
2 days 38 mins
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2 days 19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
rendre des comptes


Explanation:
IMO

Christine HOUDY
France
Local time: 02:31
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Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8
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Reference comments


1 hr peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: reckoning

Reference information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_reckoning#:~:text=Day_o...

Day of reckoning refers to the Last Judgment of God in Christian and Islamic belief during which everyone after death is called to account for their actions committed in life.


https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/reckoning

reckoning
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
reck‧on‧ing /ˈrekənɪŋ/ noun

1 [uncountable] calculation that is based on a careful guess rather than on exact knowledge
by somebody’s reckoning
By my reckoning, we have 12,000 clients.

2 countable usually singular, uncountable] a time when you are judged or punished for your actions, or when they have results that affect you
We know that you will not forget their crimes when their day of reckoning comes.
In the final reckoning, the president failed to achieve his major goals.

3 → in/into/out of the reckoning
[British English] among or not among those who are likely to win or be successful, especially in sport.


day of reckoning
• Officials concerned with environmental policy predict that a day of reckoning will come when the issue has to be faced again.
• The idea of training hard for the jump was soon shelved and the day of reckoning drew nearer.
• The smoke and sound told her the day of reckoning had begun.
• If they do that they will merely be putting off the day of reckoning.
• But on the day of reckoning a divided Kurdistan could be a fatally weakened one.
• When the day of reckoning finally arrived, the truth was found to lie well in the middle ground between these extremes.
• The day of reckoning has come.
• Their day of reckoning had come.

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Variantes possibles en français, dans le même esprit :

l'heure de vérité / la minute de vérité
l'heure du bilan
le jour du jugement
le jour du règlement de comptes
le jour de la rétribution
le jour d'expiation
le jour fatidique

Nathalie Stewart
France
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Note to reference poster
Asker: Merci pour ces références


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Tony M
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