Business partner

French translation: Partenaire commercial

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English term or phrase:Business partner
French translation:Partenaire commercial
Entered by: GILOU

04:47 Mar 17, 2019
English to French translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources
English term or phrase: Business partner
In the expression "human resources business partner", how would you translate into French "business partner" ?
Thanks in advance for your answer.
Faby P.
Partenaire commercial
Explanation:
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https://fr.linkedin.com/jobs/ressources-humaines-emplois?pag...

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Partenaire commercial RH = human resources business partner

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Ce n'est pas partner business
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GILOU
France
Local time: 13:03
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4Partenaire commercial
GILOU
3 +2entreprise partenaire
Tony M
4 +1partenaire d'affaires (rh)
Lorraine Dubuc


Discussion entries: 4





  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
business partner
Partenaire commercial


Explanation:
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Note added at 2 heures (2019-03-17 07:45:27 GMT)
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https://fr.linkedin.com/jobs/ressources-humaines-emplois?pag...

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Note added at 2 heures (2019-03-17 07:45:56 GMT)
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Partenaire commercial RH = human resources business partner

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Note added at 5 heures (2019-03-17 10:03:29 GMT)
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Ce n'est pas partner business

GILOU
France
Local time: 13:03
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 606

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: Oui ou partenaire commercial en ressources humaines Partenaire Commercial en Ressources Humaines - Glassdoor https://www.glassdoor.fr/.../partenaire-commercial-en-ressou...
2 hrs

agree  Yvonne Gallagher: given the lack of context this seems like the best bet
3 hrs

agree  mchd
3 hrs

agree  Clem Deviers
6 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
business partner
entreprise partenaire


Explanation:
Asker, it's very hard to help you properly, as you don't give the full context.

Normally, if the 'business partner' were a person, one migh say 'associé' — the 'business' being usually implicit. But I get the impression this is probably not the ase here, as it sounds like this may be a partnership between businesses; in fact, these days, 'partner' is often just a fashionable synonym for 'supplier'!
Assuming this is the case, then my suggestion might well fit; note, of course, that it literally translates 'partner business', but if that is the kind of sense in which it is being used here, then that is of no consequence — the two are synonyms.
Of course, in very many contexts, simply 'partenaire' is all that is needed — we know we are in a business context

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If this is a business talking, then it is fairly implicit that there partner is going to be for doing business (i.e. 'a partner in business').
However, it is not a given that they are necessarily going to be another business (cf. things like PPP etc.) — so I am understanding this with the connotation of 'business that is our partner', although that's only one aspect that comes along to 'colour' the overall interpretation; in other words, I think the key issue here with 'business partner' is to contrast it with, say, 'private partner', 'institutional partner', etc.

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Do note there's nothing whatever in the source text to suggest this is a 'trading partner' — which seems unlikely, given the only context we know, which is HR.

Tony M
France
Local time: 13:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 72

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ph_B (X): avec le sens de « prestataire de services RH », par ex. gestion de la paie, chasseur de têtes, etc., toutes ces fonctions qui sont de + en + externalisées, sous réserve évidemment d'en savoir plus.
39 mins
  -> Merci, Ph_B !

agree  Fabienne Paoli (X): Thank you
1 hr
  -> Merci !

neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: I didn't know it was OK for Askers to agree with answerers?(seems to be a trend. Just saw it in It>En pair as well)
3 hrs
  -> It can only hapen if a person askers a question when not logged in, and then comments after logging in; or, actually joins as a member in between asking the question and signing up. It's rare, I don't think there's a "trend"
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
business partner
partenaire d'affaires (rh)


Explanation:
Partenaire d'affaires en ressources humaines. Ou peut-être consultant s'il s'agit d'une personne pigiste en ressources humaines?

Example sentence(s):
  • « L’ère des partenaires d’affaires (Dave Ulrich) Ce mouvement fait l’éloge de l’organisation et de sa réalité d’affaires. La prérogative est de situer le problème face aux enjeux et objectifs d’affaires du client et de son organisation
  • Au cours des dernières années, nous avons eu le privilège d’accompagner plusieurs équipes en ressources humaines dans la réalisation de leur ambition d’être une véritable équipe de « partenaires d’affaires »

    https://ordrecrha.org/ressources/gestion-strategique-rh/2013/12/le-partenaire-d-affaires-rh-un-agent-multiplicateur-dans-l-instauration-d-un
    https://www.afiexpertise.com/fr/ressources/articles/partenaires-affaires-au-dela-titre/333
Lorraine Dubuc
Canada
Local time: 08:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 34

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
10 mins
  -> Merci, Tony!
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