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French translation: en commençant par le plus urgent

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English term or phrase:hot items
French translation:en commençant par le plus urgent
Entered by: Marie-Ange West

16:36 Oct 21, 2009
English to French translations [PRO]
Psychology / Communication and work styles
English term or phrase: hot items
When faced with several demands on my time at once:
A. I tackle things quickly one at a time, “hot” items first

choses délicates, urgentes?
Marie-Ange West
Local time: 02:06
en commençant par le plus urgent
Explanation:
As is often the case, the best way to solve this sort of problem is to rewrite the sentence differently. I suggest the following:
Lorsque je dois faire face à plusieurs demandes en même temps :
A. Je m'attaque rapidement aux problèmes un par un, en commençant par le plus urgent.
Selected response from:

Anne Pietrasik
France
Local time: 03:06
Grading comment
Merci.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7en commençant par le plus urgent
Anne Pietrasik
4 +3points urgents / urgences
nathaliemagne
4 +2choses urgentes (affaires brulantes/urgentes)
Drmanu49
4 -1hot items
Cybe


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
choses urgentes (affaires brulantes/urgentes)


Explanation:
you were right!



Drmanu49
France
Local time: 03:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 95

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aitor Aizpuru
3 mins
  -> Thank you Aitor.
agree  Lionel_M (X)
1 hr
  -> Thank you Lionel.
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
points urgents / urgences


Explanation:
"points" sounds more formal than "choses", but it also depends on the context !

or you can just say "à commencer par les urgences / les urgences d'abord"

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Note added at 7 minutes (2009-10-21 16:44:02 GMT)
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Actually, I think "urgences" is the more natural way of saying this on French

nathaliemagne
France
Local time: 03:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: The idea of 'hot' is also sometimes that it is not only urgent, but also important, and not something you want to be reponsible for holding up, so you are eager to get rid of it...
5 mins
  -> Yes, you are right. I just feel that in this context (seems to be professional?) "urgences" would fit in well... "brûlante" is a good translation, but I wouldn't know how to fit it without sounding "exagerated". I guess it depends on the context :)
agree  Joco: Urgences, oui
10 mins
agree  Lionel_M (X)
1 hr
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
en commençant par le plus urgent


Explanation:
As is often the case, the best way to solve this sort of problem is to rewrite the sentence differently. I suggest the following:
Lorsque je dois faire face à plusieurs demandes en même temps :
A. Je m'attaque rapidement aux problèmes un par un, en commençant par le plus urgent.

Anne Pietrasik
France
Local time: 03:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Merci.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yes, as you say, getting away from the source text yields a more natural result.
23 mins
  -> Thank you
agree  Beila Goldberg: Effectivement, il faut souvent réécrire une phrase et celle-ci est très bien tournée.
1 hr
  -> Merci Beila
agree  Françoise Vogel
4 hrs
  -> Merci Françoise
agree  Jennifer Moulard: La réécriture me semble très bonne et j'aime beaucoup le style de la phrase.
5 hrs
  -> Merci Ukyuu
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin: J'aime bien ...
5 hrs
  -> Merci 1045
agree  Christiane Bujold
5 hrs
  -> Merci Christiane
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
10 hrs
  -> Merci Gilles
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
hot items


Explanation:
les points urgents
les points stratégiques

Cybe
Local time: 03:06
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Jean-Claude Gouin: IMHO, this is not a translation ... Sorry ...
2 hrs
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