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lenient

French translation: flexible

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English term or phrase:lenient
French translation:flexible
Entered by: Tradeo (X)

11:54 Mar 13, 2003
English to French translations [PRO]
SAP / SAP
English term or phrase: lenient
How may a Buyer set up a purchase to use more lenient price tolerances than the stand settings?
Tradeo (X)
Local time: 13:23
plus flexibles
Explanation:
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ça me semble coller ici

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lenient Source CORRECT

moins rigide Source

plus large Source
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GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 13:23
Grading comment
Merci, J'avais besoin d'en etre certain.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1plus flexibles
GILLES MEUNIER
4peu sévère, indulgent, large, peu contraignant
Francis MARC
3flexible
writeaway


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
plus flexibles


Explanation:
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Note added at 2003-03-13 11:58:56 (GMT)
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ça me semble coller ici

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Note added at 2003-03-13 12:00:27 (GMT)
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lenient Source CORRECT

moins rigide Source

plus large Source


GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 13:23
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 184
Grading comment
Merci, J'avais besoin d'en etre certain.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Meri Buettner: ou moins rigides :o)
2 mins
  -> oui absolument mais comme il y a 'more', j'ai adapté
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
peu sévère, indulgent, large, peu contraignant


Explanation:
sens général Harrap's:
lenient
['li:nNBnt] adj indulgent (to, towards envers); (punishment) peu sévère; Jur a lenient sentence un jugement clément

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 14:23
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 32
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
flexible


Explanation:
just a suggestion, maybe correct and maybe not.

... Avec notre nouvelle liste de prix flexibles, nous avons fait tomber la plus grande barrière pour les compagnies intéressées à passer à l'imposition ...
www.dynagram.com/Fr/ImpositionProd/ ImpoProdPress/d-press-23.asp -



writeaway
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