niveau conventionnel

13:55 Jan 12, 2015 

I do love a diplomat! Thanks Mark. I'm sure Charlie, like me, appreciates that. There often isn't one 'right or wrong', but just different opinions. I take on board what Charlie says about Linguee and like you also feel that at times, it can have its uses. As with everything in our profession - everything with caution and take caution with everything.

08:19 Jan 11, 2015 

You're both right, I think. When you're totally flummoxed, can't find what you need in any of the reliable sources you habitually use and don't know where to start looking for others, Linguee can - sometimes - give you a clue.

22:50 Jan 10, 2015 

I'm certainly not going to fall out with anyone over what websites they visit :) Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

22:33 Jan 10, 2015 

I've removed my answer as I no longer believe it to be correct. Many thanks all for the insightful comments. I guess we can simply agree to disagree over Linguee ;)

21:11 Jan 10, 2015 

Well, even a stopped clock is right twice a day, as they say. Instead of cross-referencing with other reliable resources, why not just jump straight to the reliable sources and cut out the middle man? :-)

20:58 Jan 10, 2015 

Sadly, many translators today give no air time at all to Linguee. In fact, like lots of other resources, if used wisely and cross-referenced with other reliable resources it can offer helpful terminology suggestions and indeed inspiration at times when the correct term in a target language is on the tip of the translator's tongue but they just can't bring it to mind. As with all resources, it needs to be used carefully and with discretion but I believe linguists should learn how to use all available resources to their best advantage.

15:08 Jan 10, 2015 

No, I think any translator worthy of the name knows that Linguee is not authoritative and must be treated with the utmost caution.

10:50 Jan 10, 2015 

Agree entirely that convention is one to watch for (can be even trickier if not a labour agreement, but some other agreement everyone reading the Fr document knows about, but you don't!) as is Linguee, in the sense it's best treated with much care in that a great deal of the content is garbage. Haven't bothered much with kudoz for a while - is it really generally accepted practice to use linguee as an authoritative reference on here?!?

07:48 Jan 10, 2015 

This specific use of "convention collective" seems to be an open trap for any unsuspecting translator - especially when abbreviated to just "convention" - a recurrent question in various forms.

11:00 Jan 9, 2015 

Yes. Thank you. I suspected as much.

10:56 Jan 9, 2015 

means a lot more than conventional. it's often a faux ami. Imo you have to see it as an adjective related to convention, ie contract or agreement.

10:51 Jan 9, 2015 

I have a feeling that it refers to something more specific than simply "conventional level", which to me is unclear. But I can find no specific references.

10:38 Jan 9, 2015 

What is the problem?