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la souscription d'un abonnement

English translation: the taking out of a subscription

11:56 Jun 30, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Internet, e-Commerce / Subscription
French term or phrase: la souscription d'un abonnement
A l'issue de ce test, l'activation du Suivi sur une autre campagne nécessitera la souscription d'un abonnement.

To me, both abonnement and souscription seem to be the same!

does souscription stand for the payment of subscription fee or some such thing?

Thanks
Uma Hariharan
Local time: 10:14
English translation:the taking out of a subscription
Explanation:
Here "souscription" is being used to mean the action - the taking out of the subscription.
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Maria Constant (X)
Local time: 06:44
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4 +6the taking out of a subscription
Maria Constant (X)


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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
the taking out of a subscription


Explanation:
Here "souscription" is being used to mean the action - the taking out of the subscription.


Maria Constant (X)
Local time: 06:44
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks
Notes to answerer
Asker: So it is nominalisation of souscrire? Hence I can translate as "require the taking out of a subscription" or "require taking out a subscription"?

Asker: The entire document is in third person and impersonal and hence I have to stick to "require the taking out of a subscription" Thanks to all of you for the help.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Katherine Mérignac: I was going to say the same thing - I think they've just gone a bit OTT with the French
2 mins
  -> Thanks Katherine.
agree  Tony M: Probably best as "require you to take out a subscription"
19 mins
  -> Thanks Dusty.
agree  Simon Charass: or simply "require a subscription"
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Simon
agree  Najib Aloui
4 hrs
  -> Thanks ganemo
agree  pearl1
7 hrs
  -> Thanks pearl
agree  ACOZ (X): Agree with Dusty
12 hrs
  -> Thanks ACOZ
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