Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
lagging indicators
French translation:
indicateurs retardés
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Geneviève von Levetzow
Jul 2, 2005 20:50
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The context is as follows:
"Huge amounts of data are being collected, but, our plans are driven by lagging indicators such as incidents."
Does anyone have any idea how "lagging" can be translated in this context? Thanks a lot for all suggestions.
"Huge amounts of data are being collected, but, our plans are driven by lagging indicators such as incidents."
Does anyone have any idea how "lagging" can be translated in this context? Thanks a lot for all suggestions.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +5 | indicateurs retardés / indicateurs de retard |
Geneviève von Levetzow
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| 5 | à la traîne |
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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| 4 -1 | indicateurs avancés |
abiggers
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Proposed translations
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Geneviève von Levetzow
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English term (edited):
lagging indicators
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indicateurs retardés / indicateurs de retard
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Martine Brault
: Voir mes commentaires à Diana
5 hrs
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GILLES MEUNIER
7 hrs
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| agree |
Jean-Luc Dumont
: Lagging indicators include historical data on accidents and incidents,
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df49f (X)
: déjà répondu y'a pas longtemps (cf lien gloss donné par Adrien) "retardés" plutôt (en tout cas pas "à la traîne"!! :)) - l'opposé étant indicateurs avancés///vous avez bien fait! y'a des trucs qu'il faut pas laisser traîner!!
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J'ai surtout répondu en raison de cette traîne qui passait mal;)
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Philippe Maillard
14 hrs
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Merci à tous / toutes:)
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Comment: "Thanks a lot for your answer"
5 mins
à la traîne
well, this is what it means.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Martine Brault
: En toute justice, l'expresion existe mais est rarement utilisée dans le milieu.
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I disagree with you
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6 mins
indicateurs avancés
I believe so
Peer comment(s):
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df49f (X)
: c'est l'inverse: avancés=leading - lagging=retardés
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