Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
floor/ceiling
English answer:
min. / max.
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Nouar Nassima
Mar 13, 2011 20:35
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Algeria
Native in: Arabic 
, French
Works in: English to French, Arabic to French, French to Arabic, and 2 more.
floor/ceiling
English
Law/Patents
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arbitrage maritime
I do not understand the expression between brackets :
"Here however the Contractors asked me to treat the settlement figure (as a floor rather than a ceiling)."
"Here however the Contractors asked me to treat the settlement figure (as a floor rather than a ceiling)."
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| 5 +5 | min. / max. |
Tony M
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| 4 +3 | as a lower limit rather than an upper limit |
Liliane Hatem
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| 4 +1 | minimum/ maximum |
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
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| 4 -1 | plancher/plafond |
christelle.c
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Change log
Mar 13, 2011 20:36: Tony M changed "Language pair" from "English to French" to "English"
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min. / max.
'floor' means a minimum level — something that you cannot go below, perhaps something upon which something else may be added.
'ceiling' means a maximum level — something that you cannot exceed.
These are standard meanings, but if they don't fit in your particular context, you'll need to explain a bit more about what it is and why these wouldn't be any good.
'ceiling' means a maximum level — something that you cannot exceed.
These are standard meanings, but if they don't fit in your particular context, you'll need to explain a bit more about what it is and why these wouldn't be any good.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks a lot. A comprehension of the source language is more imporatant than a simple translation."
+1
9 mins
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
Israel
Israel
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English
Israel
Quality, Reliability, Experience.
Native in: English , Romanian
Works in: French to English, Hebrew to English, Romanian to English, and 3 more.
minimum/ maximum
The minimum amount acceptable for the settlement is the maximum amount offered by the other party.
Peer comment(s):
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Donna Stevens
: So the phrase in the brackets would be (as a minimum rather than a maximum). That would work well.
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Thanks!
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Liliane Hatem
Lebanon
Lebanon
Native in English
&
English
Specializes in field
Lebanon
Fast and reliable
Native in: English , Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic to French, and 3 more.
as a lower limit rather than an upper limit
Statistics, Probability, Statistics And Probability | Tutorvista.com
For this class, 11 is the lower limit and 15 is the upper limit and both are ... Sometimes class marks rather than classes are given for a frequency table. ...
www.tutorvista.com/content/math/frequency-distribution.php
For this class, 11 is the lower limit and 15 is the upper limit and both are ... Sometimes class marks rather than classes are given for a frequency table. ...
www.tutorvista.com/content/math/frequency-distribution.php
Peer comment(s):
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AllegroTrans
: a good way of re-phrasing it
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Thanks AllegroTrans!
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| agree |
swisstell
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Thanks SwissTell!
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| agree |
British Diana
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Thanks British Diana!
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christelle.c
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Software localization specialist
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French, English to Spanish, and 1 more.
plancher/plafond
on parle aussi de "plancher" et "plafond" en français
Example sentence:
taux plancher garanti
plafond des dépenses
Reference:
http://www.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&index=ent&srchtxt=CEILING%20COSTS
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Andy Watkinson
: ?
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| disagree |
Donna Stevens
: The target language is English.
9 hrs
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| neutral |
Tony M
: Donna, the target language was originally FR, but was changed by the moderator, as Asker was seeking an explanation of the use of these 2 terms in the source language.
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