Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

which catch them unaware

French translation:

auxquels ils ne s\'attendent pas

Added to glossary by Thierry Darlis
Jun 20, 2017 03:21
6 yrs ago
English term

which catch them unaware

Non-PRO English to French Bus/Financial General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
The biggest change that has been observed and has been growing over time is that prospects and customers have started to look at alternative businesses and delivery models for enterprise applications. A lot of prospects are not very happy paying licenses, annual maintenance costs, and recurring costs attached to hardware and software upgrades and refreshes, which catch them unaware. Companies are continually under pressure to control the amount they spend on IT, and more so in the current economic scenario, where organizations are looking to curtail investment programs and optimize/reduce costs wherever possible
Change log

Jun 20, 2017 04:17: writeaway changed "Field" from "Other" to "Bus/Financial"

Jun 21, 2017 18:25: Françoise Vogel changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): GILLES MEUNIER, Jocelyne Cuenin, Françoise Vogel

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Proposed translations

+4
3 hrs
Selected

auxquels ils ne s'attendent pas

KIS
Peer comment(s):

agree GILLES MEUNIER : ça colle peut-être mieux au contexte
24 mins
agree Maliki Kamara : Ça me semble plus approprié.
48 mins
agree Alain Marsol
2 hrs
neutral Daryo : yes and no - they well know that software and hardware need updating from time to time, they only don't know when it's going to happen.
3 hrs
agree Annie Rigler
3 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+2
1 hr

qui les prennent de court / au dépourvu

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Note added at 1 hr (2017-06-20 04:28:49 GMT)
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"unawares
1. while not aware or conscious of a thing oneself; unknowingly or inadvertently.
2. without warning; by surprise; suddenly; unexpectedly: to come upon someone unawares."
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/unawares?s=t
Peer comment(s):

agree Daryo
5 hrs
agree Françoise Vogel : précisément
1 day 13 hrs
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4 hrs

Qu'ils ne peuvent prévoir

Ou bien
Qui sont imprévisibles
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-1
6 hrs

qui tombent du ciel

and recurring costs attached to hardware and software upgrades and refreshes, which catch them unaware

... qui tombent du ciel
Peer comment(s):

disagree GILLES MEUNIER : comme par enchantement
1 hr
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