Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

sorties

English translation:

monitoring visits

Added to glossary by Rebecca Lowery
Jun 26, 2005 14:53
18 yrs ago
French term

sorties

French to English Social Sciences International Org/Dev/Coop
Nombre de sorties de suivi de la coordination

Réaliser 576 sorties de suivi dans les districts sanitaires

It's the "sortie" bit I'm stuck with - monitoring events??
Proposed translations (English)
5 +4 monitoring visits

Proposed translations

+4
2 mins
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monitoring visits

the French say sortie..the monitors sortent..we would say site visits...cheers

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-06-26 14:57:22 GMT)
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the French looks at it from the point of view of where the monitors are \"going out from\" and the English looks at it from the end point of where they go..two different way of looking at the same thing
Peer comment(s):

agree Jonathan MacKerron : are they checking urinoirs?; just an allusion to the "sanitaire" thing, but obviously not as funny as it seemed to me at the time...
12 mins
sorry..but I don't quite get your joke..can you explain? Jokes are much needed...:)
agree Nick Lingris
27 mins
Gracie
agree RHELLER : this is also my understanding :-)
59 mins
Thanx Rita
agree Dr Sue Levy (X) : Hi Jane! "sortie" can be "field visit" too.
5 hrs
yes agree
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Jane"
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