Jun 18, 2015 12:55
8 yrs ago
French term
Bulgaria
The original in all but the language
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Bulgarian to English, Esperanto to English, and 1 more.
effectifs vendus
French to English
Bus/Financial
Human Resources
Personnel trends
This is from a summary of the workforce trends (new appointments, drop-out rate, number of redundancies and retirements, etc.) in a global corporate group:
"Les effectifs vendus représentent XXX personnes au niveau du Groupe, dont XX en Europe."
Does this refer to specific arrangements whereby companies "sell" their personnel to others?
"Les effectifs vendus représentent XXX personnes au niveau du Groupe, dont XX en Europe."
Does this refer to specific arrangements whereby companies "sell" their personnel to others?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | transferred personnel |
Brigitt Nolan
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| 4 +1 | number of contracted personnel/numbers of contractors |
Francois Boye
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Proposed translations
4 days
Brigitt Nolan
France
France
Native in French
Works in field
France
30 years experience in different fields
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
4
Selected
transferred personnel
As per regulations, when a company is bought by someone else, the staff is transferred along with the other resources.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you."
+1
1 hr
Francois Boye
United States
United States
Native in French
United States
An economic geek with social skills
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
39
number of contracted personnel/numbers of contractors
contracted staffing is a business that thrives on providing staff to companies short of technical or professional staff
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Note added at 1 hr (2015-06-18 14:35:59 GMT)
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Erratum: CONTRACT personnel/staffing instead of contracted personnel/staffing
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Note added at 1 hr (2015-06-18 14:35:59 GMT)
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Erratum: CONTRACT personnel/staffing instead of contracted personnel/staffing
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Chakib Roula
: Yes,we are rather talking about staffing.
3 hrs
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| neutral |
philgoddard
: You haven't explained how "vendus" becomes "contracted".
4 hrs
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Discussion
We could probably find the answer if we knew which company it was, but I guess you're not going to tell us that :-)
I think your suggested explanation is a strong possibility, but I'd ask the customer.