Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
chiffres clés
English translation:
key figures
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Expialidocio (X)
Nov 8, 2007 10:42
16 yrs ago
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French term
chiffres clés
French to English
Bus/Financial
Finance (general)
Calling all Yanks!
I need the AMERICAN English translation for this phrase, or at least reassurance that "key figures" is not exclusively British. FYI: American Gogle results with "key figures" all seem to refer to people, not numbers.
Context:
Pour votre information les ***chiffres clés*** de XXX, sont les suivants :
Notre niveau de dépenses mensuelles est de XXX €
Notre niveau de Cout de vente mensuelle est de XXX €
Thanks!
I need the AMERICAN English translation for this phrase, or at least reassurance that "key figures" is not exclusively British. FYI: American Gogle results with "key figures" all seem to refer to people, not numbers.
Context:
Pour votre information les ***chiffres clés*** de XXX, sont les suivants :
Notre niveau de dépenses mensuelles est de XXX €
Notre niveau de Cout de vente mensuelle est de XXX €
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +7 | key figures |
Adam Lankamer
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| 3 +1 | key numbers |
Francis MARC
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Proposed translations
+7
9 mins
Adam Lankamer
Poland
Poland
Specializes in field
Poland
Financial, Legal and Patent Translation
Native in: Polish 
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, French to English, and 2 more.
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key figures
Note from asker:
| Thanks for the quick replies, but I have yet to find an American source that uses "key figures" to refer to numbers... |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Laurel Clausen
: Yes, we use this in US English, too
24 mins
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| agree |
Charles Hawtrey (X)
: See http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnings/FY06/earn_rel_q4_06.m... for use of 'key' - admittedly not with products, but the sense is there. That's a US company...
28 mins
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| agree |
Emérentienne
59 mins
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| agree |
Nina Iordache
1 hr
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| agree |
dearbarbie (X)
: defo 'key figures' - it can be people as well as numbers but 'key numbers' simply doesn't sound right imo
3 hrs
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| agree |
Attorney DC Bar
: As a still-breathingAmerican source, I would say "key figures" to refer to numbers, 'deformation profesionnelle' notwithstanding...
3 hrs
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| agree |
veratek
: it's fine, I think - do a Google search on "key figures" "dollars" site:.gov - if you want official examples
8 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to all who contributed to this answer, especially vera-tech whose suggested search criteria finally produced an actual American example of the term "key figures" in use. I had searched previously with "dollars" in addition to "key figures," but adding the *.gov site specification is what finally got the job done.
Thanks again!"
+1
6 mins
key numbers
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Charles Hawtrey (X)
: See http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnings/FY06/earn_rel_q4_06.m... for use of 'key' - admittedly not with products, but the sense is there. That's a US company...
30 mins
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