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le lotissement du travail et des livraisons

English translation: task and delivery batching

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French term or phrase:le lotissement du travail et des livraisons
English translation:task and delivery batching
Entered by: Adrian MM.

19:06 Apr 8, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
French term or phrase: le lotissement du travail et des livraisons
Il assure la définition et l'évolution du périmètre, le lotissement du travail et des livraisons.


This is in relation to the role of a Project Manager in a financial institution.

I am tempted to translate it as "division of labour" but then it does not make sense when you add deliveries.
I have thought of translating it as "allocation of tasks (or labour) and deliveries".
Catherine Godet
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:07
task and delivery batching
Explanation:
As an aside, in UK land law and conveyancing, as I've mentioned before on this site to general disbelief, there can be 'lotting' of a housing estate, namely division into lots or plots.
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Adrian MM.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3task and delivery batching
Adrian MM.
4breakdown of work and deliveries
Tony M
4 -2subdivision of labour/labor and deliveries
Francois Boye


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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
subdivision of labour/labor and deliveries


Explanation:
http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/LOTISSEMENT

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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-04-08 21:11:56 GMT)
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subdivision
noun UK ​ /ˈsʌb.dɪˌvɪʒ.ən/ /ˌsʌb.dɪˈvɪʒ.ən/ US ​ /ˈsʌb.dɪˌvɪʒ.ən/ /ˌsʌb.dɪˈvɪʒ.ən/
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[ C or U ] any of the parts into which something is divided, or the act of creating these:

Each category has several subdivisions.
They agreed that subdivision of the house into apartments would be a good idea.
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[ C ] us uk housing estate an area containing a large number of houses o

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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-04-08 21:12:33 GMT)
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Source: Cambridge Dictionary

Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 12:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 305

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Daryo: if just dictionaries were enough, MT would have taken over ages ago ... have you tried to check what exactly "subdivision of labour" is supposed to mean in real use?
4 hrs
disagree  Tony M: 'subdivision' isn't applicbale here, and in any case, it's not 'labour' (main d'œuvre) but 'work'
10 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
task and delivery batching


Explanation:
As an aside, in UK land law and conveyancing, as I've mentioned before on this site to general disbelief, there can be 'lotting' of a housing estate, namely division into lots or plots.

Example sentence(s):
  • Multitasking doesn't work. We'll show you how to beat switching costs by batching multiple similar tasks.

    Reference: http://eng.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/architecture/354...
    Reference: http://brainsoverblonde.com/task-batching/
Adrian MM.
Austria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 81
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daryo: maybe not the best term, but that's the idea.
1 hr
  -> Thank you for your albeit begrudging agree.
agree  AllegroTrans: "allocation" would perhaps work
4 hrs
  -> Indeed and as suggested by the asker, whilst my intuition was to extrapolate 'lot' as meaning a batch, besides many other meanings.
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
14 hrs
  -> Merci and thank you, howling wolf - echoing the pain of my UK schoolfriend in France who is a life-long supporter of Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wolves) losing 2-3 in the English FA Cup semi-finals after going 2-0 up.
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
breakdown of work and deliveries


Explanation:
It means 'breaking down' the work (and deliveries) into logical units — this is the job of a Project Manager.

It doesn't necessarily imply breaking them down into packages and deciding who does them — though of course that is likely to be a part of the job too!

In fact, rather than using 'breakdown of...' as so common in FR, it would arguably be better to put 'breaking down...' — but that would depend on whether or not you can get away with that within the formulation of the surrounding text.

Cf. the use of 'lot' in tendering / contracting to mean a 'work package' etc.

Tony M
France
Local time: 18:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 244
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