Mar 23, 2004 11:04
20 yrs ago
French term

Mois N

French to English Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering Materials testing
This is a heading in a list of human ressources in a validation plan.
The first two columns identify names and job titles "mois N" cosists of months and percentages against each person's name
eg Joe Bloggs : Jan 50%, Feb 80%, May 80%, June 20%.

Any help very gratefully recieved.
Proposed translations (English)
3 month + %
3 +5 Month "N"

Proposed translations

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month + %

I think "mrodenstei" has hit the nail on the head here; surely, the 'N' must be referring to the percentage figure (maybe it means something specific, or maybe it just means 'numerical value' etc.)
I agree, of course, that 'mois N' does often mean 'a certain reference month from which others will be counted', but since here the months are actually given, that interpretation would make no sense to me in this context.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Dusty - I think it refers to the total % of working time devoted to the project in a given month"
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14 mins

Month "N"

"n" is preferred by mathematical people to represent "number", in this case "name" of month. I prefer to place it in brackets for clarity.
Peer comment(s):

agree mrodenstei : the N is to represent the percentage, not the name of the month
5 mins
agree David Sirett : Yes, usually used to indicate current month, with previous month being 'month N-1', etc.
7 mins
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
18 mins
agree Hacene
12 hrs
agree ACOZ (X)
1 day 14 hrs
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