Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
gestion des matières
English translation:
manage materials effectively
French term
gestion des matières
Context: a website on baby foods. Paragraph concerning the company's environment-friendly policies.
Le groupe s’engage au quotidien {ut3}à travers des actions très concrètes :
Dans les filières, reconnues par les labels FSC (gestion durable des forêts), MSC (pêche durable) qui respectent l’environnement et la gestion des matières
Dans la gestion des déchets
Dans la réduction des emballages
The problem is trying to identify what 'matières', to find a suitable translation. Any ideas on how to deal with this, or should I ask the client?
| 4 | manage resources effectively/sustainably |
philgoddard
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| 4 +2 | materials management |
B D Finch
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| 3 | resource management |
Claire Cox
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Proposed translations
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
manage resources effectively/sustainably
I would normally translate it as 'materials management' if it were (say) a department or function within a company. However, the French says 'qui respectent l’environnement et la gestion des matières', and 'respect the environment and materials/resource management' doesn't make sense.
My first thought was 'materials management', and I was wrong to mark this question as non-pro. The answer is not as obvious as it looks.
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United Kingdom
French & German Technical Translations
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, German to English
resource management
materials management
"Materials Management Strategy. All developments need to understand the materials on site and whether waste can be reused or if it requires disposal."
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Note added at 11 hrs (2013-07-03 21:13:59 GMT)
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Some relevant examples :
http://www.ilcanada.ca/upload/documents/07_the-national-IL-n...
" ... this project contributes to meeting the targets set in the Québec Residual Materials Management Policy."
http://www.ilcanada.ca/upload/documents/07_le-bulletin-natio...
" ... ce projet contribue à rencontrer les
objectifs de la Politique québécoise de gestion des
matières résiduelles."
http://consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en...
"Ministers will then adopt three sets of conclusions: on sustainable materials management, on improving environmental policy instruments and on the follow-up to the Nagoya conference on biodiversity."
http://consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/fr...
"Les ministres adopteront ensuite trois textes de conclusions sur une gestion durable des matières, l'amélioration des instruments en matière de politique environnementale et le suivi de la Conférence de Nagoya sur la biodiversité."
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[Unavailable]
: "Materials" is more general than "resources", as it includes any by-products etc.
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Thanks. Actually, it's less general in the sense that it does not include human resources, financial resources etc.
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nweatherdon
: seems highly likely in this case, particularly being in relation to production processes
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Thanks njw
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