Apr 22, 2004 17:53
20 yrs ago
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French term

PDG

Non-PRO French to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
used: 'le PDG d'Euromap'

Proposed translations

+7
1 min
Selected

CEO for chief executive officer in Us and international

president and managing director in GB
Peer comment(s):

agree Guylaine Ingram
0 min
thks
agree Hacene
0 min
thks
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
2 mins
thks
agree Jean-Claude Gouin
12 mins
thks
agree Graham macLachlan : yup
26 mins
thks
agree Claudine Seynaeve
36 mins
thks
agree Aisha Maniar
53 mins
thks
disagree PeachPoint : CEO is only Directeur General. Yes I'm sure. See JeanneZ for a full answer. It was also in a previous Kudoz a while ago.
1 hr
are you sure?
agree writeaway : bien sûr, exactement
1 hr
thks
disagree Tom Bishop : DG = CEO or Managing Director PDG = President + CEO in US or Chairman + MD in UK
5 hrs
ah bon
agree Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva
14 hrs
thks
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
2 mins

managing director / chief executive officer (CEO)

Stands for "président-directeur général"
Peer comment(s):

agree writeaway : sigh! no one remembers those who come in second.........
1 hr
disagree Tom Bishop : That's fine for DG, but the P needs translating: President or Chairman according to localisation.
5 hrs
agree Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva
14 hrs
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+5
5 mins

Chairman and CEO

président directeur-général. The P is for Chairman and the DG is for Chief Executive Officer. (in US English).
Source: Termium
Peer comment(s):

agree PeachPoint
1 hr
agree cjohnstone : why not, but have you ever seen it in a company report? -:)
1 hr
agree Tom Bishop
5 hrs
agree truptee
10 hrs
agree Karin Dyson
13 hrs
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