Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

trim the fat

French translation:

éliminer le superflu

Added to glossary by Marion Delarue
May 1, 2017 09:59
7 yrs ago
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English term

trim the fat

English to French Other Management management, productivity
We blogged about habits recently: how examining your cemented routines and proceeding to shake things up if they don't make sense has a positive effect on your productivity, focus, and even creativity. It's important to occasionally reassess what we do on auto-pilot so that we trim the fat and keep only what is helpful.
Proposed translations (French)
4 +7 éliminer le superflu
4 +1 Dégraisser
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Discussion

polyglot45 May 1, 2017:
depends on register mais on pourrait dire "jeter le rabe"

Proposed translations

+7
4 mins
Selected

éliminer le superflu

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Peer comment(s):

agree Tony M
8 mins
agree Andrew Bramhall : That's definitely the meaning;
33 mins
agree Ana Vozone
35 mins
agree sporran
2 hrs
agree Annie Rigler
4 hrs
agree Hélène OShea
6 hrs
agree AllegroTrans
11 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Merci, c'est parfait !"
+1
36 mins

Dégraisser

Suggéré
Peer comment(s):

neutral Tony M : That's perhaps a rather different image, more about e.g. skimming the fat off a liquid, rather than the notion of 'parer', really ruthlessly cutting out what is flabby and unnecessary!
8 mins
Le management n'utlise pas tjrs une langue sympa comme alléger les effectifs Le plus souvent on dit dégraisser
agree Marcombes (X)
5 hrs
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