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Aug 9, 2019 10:16
4 yrs ago
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French term

mise en veille

French to English Law/Patents Law: Contract(s) apprenticeship contract
The sentence reads "conduisant à la 'mise en veille' du contrat de travail de l'alternant".

I can see 'standby contracts' but these relate to staff on standby/on-call, whereas this is a minimum 6 month commitment for a placement abroad with no stated hours as that is to be completed by the parties.

Any advice appreciated thank you!

Leila
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 To shelve
4 to suspend/to freeze
4 suspension/deferrment/prorogation
3 -1 'ticking-over'
References
fwiw/hth

Discussion

Leila Howden (asker) Aug 12, 2019:
Thanks everyone!
MatthewLaSon Aug 12, 2019:
*Put on the shelf* means "to put aside or postpone temporarily".

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/shelf

Best of luck!
writeaway Aug 9, 2019:
It's the usual meaning of mettre en veille Perhaps put it on hold would work.
Leila Howden (asker) Aug 9, 2019:
Thanks John and Ormiston!
John ANTHONY Aug 9, 2019:
@ Tony Agree with you. In my opinion, to "shelve" is to put on hold for a long time - if not for ever !!!
Leila Howden (asker) Aug 9, 2019:
thank you Tony!
Tony M Aug 9, 2019:
@ Asker In informal language, I think we'd talk about the contract's 'being put on hold'

Proposed translations

+3
41 mins
Selected

To shelve

Tony's putting on hold sounds fine but interestingly this seems a standard term

reut-institute.org › Publication
Shelf Agreement - Reut Institute
10 sept. 2007 · The term 'Shelf Agreement' is an agreement with symbolic significance whose implementation can be postponed.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Tony M : I think 'to shelve' something usually means 'to postpone starting it', doesn't it? I'd have thought here it was referring to putting the contract into 'pause' for a certain time?
13 mins
Actually I agree
agree writeaway : to shelve temporarily, for the time being etc. works
1 hr
agree Yolanda Broad
1 day 13 hrs
agree MatthewLaSon : I think this is good. Have a nice day.
3 days 7 hrs
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3 hrs

to suspend/to freeze

my take
Note from asker:
Thanks writeaway
Peer comment(s):
neutral writeaway : you took my take (to suspend)
17 mins
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-1
5 hrs

'ticking-over'

Note the inverted commas. The contract is also 'put on the back burner'.

Put on hold g/hits routinely refer to job offers rather than contracts of employment mid-stream.

In my case, the secondment abroad was followed by resumption of the apprenticehip in the City of London.
Example sentence:

It's beyond discouraging when a job offer is abruptly put on hold. Here's why offers get shelved and what you can do to get the offer back on track.

Chelsea FC: Friday July 1 represents the first day of the start of another year's stay for many players as contracts tick over into another year.

Reference:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/automation-robotics/1044048-mise-en-veille.html

Note from asker:
Many thanks Adrian!
Peer comment(s):
neutral AllegroTrans : wrong register for a formal doc
3 hrs
note 1. in inverted commas and 2. still close to the true meaning.
neutral David Sirett : The Chelsea FC reference has nothing to do with 'mise en veille, in fact the opposite, a multi-year contract continuing automatically to the next yearit
14 hrs
Yes, it's a different context and the term had been misused for 'roll-over' but the term has nevertheless been used.
disagree Rob Grayson : I have never heard anyone refer to a contract “ticking over”. And if I did hear it, I wouldn’t be at all sure what it meant. // Sorry, I remain unconvinced.
16 hrs
My City contract of apprenticehip had been described by the staff partner as 'ticking over' whilst I was seconded abroad for the same law firm and I never thought to query the term.
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1 day 4 hrs

suspension/deferrment/prorogation

I really think a formal term is needed here

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Reference comments

2 hrs
Reference:

fwiw/hth

[transitive] shelve something to decide not to continue with a plan, either for a short time or permanently
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/englis...

put something on hold
put (something) on hold
To pause, postpone, or suspend an activity.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/put something on hold
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree Tony M : I was going to say 'in abeyance', but I think the register then becomes too formal? / Yes, 'suspend' looks a good contender.
7 mins
no it's a contract. what's too formal. imo suspend would work if they are stopping a contract already being performed
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