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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

c. to 10%

French translation:

10% environ

Added to glossary by Sylvie LE BRAS
Dec 29, 2011 17:50
12 yrs ago
English term

c. to 10%

English to French Bus/Financial Real Estate loyer
X occupies the warehouse areas of building C7; its rent represents ***c. to 10%*** of the Property in-place rent and it is assumed to stay within the premises at its next break option in June 2016.

une idée de ce que signie "c." ?

merci pour votre aide
Proposed translations (French)
3 +6 10% environ
4 +1 près de 10%

Discussion

kashew Dec 30, 2011:
Square one! "close to?" was in my original answer explanation - I never suggested circa, but it did cross my mind.
Tony M Dec 30, 2011:
@ Simon It's indeed obvious that here the writer thought they were abbreviating 'close' — but c. is the standard abbreviation for 'circa' and has been for years, (cf NS OED, ca. also used) while it is not at all a standard abbreviation for 'close'.
Simon Charass Dec 29, 2011:
Close to It is “close to 10%” not “circa” which abbreviates as “cca.” As for the translation, I prefer « le loyer représente environ 10 % » with a space between 10 and %, as per French standards.
Sylvie LE BRAS (asker) Dec 29, 2011:
Thanks Tony for your explanation, it is all crystal clean now!
Tony M Dec 29, 2011:
c. usually means 'circa', in which case the 'to' is redundant; however, less educated people who don't know about 'circa' treat it as if it meant 'close', hence why they add the 'to'.

Proposed translations

+6
5 mins
Selected

10% environ

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Note added at 5 minutes (2011-12-29 17:56:28 GMT)
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close to?
Peer comment(s):
agree Johanne Bouthillier : circa
8 mins
Thanks
neutral Maya M Fourioti : doesn't circa apply only to dates?
20 mins
Yes - more often than not
agree Tony M : 'circa' is used with all sorts of things, but the 'to' is of course superfluous.
33 mins
agree AllegroTrans
1 hr
agree GILLES MEUNIER
10 hrs
agree mimi 254
14 hrs
agree enrico paoletti
18 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Merci, Kashew, BONNE ANNÉE !"
+1
3 hrs

près de 10%

I am (almost) sure that "c. to" cannot mean "circa". No English native would ever use "circa to". Not the ones I know at least.
I think it stands for "close to".
Peer comment(s):
agree Soizic CiFuentes
7 hrs
neutral Tony M : In business language, 'circa' and 'close to' are both used to mean the same thing: 'around', and can mean close from above as well as below; subtly different from 'nearly' which always means 'not quite...'
11 hrs
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