Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
chapeautant
English translation:
heading up/overseeing/having overall responsibility for
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dextof
Dec 13, 2006 14:55
17 yrs ago
French term
chapeautant
French to English
Bus/Financial
Investment / Securities
Private equity
"Il devrait annoncer la constitution d'un véhicule spécifique chapeautant tous ses investissements dans le domaine"
I am not sure how to say "chapeautant" in this context in English: heading? gathering?
I am not sure how to say "chapeautant" in this context in English: heading? gathering?
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heading up/overseeing/having overall responsibility for
if it's a body or a company.
Otherwise you could use the term "umbrella"
Otherwise you could use the term "umbrella"
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Veronica Coquard
France
France
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France
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Native in: English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: French to English, English
covering, grouping together
First gut reaction.
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Narasimhan Raghavan
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Native in: Tamil
Works in: English to Tamil, Tamil to English, French to Tamil, and 6 more.
governing or administrating or controlling or arranging
See http://www.linternaute.com/dictionnaire/fr/synonyme/chapeaut...
giving the synonymes for the word in question.
giving the synonymes for the word in question.
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Glen McCulley
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translations that read out loud
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: French to English, English to French
to coordinate
an option for 'chapeauter un projet' would be 'coordinate', so >I don't see why it wouldn't fit here, especially since the idea seems to be to develop a coherent investment 'package' (the 'tous' in 'tous ses investissments') as opposed to just 'chapeauter ses investissements'...
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