Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
cas dégradé
English translation:
worst case scenario
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nessieB
Feb 23, 2017 12:02
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French term
cas dégradé
French to English
Bus/Financial
Finance (general)
Business plan analysis
A business plan is drawn up based on various *cas* (cases or scenarios), as in *business case* no doubt: cas management (management case/scenario), cas bancaire (bank case/scenario) and *cas dégradé*, meaning the less optimistic scenario. I'm looking for the term usually used in English and have been combing through Google for half an hour without coming up with any generally-used term. Any help much appreciated. Thanks
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | worst case scenario |
Rob Grayson
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| 4 +2 | downgraded case |
philgoddard
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Proposed translations
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Rob Grayson
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worst case scenario
In my experience, business cases most often include a baseline scenario, a best case scenario and a worst case scenario.
Note from asker:
| Thanks Rob, I used your solution in my translation, with a hyphen (worst-case), as suggested by Phil |
Peer comment(s):
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Chakib Roula
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AllegroTrans
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| agree |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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writeaway
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Guillaume Brownlie Pacteau
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philgoddard
: Are we sure about this? Why not "le pire scénario"? But if it does mean worst-case, it should have a hyphen to show which words belong together.
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Whether or not hyphenate is a matter of personal preference and any applicable style rules. (Absent the latter, there is little consensus on this.) // I'm pretty sure, and IMO the hyphen is not necessary… YMMV :)
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Adam Warren
: dégradé doesn't necessarily imply the worst case. It can be "en fonctionnement dégradé", a degraded mode of operation
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Yes, it can, but in the context, 'worst case scenario' is by far the most likely (and, IMHO, best) candidate.
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Comment: "Thanks to everyone for your help."
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philgoddard
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downgraded case
I think that if they'd meant "worst case", they'd have used "pire". It may well be the worst case in practice, but I would reproduce what the French says rather than making assumptions.
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nweatherdon
: I agree. There is nothing to indicate "worst"
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Rob Grayson
: In my pre-translation life, I worked with business cases for years, and never once did I come across a "downgraded case".
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Yolanda Broad
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Discussion
Second, who said anything about "worst case" being automatically right? I certainly didn't. I just said that, in my opinion, it's the best fit. You don't have to agree, but at least don't misrepresent me.
BTW predicting "the worst-case scenario" ain't rocket science - company goes belly-up, simples ... somehow, I wouldn't think that's what they had in mind ...
Just because a term is quite used and seems to vaguely fit the ST doesn't make it automatically right.
La fourchette de valorisation de XX ressort entre 1 500 XX et 2 200 XX hors upside et entre 1 900 XX et 2 500 XX avec upsides. Elle a été établie sur la base du *cas* central du Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) sur les 2 scénarios de BP (cas « Management » et *cas « dégradé »* Thanks in advance for any ideas you may have.