Jun 5, 2009 08:42
14 yrs ago
English term
France
to set a candidate up to be
English to French
Bus/Financial
Human Resources
The hiring manager wanted to offer a really low salary--30% less than the candidate’s peers at Yum!, and well below what the market commanded for this job. I was concerned that we were setting this candidate up to be consistently underpaid.
Merci
Merci
Proposed translations
(French)
| 3 +5 | lui préparer un avenir où..... |
polyglot45
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| 4 | se jouer d'un candidat |
Kévin Bacquet
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Proposed translations
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10 mins
polyglot45
Native in English
&
French
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
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lui préparer un avenir où.....
set someone up = expression effectivement mais ici c'est plutôt dans le sens de lui préparer un avenir où il serait toujours sous-payé - le lancer dans un engrenage de perdant
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
5 mins
Kévin Bacquet
France
France
Native in French
Specializes in field
France
Votre allié qualité
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Russian to French, French to Russian, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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26
se jouer d'un candidat
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Note added at 5 minutes (2009-06-05 08:48:21 GMT)
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http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/set up
to trick someone into a situation in which it appears they have done something wrong
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Note added at 5 minutes (2009-06-05 08:48:21 GMT)
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http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/set up
to trick someone into a situation in which it appears they have done something wrong
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