English translation of "revue historique" - "background history on/historical review/overview"

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216 months ago

Gina W asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Business / Marketing / Financial
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	revue historique
Context:	nous avons réalisé une revue historique de la profitabilité
Keywords:	Nous avons également analysé et sécurisé la prévision budgétaire /// I just keep thinking "historic review", but then that makes me think of something to do with history, whereas this is something more like an audit or assessment based on the company's financial history. how to word this a bit more concise than that...?

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216 months ago

wrote:

A useful hitorical revue

216 months ago

wrote:

we reviewed the history of profitability

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216 months ago

wrote:

Salut Bertrand; that would be my translation too.

216 months ago

wrote:

Salut Bertrand; that would be my translation too.

216 months ago

wrote:

background history on/historical review/overview

My comment:

I like "overview" the best, although it isn't literal and just came off the top of my head .

My references:

Larousse Advanced French/English Dictionary

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216 months ago

wrote:

"Historical" is sometimes used in context of a "record" of a something specific, or a consistent repitition of something, over a period of time. It doesn't always refer to the subject of History.

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