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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Vice-President Amont

English translation:

Vice-president for upstream activity

Added to glossary by Julie Barber
Apr 24, 2006 09:56
18 yrs ago
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French term

Vice-President Amont

French to English Bus/Financial Management book on gardens and parks
Title of a colpany manager - at first I thought this was his name, but this is not possible
"Le 1er juillet 2003, le Président-directeur général de XX (Monsieur Z) a adressé une lettre au Vice-Président Amont de YY (Monsieur W), proposant à ce dernier d'engager des discussions..."
Proposed translations (English)
2 Executive Vice-President
3 +3 Vice President Upstream

Discussion

dholmes (X) (asker) Apr 24, 2006:
It does concern the oil industry - as in your link. I "googled" the term but upstream nearly always has a comma before it...
Julie Barber Apr 24, 2006:
Can you please clarify that it has no link to petrol ? thanks

Proposed translations

16 mins
Selected

Executive Vice-President

CEO

taking a guess...

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Note added at 17 mins (2006-04-24 10:14:12 GMT)
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sorry Chairman not President

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Note added at 20 mins (2006-04-24 10:17:02 GMT)
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well, I'm obviously not awake yet as he couldn't be the CEO if he's the VICE XXX....sorry, although I do think that 'amont' here can be part of the job title....ie executive...

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Note added at 40 mins (2006-04-24 10:37:24 GMT)
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I've looked at new sites and found different possibilities:

http://www.algerieconfidentiel.com/frmArticle.aspx?ArticleId...
M. Mohamed Rafaa Babaghayou, ancien vice-président chargé de l’amont (recherche, exploration et production)

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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-04-24 12:22:38 GMT) Post-grading
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there are references to him in English, there are various titles for him:

Official title according to the company accounts:
Vice-president for upstream activity

http://www.sonatrach-dz.com/pdf/rapport/rap-2003uk.pdf#searc...

thanks for the points, although it would be useful if you could gloss Canarias response for future users? thanks
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanksd for your link, that's the company in question so bona fide information!"
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Vice President Upstream

I seem to remember, but i may be wrong, that in the oil and gas industry, they do talk about Upstream and Downstream. See investor.chevrontexaco.com/ireye/ir_site. zhtml?ticker=cvx&script=410&layout=-
Peer comment(s):
agree Tony M : Ah yes, and now we have that vital extra context, all become clear! You should have got the points for this! // No, of course not! I guess I should have said the 'kudos'?! ;-)
48 mins
thanks Tony. Points aren't actually important though!
agree Julie Barber : see my note on my answer; so I'll go with yours for the glossary
2 hrs
thanks
agree La Classe
1 day 4 hrs
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