bench de nego et tension

18:37 Sep 4, 2021
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French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Business email from a sales manager
French term or phrase: bench de nego et tension
Hi all -

I am translating a series of emails from French (France) sent between sales managers from a large personal care company and their distributors.

As with so many business emails they are using a lot of email shorthand language, throwing in the occasional English word.

In this email the sales manager is talking about making a pitch to potential distributors.

Here is the context:
Donc pas le meilleur Partner pour nous a cet état certainement sur Panama et Costa Rica ou nous avions le meilleur distributeur a date dans la région. Et nous allions le mettre probablement sur le pitch pour la Colombie pour avoir un bench de nego et tension avec notre meilleur choix [Société XXX].

Voilà, tu as la full Picture just in case

J’apprécie bcp que tu as fait signe car il viendra clairement vers moi après cet contact.

So, can someone help me decipher this phrase, "...bench de nego et tension..."?

Thanks for any help you can provide!
Michael
Michael Meskers
United States
Local time: 21:02


Summary of answers provided
3 +1benchmark for negotiating and putting pressure on our best pick
Nick Pell
3place where difficulties can be negotiated
Lisa Rosengard
2staring point for negotiations and differences
Bashiqa


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2 days 17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
staring point for negotiations and differences


Explanation:
Might lead to other better suggestions.

Bashiqa
France
Local time: 03:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 days 17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
place where difficulties can be negotiated


Explanation:
The message reads that they've not found the best partner, while the best distributions and supplies to date in the region were found in Costa Rica and Panamá. An area where the difficulties can be negotiationed in Columbia with another choice of candidate was needed.

Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:02
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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neutral  AllegroTrans: This is a guess so your CL should be 1
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2 days 20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
benchmark for negotiating and putting pressure on our best pick


Explanation:
I think that bench stands for benchmark. the sense of the email is that they want to use the secondary choice to obtain better conditions with the primary choice

Nick Pell
Italy
Local time: 03:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans: A credible answer but I think asker needs to enquire of his client
1 day 3 hrs
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