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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

toilettage (de données)

English translation:

data cleansing

Added to glossary by Kari Foster
Sep 29, 2009 07:49
14 yrs ago
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French term

toilettage

French to English Tech/Engineering Computers (general)
Not quite sure what this involves...
Toilettage des Données Initiales
Opération consistant pour XXX à traiter les Données Initiales, aux fins de la Bascule
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 cleansing
4 +1 cleaning / simplifying
3 +1 cleaning up (the data)
3 grooming
Change log

Oct 2, 2009 09:42: Kari Foster Created KOG entry

Discussion

Maureen Wilkins (X) Sep 29, 2009:
data cleansing I think that it refers to ensuring that the initial data in a database is consistent, no duplicates etc. Have done a lot of this type of work in my previous IT profession - see alsohttp://www.free-press-release.com/news/200612/1166520523.htm...
Fiona McBrearty (asker) Sep 29, 2009:
I have no more context (except that this is a framework agreement for IT service providers). Only other mention made in the doc is the following:
Migration/Reprise des Données Initiales
Opération de traitement permettant la récupération dans le SI XXXX de la partie des Données Initiales préalablement retraitée lors du Toilettage desdites Données
LAB2004 Sep 29, 2009:
..preparation of data? Without further context it's a little hard to say.

Proposed translations

+3
2 hrs
Selected

cleansing

please see ref.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-09-29 10:35:27 GMT)
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also "scrubbing"
Reference:

http://books.google.fr/books?id=PJTTe9vLaIQC&pg=PT272&lpg=PT272&dq=toilettage+donn%C3%A9es&source=bl&ots=HRV8gC1-pI&sig=ArnDNHUgPHPpoN5xJ4C5

Peer comment(s):
agree Maureen Wilkins (X) : (data) cleansing - see also my note in the discussion box above
41 mins
agree lydiar : I'd prefer this to cleaning.
6 hrs
agree Simon Mountifield : Data cleansing or scrubbing, a key part of DB management. Quoting from MIS by Laudon & Laudon: "...consists of activities for detecting and correcting data in a database that are incorrect, incomplete, improperly formatted or redundant".
1 day 23 hrs
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+1
13 mins

cleaning / simplifying

toilettage is often used to describe reduction of complexity or cleaning
Example sentence:

Le toilettage des niches fiscales

Reference:

http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/acheter.cgi?offre=ARCHIVES&type_item=ART_ARCH_30J&objet_id=1095892&clef=ARC-TRK-G_01

Note from asker:
granddictionnaire.com suggests "sanitizing" but don't know if this is appropriate here, or indeed the same thing
Peer comment(s):
agree Jean-Louis S. : data cleaning
2 hrs
neutral lydiar : Not sure the simplifying is appropriate - cleaning definitely fine.
8 hrs
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16 mins

grooming

"(data) grooming" seems to be often used in IT...

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX111021
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+1
14 mins

cleaning up (the data)

See page 93.

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Note added at 16 mins (2009-09-29 08:05:12 GMT)
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...répérer les données considerées comme aberrantes ou incorrectes

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Note added at 22 mins (2009-09-29 08:11:31 GMT)
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http://www.belspo.be/belspo/fedra/agora/agHH117_nl.pdf
http://www.belspo.be/belspo/fedra/agora/agHH117_fr.pdf

These two websites confirm that cleaning/tidying up is what is meant here (The Flemish version uses 'opkuisen', which definitely means to tidy up/clean up the data)
Reference:

http://www.cwape.be/servlet/Repository?IDR=11651

Peer comment(s):
agree Travelin Ann : sounds right for US English
18 hrs
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