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French document revisions: spot eight changes in meaning

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Compare a French booking notice with a revision. Eight questions test deadlines, permissions, conditions, responsibility and the difference between a reply and approval.

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Compare what the reader can do, must do or can expect in each version. Track six details: actor, action, deadline, permission, condition and decision status. Small changes such as jusqu’au becoming le can alter the whole procedure.

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How do you spot changes in meaning between two versions?

Version de référence : Les responsables de groupe peuvent demander un créneau jusqu’au 12 juin. La confirmation dépend de la disponibilité de la salle. L’équipe d’accueil transmettra une réponse.

Reference version: Group leaders may request a slot up to 12 June. Confirmation depends on room availability. The reception team will send a reply.

Version révisée : Les groupes recevront un créneau le 12 juin. Chaque demande sera confirmée par le service technique.

Revised version: Groups will receive a slot on 12 June. Every request will be confirmed by the technical service.

Treat the first version as the reference for this comparison. A useful annotation names the effect of an edit: “request deadline changed to allocation date” is clearer than “date wording changed”. Read each answer against the complete notice; a sentence can repair one detail while leaving another altered.

  1. Question 1No account needed
    In the reference, what does 12 June mark?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    The latest date for requesting a slot.. Jusqu’au 12 juin sets a request deadline. The reference gives neither an allocation day nor a reply date.

  2. Question 2No account needed
    Who can make the request in the reference?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    The group leaders.. Les responsables de groupe names the eligible requesters. Replacing that phrase with les groupes loses this precision.

  3. Question 3No account needed
    Which detail disappears from the revised version?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    La disponibilité de la salle.. The reference makes confirmation depend on room availability. The revised version replaces that condition with confirmation of every request.

  4. Question 4No account needed
    Which change concerns responsibility?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Reception becomes the technical service.. The reference assigns the reply to reception; the revision assigns confirmation to the technical service. The action changes as well.

  5. Question 5No account needed
    Which sentence preserves the reference deadline?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Les demandes peuvent être déposées au plus tard le 12 juin.. Au plus tard le 12 juin preserves the latest request date. The other sentences introduce dates for different actions.

  6. Question 6No account needed
    What is promised by transmettra une réponse?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    A reply, which may accept or decline the request.. A reply is not necessarily approval. The reference separately makes confirmation conditional on room availability.

  7. Question 7No account needed
    Which version is closest to the complete reference?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Les responsables peuvent demander un créneau au plus tard le 12 juin. L’accueil répondra ; la confirmation dépendra de la disponibilité de la salle.. This version keeps the requester, deadline, reply owner and availability condition. It adds no reply date or guaranteed slot.

  8. Question 8No account needed
    You restore the deadline. Which final check is still needed?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Check the complete text for remaining promises, changed actors and lost conditions.. A repaired date can coexist with a promise of guaranteed acceptance. The whole revised procedure must still match the reference.

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