Jan 17, 2022 20:09
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French term

Mtf

French to English Other Retail Sales Receipt
this term appears multiple times on various sales and reimbursement receipts from a well-known French retailer of electronics, followed by a numeric code. Any suggestions?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 Motif = reason
2 MTF

Discussion

Samuël Buysschaert Jan 18, 2022:
HTH I think "mtf" could be "motif" as Phil said.

Par exemple pour la gestion de caisse il y'a une fonction qui vous permet d’effectuer une entrée ou sortie d’espèces avec ce que l'on appelle un motif.
Ici le motif est prédéfini pour telle carte ou telle transaction avec un code dédié.

Depending on the retailer "motif" could be linked to cards for special or immediate discounts as Althea said
If you take Fnac for example:
with the example provided by Phil and others examples found on the net:




0013 Fnac+, 0006 Carte Fnac 3ans, 0007 Carte One, ... all refer back to card offers here:
https://www.fnac.com/choisir-carte

Not familiar with these cards but it should be sthg usual like holders will benefit from an advantage: % of purchases made with the Fnac card is credited to the Fnac loyalty "account" and possibly gift vouchers.

EMV is the norm of the technology used for the payment; so you can found for example on receipt
EMV sans contact, EMV NFC, EMV , depending on how the person made the transaction.

philgoddard Jan 18, 2022:
Is it always under ADHERENT? If so, I think you're right. Maybe it means their discount card is receiving a credit as a result of their purchase. Either way, I'm pretty sure it's "motif".
Althea Draper Jan 18, 2022:
Since it's always under 'ADHERENT' then could it be a term to do with their loyalty/employee discount cards?
philgoddard Jan 18, 2022:
Here's one It's the last of the three pictures here:
http://twitter.com/fnacvousaide/status/743397229755568129

I think it could be "Motif", reason. It's always followed by a four-digit code, and then a narrative. My example says 0006 ADHERENT 3 ANS, and another one I found said 0026 RECRUT FNAC/FNAC+. You said some of them are "reimbursement receipts", so maybe it means "reason for refund".
Timothy Rake (asker) Jan 17, 2022:
@Michael there is also abbreviation: EMV...sorry for confidentiality reasons can't post a screen capture
Michael Meskers Jan 17, 2022:
What are some of the other abbreviations that appear on the same receipt?
Can you post a screen capture?

Proposed translations

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Motif = reason

See my discussion entry, which includes a picture of a receipt with this on it. The well known retailer is FNAC.
Peer comment(s):

agree Tony M : Does seem more logical, now we have seen it in context; explains the use of lower-case.
3 mins
agree Samuël Buysschaert : agree mtf=motif, cf. discussion
16 mins
agree AllegroTrans
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MTF

Mastercard Test Facility (already in EN)

Try this:

EMV Testing and Certification White Paper

https://www.emv-connection.com/downloads/2016/04/EMV_Testing...

...simulator, and EMV card/terminal trace functionality. ... Online attended testing via the MasterCard Test Facility (MTF) is available as an...


You should be able to tell if it was even a credit card transaction?

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Note added at 2 hrs (2022-01-17 22:48:26 GMT)
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In the light of the extra context now confirming the collocation with EMV, I feel much more confident about this suggestion.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2022-01-18 07:07:10 GMT)
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Sorry, the link was corrupted by Proz.com; here it is again, should be OK this time:

https://www.emv-connection.com/downloads/2016/04/EMV_Testing...
Note from asker:
BTW Tony, web link gives "page not found" result
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