Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Ça se joue à...
English translation:
it amounts to/it comes to
Added to glossary by
Yvonne Gallagher
Jan 27, 2011 14:48
13 yrs ago
French term
Ça se joue à...
French to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
This is from a multinational company explaining that, since raw materials only make up a tiny proportion of the final product price, they aren't dependent on oil prices...
(Company) est ainsi parvenu à se mettre à l'abri des fluctuations du cours du pétrole. « La matière première représente une part infime du prix des produits, ça se joue à plus ou moins 10 millions de dollars par an », indique (CEO), en soulignant que la marge brute atteint 70 % sur les produits technologiques.
Thanks!
(Company) est ainsi parvenu à se mettre à l'abri des fluctuations du cours du pétrole. « La matière première représente une part infime du prix des produits, ça se joue à plus ou moins 10 millions de dollars par an », indique (CEO), en soulignant que la marge brute atteint 70 % sur les produits technologiques.
Thanks!
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Feb 10, 2011 10:54: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Ireland
Native in English
Specializes in field
Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US, Canadian, Irish) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
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it amounts to/it comes to
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Note added at 10 mins (2011-01-27 14:59:19 GMT)
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17 Nov 2010 ... Do not show any information, Donation Amount, User Details & ... Ireland is trying to absorb into the public debt it amounts to 700% of GDP ...
investmentwatchblog.com/ireland-is-trying-to-absorb-into-the-public-debt-it-amounts-to-700-of-gdp/ - Cached
Qu'eed Batts' life sentence appealed on grounds it amounts to 'cruel and unusual' punishment, court records say. Sunday, September 12, 2010. By MICHAEL BUCK ...
www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf?/base/news-2/...x... - Cached
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Note added at 13 mins (2011-01-27 15:01:52 GMT)
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used in the same way here=it amounts to very little
22 janv. 2011 ... Ça se joue à pas grand chose. La neige aurait pu venir une heure plus tard et ça aurait tout changé. C'est ça le rallye, encore plus au ...
news.sportauto.fr/.../irc-montecarlo-2011-bryan-bouffier-victoire-declaration-olivier-quesnel - Cached
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Note added at 10 mins (2011-01-27 14:59:19 GMT)
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17 Nov 2010 ... Do not show any information, Donation Amount, User Details & ... Ireland is trying to absorb into the public debt it amounts to 700% of GDP ...
investmentwatchblog.com/ireland-is-trying-to-absorb-into-the-public-debt-it-amounts-to-700-of-gdp/ - Cached
Qu'eed Batts' life sentence appealed on grounds it amounts to 'cruel and unusual' punishment, court records say. Sunday, September 12, 2010. By MICHAEL BUCK ...
www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf?/base/news-2/...x... - Cached
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Note added at 13 mins (2011-01-27 15:01:52 GMT)
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used in the same way here=it amounts to very little
22 janv. 2011 ... Ça se joue à pas grand chose. La neige aurait pu venir une heure plus tard et ça aurait tout changé. C'est ça le rallye, encore plus au ...
news.sportauto.fr/.../irc-montecarlo-2011-bryan-bouffier-victoire-declaration-olivier-quesnel - Cached
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
12 mins
French term (edited):
Ça se joue à plus ou moins...
somewhere in the region of
10 million dollars - one way of incorporating the 'plus ou moins'.
16 mins
Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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20
totalling around.....
another way of putting it
2 hrs
it comes/boils down to pretty much 10 million a year
Hello,
That's how I read it.
se jouer à = se réduire à
se joue à peu de chose (près) = to boil down to pretty much nothing
I hope this helps.
That's how I read it.
se jouer à = se réduire à
se joue à peu de chose (près) = to boil down to pretty much nothing
I hope this helps.
Peer comment(s):
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MoiraB
: bit too informal in the context? / I was thinking more that 'pretty much' was inappropriate here (= more like spoken language), also in combination with 'boils down'.
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Hello! The expression "ça se joue" is not formal French at all, nor is the sentence in which it is written. I don't think "boil down" is informal English really, but there may a case or two where "totals" may be preferred. Depends on the context.
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