Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
de façon continue
English translation:
for an uninterrupted period (Sept 2009-June 2011)
French term
de façon continue
En tant que gérant de la SARL ...., je certifie que Mr X a effectué une prestation de sous-traitance pour l'entreprise sus-mentionnée, de façon continue entre septembre 2009 et juin 2011.
Should I say: on a continual basis?
It doesn't sound like good English to me (at least not in the context of this sentence)!
Would appreciate your input.
| 3 +3 | for an uninterrupted period (Sept 2009-June 2011) |
Emma Paulay
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| 3 +5 | continuously |
JaneD
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| 3 +1 | uninterruptedly (from... to...) / throughout the period.... |
Wendy Streitparth
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Non-PRO (3): Yvonne Gallagher, Claire Nolan, Jane F
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Proposed translations
for an uninterrupted period (Sept 2009-June 2011)
continuously
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writeaway
: another standard translation of de façon continue
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Yvonne Gallagher
: nothing wrong with "on a continuous basis" either
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Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
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philgoddard
5 hrs
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AllegroTrans
1 day 12 hrs
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