Jun 14, 2007 08:58
17 yrs ago
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French term
Russell Mattinson (X)
pour alimenter en commandes notre usine
French to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Unions
I would really appreciate help to translate the whole of the following sentence. It's about union reactions to the arrest of French employees in USA: "Nous n'acceptons pas qu'ils soient maintenus en exil de l'autre coté de l'Atlantique, alors qu'ils oeuvraient pour alimenter en commandes notre usine dans le contexte particulier de ce marché"
Proposed translations
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| 4 +7 | to supply our factory with orders |
Martin Cassell
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| 5 | to fill our order book |
Conor McAuley
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Proposed translations
+7
4 mins
Martin Cassell
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
25 years as a specialist communicator
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English
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52
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to supply our factory with orders
or phps "... keep our factory supplied ..."
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-14 09:58:28 GMT)
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So whole sentence something along these lines:
"We cannot accept them being exiled [detained] on the other side of the Atlantic when they were working to keep our factory supplied with orders in the particular context of this market."
(last bit sounds pretty clunky, but so does the source)
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-14 09:58:28 GMT)
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So whole sentence something along these lines:
"We cannot accept them being exiled [detained] on the other side of the Atlantic when they were working to keep our factory supplied with orders in the particular context of this market."
(last bit sounds pretty clunky, but so does the source)
Peer comment(s):
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David Goward
: esp. the second version
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thanks David
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cmwilliams (X)
18 mins
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thanks cm
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Vicky Papaprodromou
24 mins
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thanks Vicky
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cristina estanislau
: second option agree
33 mins
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thanks cristina
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Charles Hawtrey (X)
: second option
1 hr
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thanks Charles
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Silvia Brandon-Pérez
: Yeah for the second option!
5 hrs
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Robert Frankling
: Nothing wrong with first and more literal.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks again Martin...."
1 hr
Conor McAuley
France
France
Native in English
Specializes in field
France
Excellence, Expertise & Experience
Native in: English (Variants: Wales / Welsh, UK, Scottish, Irish, British)
Works in: French to English, English
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135
to fill our order book
An alternative
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-14 10:21:27 GMT)
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On reflection, the basic message, I think, is:
to keep our factory going (or operating, or working)
to keep our production staff in jobs
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-14 10:21:27 GMT)
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On reflection, the basic message, I think, is:
to keep our factory going (or operating, or working)
to keep our production staff in jobs
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