Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
rencontrent un succès
English translation:
meet with success
Added to glossary by
Louisa Tchaicha
Oct 31, 2011 10:33
12 yrs ago
French term
rencontrent un succès
Non-PRO
French to English
Marketing
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shoes
Hi again,
Sorry yet another question, actually it is the whole sentence that is bothering me, here it is:
D’Hollywood à Tokyo, de Milan à Paris, les créations de la marque X rencontrent un succès unanime
my translation:
From Hollywood to Tokyo and from Milan to Paris, the creations of brand X encounter worldwide success.
Please help
Thank you
Sorry yet another question, actually it is the whole sentence that is bothering me, here it is:
D’Hollywood à Tokyo, de Milan à Paris, les créations de la marque X rencontrent un succès unanime
my translation:
From Hollywood to Tokyo and from Milan to Paris, the creations of brand X encounter worldwide success.
Please help
Thank you
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +2 | meet with success |
Theodora OB
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4 +1 | ...meet with worlwide success |
bigmimi
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4 | were a unanimous success |
Kelly Harrison
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Change log
Oct 31, 2011 12:04: writeaway changed "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing"
Proposed translations
+2
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meet with success
Meet with unanimous success?
Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
: this is a marketing text. meet with was suggested by Nikki in the D box
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agree |
Sophie Kerman
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Thank you
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agree |
tabularasa (X)
1 day 7 hrs
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Thank you!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you everyone for all your help!"
+1
5 hrs
...meet with worlwide success
inspired from the prevoius answers!thanks!
2 days 10 hrs
were a unanimous success
I would put it this way, although maybe I'm a little late..
Discussion
You could perhaps use the past tense in English but it's your choice and would depend on the rest of the text.