Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
en masse
English translation:
as a whole / in a body
Added to glossary by
Umer
Feb 6, 2004 13:56
20 yrs ago
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French term
en masse
French to English
Law/Patents
the term is used in legal correspondence
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | as a whole / in a body |
Cilian O'Tuama
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| 5 +1 | Why so parsimonious... |
cheungmo
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| 5 +1 | "En masse" |
Reinaldo Quiles
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| 3 +2 | in bulk |
NatalieD
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| 3 +1 | in large quantities |
Edith Kelly
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Proposed translations
+1
4 mins
Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
Quality Translations since 1986
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English, German, and 6 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
as a whole / in a body
you sure it's Latin and not French? :-)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Chris Rowson (X)
: I think it´s English :-)
3 hrs
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by jove! :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks this meaning worked well"
+1
4 mins
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Switzerland
Native in English
Switzerland
Professional conference interpreter
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: German to English, English to German, Dutch to German, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
8
in large quantities
assuming it's not Latin but French
+2
26 mins
in bulk
if it's "acheter/vendre en masse" = buy/sell in bulk
if it's "produire/fabriquer en masse", then it would be mass-produce.
We need more context...
if it's "produire/fabriquer en masse", then it would be mass-produce.
We need more context...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
jodie (X)
14 mins
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| agree |
Krzysztof Laskowski
: And it is not Latin, for God's sake!
9 hrs
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+1
2 hrs
Why so parsimonious...
...with the source text?
We need to see the rest of the sentence. It wouldn't hurt to understand the CONTEXT (you know, is the letter about a contract or a murder trial?, is this from a country with civil or English Common Law?).
Just think of the word "boring"? Is a boring beetle uninteresting or does it drill holes?
By the by, in the field of wills and estates, "en masse" (and at least in Canada) is the translation for "hotchpotch".
We need to see the rest of the sentence. It wouldn't hurt to understand the CONTEXT (you know, is the letter about a contract or a murder trial?, is this from a country with civil or English Common Law?).
Just think of the word "boring"? Is a boring beetle uninteresting or does it drill holes?
By the by, in the field of wills and estates, "en masse" (and at least in Canada) is the translation for "hotchpotch".
+1
6 hrs
Reinaldo Quiles
United States
United States
United States
When you want culturally accurate work.
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
"En masse"
The term DOES exist in English and it is used unchanged but it depends on context. =)
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