Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
commercial-dans-confiance
English translation:
confidential commercial document
Added to glossary by
Narasimhan Raghavan
Mar 1, 2003 09:03
21 yrs ago
French term
commercial-dans-confiance
French to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Business
Given underneath company name on document header. Document is a legal contract for an aerospace company. Any idea what this term means?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
Proposed translations
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| 5 +2 | confidential commercial document |
Narasimhan Raghavan
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| 4 +5 | commercial-in-confidence |
Sarah Walls
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Proposed translations
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Narasimhan Raghavan
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Native in: Tamil
Works in: English to Tamil, Tamil to English, French to Tamil, and 6 more.
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confidential commercial document
The contents of this document are highly confidential and are not to be disclosed to unauthorized third parties
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Gena Lumbroso
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Thanks Gena
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cjohnstone
: maybe but a very strange French phrase for this...
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Thanks. Most probably a maladroit translation from another language
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This seems to fit well - many thanks to everyone for their input."
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commercial-in-confidence
The French sounds to me like straight translationese for the English expression 'commercial-in-confidence". About 12,000 hits on google, e.g.:
(216-119-138-152.ipset18.wt.net) Subject: COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE/BSE/SURGICAL
IMPLANTS/BLOOD CONTACT DEVICES (1989) Date: August 31, 2000 at 1:46 pm PST. ...
www.vegsource
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(216-119-138-152.ipset18.wt.net) Subject: COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE/BSE/SURGICAL
IMPLANTS/BLOOD CONTACT DEVICES (1989) Date: August 31, 2000 at 1:46 pm PST. ...
www.vegsource
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writeaway
: indeed, many major Google hits;since both expressions are so strange, this is probably the source
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Agreed! thanks
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Meri Buettner
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thanks
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Wayne Sutton (X)
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thanks
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MoiraB
: Certainly the phrase that was used when I worked in the chemical and nuclear industries
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thanks for confirmation
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Ramon Somoza
: That is the sentnces I've been seeing overall in the aerospace business
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thanks...just the right context
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