Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
centriquois
English translation:
in/of (the) Centre-du-Québec (region)
Added to glossary by
Martin Cassell
Sep 23, 2008 17:46
15 yrs ago
French term
centriquoise
French to English
Other
Geography
entertainment . advert
it's in a flyer for a multi-generational park, the company promoting it
notre petite PME centriquoise....
centralized? i have rarely seen this word...i could probably just leave it out of the translation but would like to know how to use it.
notre petite PME centriquoise....
centralized? i have rarely seen this word...i could probably just leave it out of the translation but would like to know how to use it.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | in/of (the) Centre-du-Québec (region) |
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Sep 23, 2008 18:41: Martin Cassell Created KOG entry
Sep 23, 2008 18:41: Martin Cassell changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/590130">Martin Cassell's</a> old entry - " centriquoise"" to ""in/of (the) Centre-du-Québec (region)""
Sep 24, 2008 08:59: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field" from "Bus/Financial" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Business/Commerce (general)" to "Geography"
Proposed translations
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Martin Cassell
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in/of (the) Centre-du-Québec (region)
http://www.centreduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/_librairie/documents/po...
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Note added at 14 mins (2008-09-23 18:00:51 GMT)
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in this case, unless you reorder the text somewhat, you could render centriquois as "local to ..." or "based in ..."
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Note added at 15 mins (2008-09-23 18:02:08 GMT)
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http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080728/CPTRIBUNE/8072808...
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Note added at 25 mins (2008-09-23 18:11:43 GMT) Post-grading
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indeed, this very French mannerism of prefixing a geographic adjective rarely sounds natural if you carry it over directly into EN.
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Note added at 14 mins (2008-09-23 18:00:51 GMT)
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in this case, unless you reorder the text somewhat, you could render centriquois as "local to ..." or "based in ..."
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Note added at 15 mins (2008-09-23 18:02:08 GMT)
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http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080728/CPTRIBUNE/8072808...
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Note added at 25 mins (2008-09-23 18:11:43 GMT) Post-grading
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indeed, this very French mannerism of prefixing a geographic adjective rarely sounds natural if you carry it over directly into EN.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "they are located in becancour...that might be it....but it doesn't translate all that smoothly...
thanks for the link!!!"
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