Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
siège commercial
English translation:
Head Office
French term
siège commercial
This is about a company YYYY, which set up in business in Germany in the 18th century and then, at the beginning of the 19th century "L’aciérie XXXX en devint ensuite son siège commercial."
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Josephine Cassar
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JaneD
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| 3 +2 | commercial hq or sales hq |
Samuel Woodward
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| 4 | operational headquarters |
rkillings
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Non-PRO (2): Rob Grayson, GILLES MEUNIER
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Proposed translations
Malta
12 yrs. experience translating EU stuff
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) 
, Maltese
Works in: English to Maltese, Italian to Maltese, French to Maltese, and 3 more.
head Office
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company headoffice
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Lorraine Dubuc
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Wendy Streitparth
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AllegroTrans
: head office - I believe was a term commonly used before compulsory company registration, certainly in UK
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Thank you, safer I thought
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Bertrand Leduc
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Thank you
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Virginie Mair
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Thank you
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Yarri K
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Thank you
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France
Experienced, reliable, reasonably priced
Native in: English
Works in: French to English
commercial hq or sales hq
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David Hayes
: http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/hes_0...
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Mark Hamlen
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(company) headquarters
| Thanks Jane. Yes, I was concerned that "commercial" might be too 20th century. |
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writeaway
: oeuf corse. standard translation regardless of era.
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Thanks!
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Meriem Bouda
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Thanks.
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David Hayes
: Not at all sure that "commercial headquarters" was not used in the 19th century: http://www.whilbr.org/itemdetail.aspx?idEntry= 298
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philgoddard
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Thanks Phil.
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operational headquarters
| Thanks RK. Given the historical context, I think that "registered office" is probably a red herring. |
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AllegroTrans
: A very 20th century (and particularly American) term - I don't think it works for 18th/19th century Europe though
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With that adjective ('operational'), it's NOT particularly American -- it's more European. The US standard version is a noun string, 'operations HQ'.
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