Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
à la rencontre de
English translation:
combining
Added to glossary by
Stéphanie Soudais
Sep 1, 2005 23:01
18 yrs ago
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French term
Fast, efficient and intuitive.
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English
à la rencontre de
French to English
Marketing
Business/Commerce (general)
franchise
The sentence goes as follows:
**À la rencontre des** métiers de l’artisanat, de l’industrie et du service, le groupe XXX appuie depuis 20 ans l’implantation de son réseau sur une connaissance réelle des marchés et de leurs rentabilités.
Does this mean "Seeking to imitate ..." "Following in the footsteps of ..." or something completely different? Many thanks for any suggestions.
**À la rencontre des** métiers de l’artisanat, de l’industrie et du service, le groupe XXX appuie depuis 20 ans l’implantation de son réseau sur une connaissance réelle des marchés et de leurs rentabilités.
Does this mean "Seeking to imitate ..." "Following in the footsteps of ..." or something completely different? Many thanks for any suggestions.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +9 | combining |
sarahl (X)
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| 3 +3 | building relationships with |
Sylvia Smith
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| 4 | Addressing/Targeting |
Martin Perazzo
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| 4 | As the meeting place for |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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Change log
Jan 6, 2011 11:03: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/56909">sarahl (X)'s</a> old entry - "à la rencontre de (in this context)"" to ""combining""
Jan 6, 2011 11:03: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "à la rencontre de (in this context)" to "à la rencontre de "
Jan 6, 2011 11:06: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/132717">Stéphanie Soudais's</a> old entry - "à la rencontre de"" to ""combining""
Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
à la rencontre de (in this context)
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combining
my take
Peer comment(s):
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Merit
: Mine too.
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Thanks Tim
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Enza Longo
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Thanks Enza
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Philippe Maillard
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merci Philippe
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Hacene
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suezen
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thanks suezen
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Emanuela Galdelli
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thanks Emanuela
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AbdulHameed Al Hadidi
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thanks hamid3000
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Istvan Nagy
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köszönöm Istvan
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PFB (X)
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Merci Philippe :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks sarahl and everyone else too."
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Martin Perazzo
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Specializes in field
Spain
Communication with a capital "C"!
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
French term (edited):
à la rencontre de (in this context)
Addressing/Targeting
That's the way I'd render it
+3
2 hrs
French term (edited):
à la rencontre de (in this context)
building relationships with
Another take, as in group XXX has "built relationships with" artisans, etc. to create a network that they use to get first-hand knowledge of markets and their profitabilites
Peer comment(s):
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sporran
: that's my understanding too
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David Sirett
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Charlie Bavington
: "Having built relationships with...." could work if you wanted to keep close to the original structure....
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8 hrs
As the meeting place for
might work if the rest of the context allows
At the crossroads of
At the crossroads of
Discussion
I decided to forego Poitiers and La Rochelle for Dijon and Amsterdam with some old friends from Dublin (Don't think working holidays work - either you're on or you're off).