Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
affinité
English translation:
Affinities/Similarities
Added to glossary by
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
Mar 11, 2005 04:00
19 yrs ago
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French term
affinité
French to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
From a business letter:
Cette répartition serait faite de manière concertée avec nos confrères et tiendrait compte des **affinités** de chaque cabinet appelé à intervenir.
Would "relationships" work?
Cette répartition serait faite de manière concertée avec nos confrères et tiendrait compte des **affinités** de chaque cabinet appelé à intervenir.
Would "relationships" work?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | affinities/similarities |
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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| 4 +1 | relationships |
Martine Brault
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| 4 | business relationships |
Conor McAuley
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Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
affinit�
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affinities/similarities
Affinities is perfectly correct if you want it to make sense, and I have given you an alternative. I don't really think your suggestion works very well.
www.thefreedictionary.com/affinity
www.thefreedictionary.com/affinity
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Comment: "Thanks."
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Martine Brault
Canada
Canada
Native in French
&
English
Specializes in field
Canada
Versatility reliability professionalism
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English, French, and 1 more.
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French term (edited):
affinit�
relationships
is fine in this context.
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Note added at 13 mins (2005-03-11 04:14:38 GMT)
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yet... your text implies that the workload of the audit is split between firms accotding to their expertise, more than their interrelations.
So wouldn\'t expertise be what you are looking for here?
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Note added at 13 mins (2005-03-11 04:14:38 GMT)
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yet... your text implies that the workload of the audit is split between firms accotding to their expertise, more than their interrelations.
So wouldn\'t expertise be what you are looking for here?
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Conor McAuley
France
France
Native in English
Specializes in field
France
Excellence, Expertise & Experience
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, Irish, British, Wales / Welsh, UK)
Works in: French to English, English
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French term (edited):
affinit�
business relationships
I don't like using "relationships" on its own in a business context, sounds weird.
Note that the practices' "affinités" could refer either to:
- bus. relationships with one another
- bus. rel. with clients
Note that the practices' "affinités" could refer either to:
- bus. relationships with one another
- bus. rel. with clients
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