Glossary entry (derived from question below)
français term or phrase:
affinité
anglais translation:
Affinities/Similarities
Added to glossary by
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
Mar 11, 2005 04:00
19 yrs ago
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français term
affinité
français vers anglais
Affaires / Finance
Entreprise / commerce
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
(anglais)
| 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
41 minutes
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Native in français
&
anglais
Works in field
Related KudoZ points
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65
français term (edited):
affinit�
Selected
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
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks."
+1
9 minutes
Martine Brault
Canada
Canada
Native in français
&
anglais
Specializes in field
Canada
Versatility reliability professionalism
Native in: anglais 
, français
Works in: anglais vers français, français vers anglais, français, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
84
français 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?
4 heures
Conor McAuley
France
France
Native in anglais
Specializes in field
France
Excellence, Expertise & Experience
Native in: anglais (Variants: Wales / Welsh, UK, Scottish, Irish, British)
Works in: français vers anglais, anglais
Related KudoZ points
:
135
français 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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