Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
a clutch (of horticultural trade journal)
French translation:
une série / un groupe / plusieurs
Added to glossary by
Irène Guinez
Dec 16, 2011 11:00
12 yrs ago
English term
Spain
French translator
Native in: French
Works in: Spanish to French, English to French, Catalan to French, and 1 more.
a clutch (of horticultural trade journal)
English to French
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
XXXXXXXXX started his career in journalism writing for a clutch of horticultural trade journals and a golf club title having specialised in plant and soil science as part of his degree in Geography from Oxford, which he completed in 2000.
Merci
Merci
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | une série / un groupe / plusieurs |
FX Fraipont (X)
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| 4 +2 | Une poignée |
Leslie D
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| 4 | un certain nombre de |
Maya M Fourioti
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Change log
Dec 16, 2011 12:42: Stéphanie Soudais (X) changed "Field (specific)" from "Wine / Oenology / Viticulture" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from "clutch" to "(none)"
Dec 27, 2011 05:30: Irène Guinez changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1068083">Irène Guinez's</a> old entry - "a clutch (of horticultural trade journal)"" to ""une série / un groupe / plusieurs""
Proposed translations
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Selected
une série / un groupe / plusieurs
clutch : a number of similar individuals: a clutch of books; a whole clutch of dancers.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/clutch
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/clutch
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Comment: "Merci!"
+2
3 hrs
Une poignée
Ca rappelle les connotations de l'original (to clutch=Tenir fermement)
Peer comment(s):
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Laurette Tassin
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Merci Laurette
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GILLES MEUNIER
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Merci Gilles
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Maya M Fourioti
Greece
Greece
Native in French
Works in field
Greece
A way with words..
Native in: Greek 
, French 
Works in: English to Greek, French to Greek, Greek to English, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
un certain nombre de
......publications,revues etc
Discussion
(I think the operative metaphor in this expression is a clutch of eggs, i.e. between say 3 and 6 for a domestic hen; so quite similar to "a handfull" in terms of the implied range.)