Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
hard-to-shop-for
French translation:
pour ces amis et proches difficiles à satisfaire
Added to glossary by
TB CommuniCAT
Dec 16, 2015 06:52
8 yrs ago
English term
hard-to-shop-for
English to French
Marketing
Marketing
Memo
For those of you still needing to find gifts those hard-to-shop-for friends and family, then remember that ABC gift certificates are available.
Proposed translations
(French)
Change log
Dec 21, 2015 13:48: TB CommuniCAT changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1908401">TB CommuniCAT's</a> old entry - "hard-to-shop-for "" to ""pour ces amis et proches difficiles à satisfaire""
Proposed translations
+2
3 hrs
Selected
pour ces amis et proches difficiles à satisfaire
ça évite la redondance
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Merci!"
+4
1 hr
pour ces amis et membres de la famille difficiles à satisfaire
to find gifts FOR those hard-to-shop-for friends and family
= on ne sait jamais que leur acheter / ils sont difficiles à satisfaire
= on ne sait jamais que leur acheter / ils sont difficiles à satisfaire
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Chakib Roula
1 min
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merci!
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| agree |
emmanuelle groom
: oui
1 hr
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merci!
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| agree |
Jean-Claude Gouin
7 hrs
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| agree |
B D Finch
7 hrs
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| neutral |
Victoria Britten
: I find this a bit laborious compared to the original - it is marketing speak, after all.
12 hrs
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+1
4 hrs
HERBET Abel
Native in French
Works in field
Graduate engineer
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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49
ceux à qui on ne sait pas quoi offrir
suggéré
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jean-Claude Gouin
3 hrs
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merci
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Victoria Britten
: This changes the focus, turning it into a one-off situation rather than something based on the people involved.
8 hrs
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mais non
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12 hrs
marie trad
Native in French
Translator EN-IT-FR
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, Italian to French
pour les proches pour qui vous ne trouvez pas le cadeau idéal
l'expression "cadeau idéal" véhicule l'idée de difficulté à trouver un cadeau correspondant à la personne.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Victoria Britten
: This changes the focus, turning it into a one-off situation rather than something based on the people involved.
1 hr
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1 day 1 hr
marie trad
Native in French
Translator EN-IT-FR
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, Italian to French
pour les amis et les proches difficiles à combler
just an idea
5 days
Aurélie Duclos
France
France
Native in French
Specializes in field
France
Localization + Tech & corporate contents
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French
exigeants
Pour des amis et proches exigeants
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Note added at 5 days (2015-12-21 13:31:20 GMT)
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So as to keep it one word, I'd pick "exigeant" which works very well in this context
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Note added at 5 days (2015-12-21 13:31:20 GMT)
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So as to keep it one word, I'd pick "exigeant" which works very well in this context
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