Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

dont le

English translation:

including

Added to glossary by Amy Christie
Mar 19, 2009 19:43
15 yrs ago
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French term

dont le

Non-PRO French to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general) renovation plans
The use of 'dont' is confusing me here, I can't seem to make out what is intended.
Many thanks.

Depuis le debut de leur nouveau mandat les elus de notre commune, les membres de la SAEM XXX, dont la Societe d'Amenagment de La Plagne, et les Agences immobilieres travaillent sur la relance de la renovation en Station.
Change log

Mar 20, 2009 08:03: Emma Paulay changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Mar 5, 2011 13:11: Stéphanie Soudais (X) changed "Term asked" from "sentence structure, featuring \'dont le....\'" to "dont le"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): ST Translations, Martin Cassell, Emma Paulay

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Proposed translations

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French term (edited): sentence structure, featuring 'dont le....'
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dont le = including

...
Peer comment(s):

agree Rob Grayson : Yes, or perhaps "which include" fits a little better here
1 min
thanks - yes I agree, "which include" is a better fit in this instance
agree Alexandra Krah : right, 'dont' refers to the 'membres de la SAEM X'. You were faster...
2 mins
thanks
agree Martin Cassell : or "among which"; but here "including" sounds best to me
14 mins
agree Susanna Garcia
1 hr
agree Nikki Scott-Despaigne
2 hrs
agree Anthony Lines (X)
2 hrs
agree Christopher Newell
10 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks to everyone for their input."
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French term (edited): sentence structure, featuring 'dont le....'

including

one possibility
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4 mins
French term (edited): sentence structure, featuring 'dont le....'

including

elected officials, members of SAEM, including Societe [...], and real estate agencies work on....

Societe XXX is a member of SAEM
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+1
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French term (edited): sentence structure, featuring 'dont le....'

among which (is)

Another wording.
Peer comment(s):

agree Nikki Scott-Despaigne : Yes, as in "of which".
1 hr
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8 hrs
French term (edited): sentence structure, featuring 'dont le....'

members of the SEAM, one of which is the Société d'Aménagement,

Hello,

This is what first came to my head tonight.

I hope it helps.
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Reference comments

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Reference:

previously on Kudoz ...

This really is an extremely common feature of written French.
It has also been well covered in previous questions.

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/68753
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/876683

The Collins Robert entry for dont includes:

[b] [indiquant la partie d'un tout]
il y a eu plusieurs blessés, dont son frère: there were several casualties, among which ou among whom was his brother ou including his brother
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