Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
profession en première ligne d’une crise
English translation:
a profession in the front line of a crisis ultimately resulting in a bear market
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Sep 29, 2009 02:14
14 yrs ago
French term
profession en première ligne d’une crise
French to English
Bus/Financial
Finance (general)
Dans ce projet, la Bourse de *** est rejointe par l’Association Professionnelle des Sociétés de Bourse, profession en première ligne d’une crise qui se traduit par la baisse des cours.
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Proposed translations
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Emmanuelle Debon
France
France
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France
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a profession in the front line of a crisis ultimately resulting in a bear market
I think the elision of the article here is not a problem nor a mistake in French.
Thus you can say "...a profession in the front line of a crisis ultimately resulting in a bear market." or something like that...
Thus you can say "...a profession in the front line of a crisis ultimately resulting in a bear market." or something like that...
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Comment: "Merci bien Emmanuelle!"
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Linda Brunet
Native in English
Works in field
Words are my passion, style my watchword
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Works in: French to English
a profession in the front lines of a recession/economic downturn...
'Crisis' seems too literal
Peer comment(s):
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Julie Barber
: agree for crisis, although I think that it should be on the front line not in...(?)
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yes of course thanks
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Discussion
There are other professions that will claim to be out there in the same trenches as the stockbrokers.:-)