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acteurs en séance dédicace

English translation: actors' autograph signing

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French term or phrase:acteurs en séance dédicace
English translation:actors' autograph signing
Entered by: Susan McDonald

08:09 Apr 1, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations
French term or phrase: acteurs en séance dédicace
Ok, I'm a bit stumped here. This phrase occurs in a proposal for a major European household electrical goods retailer to set up a store at a big site. It comes up in a bulleted list of "things" that the company will do as part of their sales promotion:

• Grande ouverture évènementielle
• Concours divers
• Site internet
• Démonstrations diverses: gaming, cuisine, musique etc.
• Promotions de vente en permanence
• Cours d’Apple
• Acteurs en séance « dédicace »

I'm really chewing my pencil about this last one - so any help would be most gratefully received!
Susan McDonald
France
Local time: 20:02
actors' autograph signing
Explanation:
Assuming that for some reaosn they are referring to real actors (rather than 'players' in some kind of activity), I'd say it is usually autographs that personalities are likely to be signing — Cf. the recent 'sortie' on TF1's « Carré Viip » telereality programme!

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Note added at 11 minutes (2011-04-01 08:20:44 GMT)
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Although it's probably not given as such in the dictionaries, I've very often heard 'dédicace' used in colloquial language on TV etc. for 'autograph', especially when they are in the form of signed photos, for example.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 20:02
Grading comment
Thanks, Tony. Just what was needed!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2actors' autograph signing
Tony M
4actors' booksigning event
Agirard


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
acteurs en séance "dédicace"
actors' booksigning event


Explanation:
actors' booksigning event

Agirard
Local time: 19:02
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Generally speaking, I'd say it's only authors who sign books, while actors tend to sign autographs, don't they?
5 mins
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
actors' autograph signing


Explanation:
Assuming that for some reaosn they are referring to real actors (rather than 'players' in some kind of activity), I'd say it is usually autographs that personalities are likely to be signing — Cf. the recent 'sortie' on TF1's « Carré Viip » telereality programme!

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Note added at 11 minutes (2011-04-01 08:20:44 GMT)
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Although it's probably not given as such in the dictionaries, I've very often heard 'dédicace' used in colloquial language on TV etc. for 'autograph', especially when they are in the form of signed photos, for example.

Tony M
France
Local time: 20:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 71
Grading comment
Thanks, Tony. Just what was needed!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sandra Petch
3 mins
  -> Thanks, Sandra!
agree  Evans (X): I would say so
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Gilla!
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