Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
apéro Skype
English translation:
social drinks over Skype
French term
apéro
Here's my rendering:
With the over-exploitation of networks while making conference calls galore and other Skype aperitifs (?), numerous reports, such as those from the think tank, The Shift Project,{2} on digital pollution would have managed to educate the general public on the need for the sparing use of rare metals.
| 5 +9 | social drinks over Skype |
Margaret Morrison
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| 5 +1 | apéritifs over Skype |
AcornTr_US
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| 4 | apéro |
Emmanuella
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| 3 | House party on Skype |
Wendy Streitparth
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Nov 29, 2020 14:07: philgoddard changed "Field" from "Social Sciences" to "Other" , "Field (write-in)" from "Other meaning than cocktail?" to "(none)"
Non-PRO (2): Yvonne Gallagher, Julie Barber
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Cambridge educated business specialist
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
social drinks over Skype
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Peter Shortall
: Or "on Skype", the idea being that these are Skype calls/chats during which participants drink together (or should I say separately). Paul, you might want to rethink "over-exploitation", as "exploitation" is a faux ami here...
7 mins
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Nicole Acher
: Yes, having drinks while Skyping is the sense that I get from the original
49 mins
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Yvonne Gallagher
: Social drinks while Skyping
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Youssef Chabat
1 hr
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Suzie Withers
1 hr
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Tony M
: Ruined my keyboard...
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;-)
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philgoddard
: Just "Skype drinks/cocktails" would do. "Social" isn't really necessary.
18 hrs
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Emmanuella
: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/...
20 hrs
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Eliza Hall
20 hrs
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katsy
23 hrs
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Alissa Chevallier
: "Skype (or Zoom) happy hour" is the more common term, at least in the US
21 days
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Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
House party on Skype
I don't think apéro need necessarily be taken literally.
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Tony M
: Not so sure, Wendy: over here, a great many people have indeed been having a little get-together at apéritif time where they can all toast each other.
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OK, you know best, but I felt the Skype chats were the "apero". (No accents on my phone!)
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katsy
: I always understood that a house party was when people come and stay with you.....https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1FERN_enFR634FR634&sxsrf...
22 hrs
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Strictly-speaking I are. Was just trying to get away from the actually French/
That should have been "I agree!" and "actual French"
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Italy
le plaisir de trouver le mot juste
Native in: French
Works in: Italian to French, English to French, French to Italian
apéro
(Virtual) apéro over Skype
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Note added at 14 heures (2020-11-29 09:49:38 GMT)
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Éventuellement : virtual apéritif over Skype
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katsy
: Are you sure that an English speaker would understand "apéro"... I'm not
8 hrs
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Why not ?? I mentioned apéritif as well. People do travel. Dictionaries are available. This french term is well known. 'https://www.francetravelguide.com/french-aperitifs.html
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Julie Barber
: This would never been used in this setting in the UK at least. "Aperitifs" might be used for a more formal occasion, yet "apero" would be unheard of
1 day 23 hrs
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/45qrXMTByQ8XsJttk6...
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United States
Translating blogs,articles,tech,books
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: French to English, English to French
apéritifs over Skype
Your translation is good. Apéro is a shorthand for apéritif, which exists in English as a loanword. I agree with Emmanuella but feel that based on the context the plural form should be used; you can't say "and other apéritif".
Bonne chance
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Emmanuella
: neologism. Virtual apéritif over Skype, see above
5 hrs
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Julie Barber
: how often do you feel that you would actually hear it though? I don't think that it's common at all
1 day 5 hrs
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Discussion
I’ve even discovered Skype-Apéro during lockdown!
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occasions-articles/aperitifs-across-the-world/
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Le fair- play, un terme anglais utilisé par les Français. Le terme apéritif / apéro figure dans les dictionnaires anglais. Autant d'agressivité pour si peu...Aucun fair-play ! !
https://www.mommyish.com/queen-elizabeth-drinks/
https://theshiftproject.org/article/pour-une-sobriete-numeri...
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/...