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dress for success

French translation: Portez les habits de la réussite.


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English term or phrase:Dress for success.
French translation:Portez les habits de la réussite.
Entered by: MultiPro
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22:43 Mar 14, 2006
English to French translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Advertising / Public Relations
English term or phrase: dress for success
Professional appearance - "dress for success"

Toujours dans une liste de qualités personnelles. Termium suggère «faire fureur» mais ça me semble excessif dans le contexte.

Merci!
Martine Brault
Canada
Local time: 05:33
Portez les habits de réussite !
Explanation:
•l'élégance vestimentaire pour une réussite professionnelle
•l'élégance vestimentaire pour une carrière réussie
•votre élégance/votre tenue élégante fera le succès de votre profession
•Une tenue professionnelle pour une carrière réussie
•Une tenue pro pour une carrière pro...
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Dress for Success was founded in 1996 in New York City in response to that year's welfare overhaul, which set time restrictions for Public Assistance recipients, which in turn forced heads of households into low-wage jobs. The organization was aimed mainly toward poor, working women. Dress for Success now aids over 45,000 low-income women in 79 cities every year, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand.

Dress for Success Worldwide's goals are to allow all women, regardless of social and economic background, to be independent individuals and self-sufficient members of their respective communities as a result of having the opportunity to establish and advance in a career of their choice by providing the women with new interview suits, work-related clothing, and business-appropriate accessories and educating women about employment retention and career development. In addition, their "Career Corner" provides clients with resume-building advice, technology skills, job-seeking support, mock interviews, a lending library of educational and financial literacy materials, and offers a platform for their annual Success is Working Career Fair.

Dress for Success Worldwide is a non-profit organization.

External Links

Official website

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Dress for Success
Non-profit organization that provides interview suits, confidence boosts, and
career development to low-income women in over 75 cities worldwide. Success ...
www.dressforsuccess.org/
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MultiPro
Grading comment
Merci à tous pour les excellentes suggestions
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8Portez les habits de réussite !MultiPro
4 +1habillez-vous pour réussirsporran
3 +2maintenir une apparence professionnelleRHELLER
4l'habit fait le moine !xxxCMJ_Trans
4très bonne présentation
nads022
3se montrer une confiance de réussir / s'habiller en confiance de soiIC --


  

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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
habillez-vous pour réussir


Explanation:
c'est ce qui me vient à l'esprit en premier

sporran
Canada
Local time: 05:33
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  IC --: moi aussi...
1 day16 hrs
  -> merci icg:-)
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
Portez les habits de réussite !


Explanation:
•l'élégance vestimentaire pour une réussite professionnelle
•l'élégance vestimentaire pour une carrière réussie
•votre élégance/votre tenue élégante fera le succès de votre profession
•Une tenue professionnelle pour une carrière réussie
•Une tenue pro pour une carrière pro...
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Je vous donne les détails sur les antécédents de ce concept :

Dress for Success was founded in 1996 in New York City in response to that year's welfare overhaul, which set time restrictions for Public Assistance recipients, which in turn forced heads of households into low-wage jobs. The organization was aimed mainly toward poor, working women. Dress for Success now aids over 45,000 low-income women in 79 cities every year, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand.

Dress for Success Worldwide's goals are to allow all women, regardless of social and economic background, to be independent individuals and self-sufficient members of their respective communities as a result of having the opportunity to establish and advance in a career of their choice by providing the women with new interview suits, work-related clothing, and business-appropriate accessories and educating women about employment retention and career development. In addition, their "Career Corner" provides clients with resume-building advice, technology skills, job-seeking support, mock interviews, a lending library of educational and financial literacy materials, and offers a platform for their annual Success is Working Career Fair.

Dress for Success Worldwide is a non-profit organization.

External Links

Official website

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Dress for Success
Non-profit organization that provides interview suits, confidence boosts, and
career development to low-income women in over 75 cities worldwide. Success ...
www.dressforsuccess.org/

MultiPro
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Merci à tous pour les excellentes suggestions

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dominique Sempere
6 hrs

agree  Assimina Vavoula
8 hrs

agree  Gat: Ou "de la réussite" ?
9 hrs
  -> Tout à fait, oui. Merco

agree  scooty
15 hrs

agree  Marina Dufour
15 hrs

agree  IC --: semble bien aussi!!
1 day16 hrs

agree  xxxRenanG: Lots of details! Je dirais "Portez les habits de VOTRE reussite professionnelle"
2 days3 hrs

agree  xxxTranslation_: Parfait avec _la_: "Portez les habits de LA réussite !"
4 days
  -> J'ai apporté la modification. Merci à vous tous ! :)
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
maintenir une apparence professionnelle


Explanation:
ce que j’ai compris, les règles relatives aux standards d’habillement seront renforcées de manière à maintenir une apparence professionnelle dans nos ...
www.ucco-sacc.csn.qc.ca/_xml/ _files/8442L3OLZE5Y374F86QM536SB2NYPC.pdf - Résultat complémentaire - Pages similaires

RHELLER
Local time: 03:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci Rita, votre idée est parfaite pour le premier élément de la phrase, mais j'aimerais ajouter un dicton approprié ou une maxime comme dans l'original


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christiane Bujold: oui, je suis d'accord avec vous
27 mins
  -> merci, Christiane :-)

agree  IC --: Looks fine to me...
1 day13 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
l'habit fait le moine !


Explanation:
éventuellement dans un tel contexte ?

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Note added at 9 hrs (2006-03-15 07:44:40 GMT)
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par vos vêtements, on vous juge

xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 11:33
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PRO pts in category: 127
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
très bonne présentation


Explanation:
je pense que ce qui vaut en anglais, c'est la rime endre "dress" et "success"; en revanche, la tournure française (p ex celle rencontrée dans les annonces) est "très bonne présentation" - ça sonne moins percutant cependant


nads022
Switzerland
Local time: 11:33
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1 day17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
se montrer une confiance de réussir / s'habiller en confiance de soi


Explanation:
Je le prends par un sens non figuré... Il me semble c'est de la flaire d'une personne qui marche sur la réussite qui s'habille en confiance de soi...

IMHO

IC --
Local time: 11:33
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