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French translation: cartes de voeux

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English term or phrase:cards
French translation:cartes de voeux
Entered by: mdes

04:28 Jan 7, 2003
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: cards
To survive she sold cards.
Kaitlin
cartes de voeux
Explanation:
Ce sont des cartes qui présentent ses voeux au nouvel an; mais pourrait être tout autre chose comme type de cartes :

jeux de cartes,...
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mdes
France
Local time: 11:04
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Summary of answers provided
3 +7cartes de voeux
mdes
4 +2cartes postales
Francis MARC
4afin de survivre elle vendait des cartes / morceaux de carton
JH Trads
3 +1des cartes postales ? des jeux de cartes ?
cjohnstone
4cartes
Shog Imas
5 -2carte(s) de souhaits
cheungmo


  

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afin de survivre elle vendait des cartes / morceaux de carton


Explanation:
depending on context

HTH

JH Trads
United States
Local time: 05:04
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 1109
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carte(s) de souhaits


Explanation:
In French, we specify what type of cards: greeting cards, business cards, playing cards, etc.

"Carte de souhait" literally means "wish card", as in "to wish a happy birthday for someone", "to wish good luck", etc.

Singular: carte de souhait
Plural: cartes de souhaits
The "souhait" is also plural when "cartes" is plural because if there's more than one card, then there must be more than one wish...

Pronounciation: swe (with the "e" as in "heck"). Despite the spelling, its essentially a single syllable word.


cheungmo
PRO pts in pair: 556

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen: "carte de souhaits" n'est pas le terme communément utilisé, mais plutôt "carte de voeux"
4 hrs
disagree  Céline Graciet: tout à fait Bettyboop, 'carte de souhaits' n'est pas français
4 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
cartes postales


Explanation:
ça me rappelle la vieille chanson de Bourvil:

"elle vendait des cartes postales,
et aussi des crayons ..."

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 12:04
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 12561

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Isla MONTREUIL: souvenirs, souvenirs...
2 hrs
agree  lien: tu te souviens de ca? moi aussi.
20 hrs
neutral  Shog Imas: Il n'est pas precise en anglais
5 days
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
cartes de voeux


Explanation:
Ce sont des cartes qui présentent ses voeux au nouvel an; mais pourrait être tout autre chose comme type de cartes :

jeux de cartes,...

mdes
France
Local time: 11:04
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 107
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Arthur Borges: Probably...but it could be phone cards, playing cards or whatever. I'd've suggested greetings cards too.
1 hr
agree  Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
1 hr
agree  swani (X)
3 hrs
agree  Louise Dupont (X)
6 hrs
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
6 hrs
agree  Autobusek
8 hrs
agree  michele meenawong (X)
17 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
des cartes postales ? des jeux de cartes ?


Explanation:
other ideas

cjohnstone
France
Local time: 11:04
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2457

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Louise Dupont (X)
32 mins
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5 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cartes


Explanation:
Je crois qu'il ne faut pas penser a preciser puisque la version anglaise n'est pas claire.

Shog Imas
Canada
Local time: 05:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 295
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