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stretched too thin

French translation: étendu trop finement

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English term or phrase:stretched too thin
French translation:étendu trop finement
Entered by: Francis MARC

17:54 Oct 23, 2002
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial
English term or phrase: stretched too thin
A company which offers a diversity of products presents a strength but it is also a challenge because it becomes stretched too thin
Odile
France
Local time: 08:20
étendu/étiré/dispersé/dilué trop finement
Explanation:
too numerous presence areas with resulting low impacys/visibilities/drives
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Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 09:20
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3elle se disperse trop
GILLES MEUNIER
4étendu/étiré/dispersé/dilué trop finement
Francis MARC
4d'etendue superficielle;...l'etendue de sa gamme de produits devient/semble trop superficielle
Vera Fluhr (X)


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
étendu/étiré/dispersé/dilué trop finement


Explanation:
too numerous presence areas with resulting low impacys/visibilities/drives

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 09:20
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 12561
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
elle se disperse trop


Explanation:
comme ça que je le vois

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Note added at 2002-10-23 18:38:18 (GMT)
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pour pouvoir écouler tous ses produits

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 08:20
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 75574

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  IlonaT
1 hr
agree  JCEC
9 hrs
agree  Yolanda Broad: Version bien raisonnalbe (Termium propose "saupoudrer" pour "spread thin" Très imagé !)
2 days 1 hr
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
d'etendue superficielle;...l'etendue de sa gamme de produits devient/semble trop superficielle


Explanation:
L'idee de l'expression est de dire que quand on etend qch mais le volume reste le meme, l'epaisseur se diminue et devient tres petit.

On peut aussi dire 'etendue' comme un adjectif:

...etendue mais superficielle. Mais je crois que ce n'est une bonne solution, s'il s'agit d'une compagnie ou de sa gamme de produits

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Note added at 2002-10-24 00:56:54 (GMT)
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Quelques exemples:

......nous avons developpe une gamme de produits
etendue couvrant un grand champ d\'application. ...
www.radicaldesign.nl/fr/start_fr.html

Page 1. Ce service couvre une gamme etendue de produits et d\'idees, a partir des etiquettes imprimees jusqu\'au CD Rom et l\'acces facile a notre site Web. ...
www.holdtite.com/english/download/misc/french/08.pdf

Lapeyre veut montrer l\'etendue de ses produits et services sur ...
Tous les jours, l\'actualite de l\'Internet
www.journaldunet.com/0003/000310lapeyre.shtml


... profondeur, etendue, region atteinte, personne atteinte), on considerera donc qu\'une brulure est mineure si elle est superficielle et peu etendue, ...
www.quebecpharmacie.org/Archives/2002/mars/QP_mar02_221_4.p...

....pour evaluer la colonne d\'hydrocarbures, dans le cas de nombreux champs, on a choisi l\'etendue superficielle ...
www.neb.gc.ca/energy/mckbeau_f.pdf

....., la brulure superficielle peu etendue ne necessite qu’un traitement par topiques locaux. ...
www-sante.ujf-grenoble.fr/SANTE/hand/CHAPITRS/CHAPIT27.HTM

... 4 3.1.3 Formalites d\'etendue superficielle.....
www.maaseutuoikeudenseura.fi/CEDR-2001/Proceedings/II/Migue...

Vera Fluhr (X)
Local time: 08:20
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 111
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