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English to French translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase:wall to wall
"Graham Packaging Villecomtal was created in 2002. It is a wall to wall factory created in response to an increasing demand for “Crème de Yaourt”. This product is a very good creamy yoghurt with a high fat content. The bottle was developed and produced by Meaux factory from 1997 to 2003. Meanwhile, the policy of cost reduction and increasing customer satisfaction enabled investment in wall to wall."
Explanation: Dans ce contexte ça veut dire omplètement, totalement, de fond en comble, d’un bout à l’autre, à cent pour cent, etc. Dans d'autres contextes, on pourrait dire "mur à mur" ...
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Je suis d'accord avec FX. Le contexte est important et on ne peut pas se contenter de traduire 'wall to wall' par totalement ou entièrement. J'en suis d'autant plus convaincue quand je lis la dernière partie de la phrase 'investment in wall to wall'.
Cela dépend donc du contexte. "Wall to wall green"? dans le sens de "ou tout est prévu de manière à diminuer les impacts sur l'environnement"?
cf: le lean manufacturing:
"Lean manufacturing is most common in the auto industry... Assembly, LucasVarity goes world class: lean ... Then in August...become "wall-to-wall lean" ... http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P3-75428956.html
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totalement, totalement ...
Explanation: Dans ce contexte ça veut dire omplètement, totalement, de fond en comble, d’un bout à l’autre, à cent pour cent, etc. Dans d'autres contextes, on pourrait dire "mur à mur" ...
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J'ai voulu suggéré "complètement, totalement" ...
1045 Canada Local time: 03:26 Specializes in field Native speaker of: French PRO pts in category: 28
Reference information: 2. Informal
1. in very large numbers or amounts; found throughout; pervasive
2. comprehensive; all-inclusive wall-to-wall health care
fransua Spain Native speaker of: French PRO pts in category: 12
I believe it means, in this context at any rate, that there is only one product line for the entire factory - this is not a general dairy products factory, nor is it even a factory producing the full full-range of yoghurts (cream, plain, Greek-style, set, low-calorie, ...). In other words, it's “Crème de Yaourt” from wall to wall.
Sheila Wilson France Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
The translation workplace 
