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festive family dinner

French translation: Menu Grandes Occasions

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English term or phrase:	festive dinner menu
French translation:	Menu Grandes Occasions
Entered by:	Jan Sundström

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01:09 Oct 1, 2011

English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Cooking / Culinary

English term or phrase: festive family dinner

Sorry to bother you with this very basic question.
This is for a restaurant menu.
There's a set menu offer which can only be ordered by a family or group.
It's meant for festive family celebrations.
I could look up the literal translation in a dictionary, but I was wondering if there is a more creative or idiomatic way to say it. How would it read in a real menu in France?!

Jan Sundström KudoZ activity Questions: 28 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 295 Sweden
Local time: 13:23

Menu Grandes Occasions

Explanation:
Just a suggestion
grandes occas' for a more informal register

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Leslie Desgranges
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:23

Grading comment

Thanks a lot!
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Summary of answers provided

3 +3

Menu Grandes Occasions

Leslie Desgranges

4 +1

dîner de fête en famille

Carol Molter

Menu familial

Irène Guinez

menu familial de fête

Hélène ALEXIS

Repas en famille convivial

Frédéric Brunet

Discussion entries: 8

Jan Sundström

Sweden

ASKER

Don't get distracted by the rest of the menu

11:54 Oct 3, 2011

Thanks a lot for your input.
Please note that the restaurant is aware of the flaws, that's why they are sending it out to us linguists for a total overhaul. So don't get distracted by "ripaille" and other mistakes.
Going with Imanol's thought, if you disregard both family and feast, what would be an appropriate name to call this special order?
Thanks again for your patience!

Imanol

Tillbaka på ruta noll/Retour à la case départ

08:33 Oct 3, 2011

ça fleure bon son Rabelais, effectivement. Il est drôle de constater comme souvent les problèmes apparemment simples sont les plus difficiles à résoudre. Je pense en tout cas qu'il faut abandonner l'idée de fête (exagérée, vu la teneur du menu en question) ainsi que l'idée de famille (familial = casual; en famille = connotation louche [laver son linge sale en famille, etc.].

Irène Guinez

Spain

D'accord avec Hélène

08:11 Oct 3, 2011

La ripaille ça évoque plutôt Pantagruel qu'autre chose. On pourrait mettre "banquet de famille?"

Hélène ALEXIS

France

écris trop vite

07:18 Oct 3, 2011

je voulais dire : ce n'est pas du tout l'image que l'on se fait d'un festive family dinner..

Hélène ALEXIS

France

D'accord avec Imanol

07:16 Oct 3, 2011

en français "ripailler" c'est vraiment "se goinfrer", "se bâfrer" manger beaucoup, ce n'est pas du tout à fait ce que l'on image d'un "festive family dinner".. D'autre part, le lien cité pour plus de contexte est bourré de fautes (d'anglais et de français...). Tout ça pour dire que je maintiens ma proposition !

Imanol

Ripailler ???

17:29 Oct 2, 2011

This means gulping down (frossa i sig) large quantities of food while drinking and having fun and making a lot of noise. Anyone who has ever been at the restaurant we are talking about will know that this simply is not the place for that sort of thing.

Jan Sundström

Sweden

ASKER

15:32 Oct 2, 2011

Sorry, here's more context:
http://www.berns.se/dynamaster/file_archive/110930/5dddecd8f...
As you can see, the "family deal" is a special, besides the ordinary dishes on the à la carte. This set contains a three course meal + some extras, and is meant for groups or families celebrating something special.