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French translation: une date à retenir

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20:07 Feb 3, 2012

English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Other

English term or phrase: save the date

meaning remember the date.
Is it correct to say enregistrez la date? any better translation??

SALIMA MOALLA

French translation:une date à retenir

Explanation:
me paraît plus naturel/idiomatique en français

de nombreuses occurrences sur le Web...

http://lesaultdesaintjulien.e-monsite.com/blog/une-date-a-re...

http://les-passions-d-anneke.over-blog.com/article-une-date-...

Selected response from:

Stephanie Bellumat, trad.a.
France
Local time: 07:26

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Summary of answers provided

4 +4

une date à retenir

Stephanie Bellumat, trad.a.

bloquez cette date

Isabelle Brucher

3 +1

enregistrez la date, souvenez-vous de la date, etc. selon le contexte (absent)

Johanne Bouthillier

Retenez la date

Bernard M

à vos agendas!

Catharine Cellier-Smart

gardez bien cette date

yves la

sauvegardez la date

Pascale van Kempen-Herlant

inscrivez la date à votre calendrier

Nina Khmielnitzky

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

enregistrez la date, souvenez-vous de la date, etc. selon le contexte (absent)

Explanation:
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Johanne Bouthillier
Local time: 01:26
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 24

5 mins confidence:

inscrivez la date à votre calendrier

Explanation:
Of course, there are more than one way of saying it, depending on context.
If you were using a computer application which prompted you to save a date within a calendar, you might be able to say "réserver la date".
But if you were invited to a wedding, for instance, you'd need to write down the date in a calendar.
So it's a matter of context. Are there other possibilities?

Nina Khmielnitzky
Local time: 01:26
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 8

6 mins confidence:

sauvegardez la date

Explanation:
Dans le contexte informatique

Pascale van Kempen-Herlant
Local time: 07:26
Native speaker of:

French

29 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

une date à retenir

Stephanie Bellumat, trad.a.
France
Local time: 07:26
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 11

Grading comment

Thank you for your help

32 mins confidence:

gardez bien cette date

Explanation:

yves la
Local time: 02:26
Native speaker of:

French,

Portuguese

10 hrs confidence:

à vos agendas!

Explanation:
suggestion, but as Françoise says, depends on context...

Catharine Cellier-Smart
Local time: 09:26
Native speaker of:

English

13 hrs confidence:

bloquez cette date

Explanation:
Grand Robert & Collins 2012 en ligne:

Il s'agit du sens suivant de "save" ici :

c) also save up

[+ money] ▶ mettre de côté
[+ food] ▶ mettre de côté, ▶ garder

■ he has money saved : il a de l'argent de côté
■ I've saved you a piece of cake : je t'ai gardé un morceau de gâteau
■ to save [oneself] (up) for [something] : se réserver pour [quelque chose]
■ he saved the last sweet for himself : il s'est gardé le dernier bonbon
■ I was saving the wine for later : je gardais le vin pour plus tard
■ to save [something] till (the) last : garder [quelque chose] pour la bonne bouche
■ to save the best for last : garder le meilleur pour la fin
■ to save (up) old newspapers for charity : garder les vieux journaux pour les bonnes œuvres
■ to save stamps/matchboxes etc (“collect”) : collectionner les timbres/les boîtes d'allumettes etc
■ will you save me a place at your table? : me garderez-vous une place à votre table ?

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bloquer:

i) ✰ « réserver » : [+ jour] ▶ to reserve, ▶ to put aside

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A noter que Le Grand Robert & Collins ajoute une étoile (✰), signifiant par là qu'il s'agit d'un langage familier (informal language).

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Ceci dit, en tant que francophone de naissance, j'ai déjà entendu cette expression maintes fois, par exemple dans des réunions d'affaires, dans le contexte des affaires.

"Réservez cette date" n'est pas utilisé, du moins en Belgique et dans les sociétés internationales.

Isabelle Brucher
Belgium
Local time: 07:26
Native speaker of:

French

16 hrs confidence:

Retenez la date

Explanation:
Cà dépend du contexte. Expression très en vogue que beaucoup utilisent telle quelle. Je l'ai repérée ce matin à la vitrine d'une grande marque.

Bernard M
France
Local time: 07:26
Native speaker of:

French

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Non-PRO (3): mchd, Françoise Vogel, Frankie J. B.

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