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a commodities exchange on wheels

French translation: une bourse d'échange mobile


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English term or phrase:a commodities exchange on wheels
French translation:une bourse d'échange mobile
Entered by: siragui
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10:55 Sep 11, 2007
English to French translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Cycling
English term or phrase: a commodities exchange on wheels
An economist's take on Tour de France team behavior: "Nothing in American sports resembles the bizarre dynamic of the cycling peloton, partly because a stage race is less a sporting event than a commodities exchange on wheels. What appears to be a random mass of bicycles is really an orderly web of shifting alliances ...".

A finance question really, but the expression needs to be snappy, keeping the economics metaphor but remaining comprehensible.

A vos marques!
siragui
Local time: 07:43
une bourse d'échange mobile
Explanation:
une bourse d'échange en constant déplacement
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xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 07:43
Grading comment
Merci à tous. Tout bien pesé, je préfère "mobile".
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Summary of answers provided
3un véritable marché financier ambulantvalco
3une bourse d'échange mobilexxxCMJ_Trans
3une bourse de marchandises sur roues
Alain Marsol


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une bourse de marchandises sur roues


Explanation:
ou encore "une bourse de commerce sur roues".

Alain Marsol
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une bourse d'échange mobile


Explanation:
une bourse d'échange en constant déplacement

xxxCMJ_Trans
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Merci à tous. Tout bien pesé, je préfère "mobile".
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
un véritable marché financier ambulant


Explanation:
une autre proposition...

valco
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Changes made by editors
Sep 14, 2007 - Changes made by siragui:
Edited KOG entrysiragui's old entry - "a commodities exchange on wheels" => "une bourse d\'échange mobile"


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