Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
les livres qui font la cote
English translation:
Tomes that set the tone
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HLB
May 27, 2002 22:23
22 yrs ago
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French term
Carol Lagler-Kolusheva (X)
les livres qui font la cote
French to English
Bus/Financial
Advertising / Public Relations
Advertising
xxx, les livres qui font la cote
(subject art books)
(subject art books)
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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Tomes that set the tone
Difficult to know if there is a play on words with the visual part of the ad. There already seems to be one with "ont la cote" and "font la cote". You might want to give more context, ie explain the visual side.
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Mabel Garzón
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Sue Crocker
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Yolanda Broad
: A highly original wordplay. Lovely!
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Thanks. It's what the advertising people seem to go for.
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cheungmo
: Cute.
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caroail (X)
: Brilliant! has just the right ring to it
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Thanks.
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks."
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William Stein
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Native in English
Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
call number
La cote is the call number or reference number of library books, but I'd need more context to know whether that is the right word for your translation.
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well-rated books
les livres qui gagne en popularité..
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Yolanda Broad
: Good and straightforward
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suzanten
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HLB
: That would be "ont la cote"
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Mabel Garzón
Colombia
Colombia
Works in field
Colombia
Over 27 years experience
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Danish to English, Swedish to Spanish, and 8 more.
the books to read at the beach
This is in case "cote" with a slight misspelling can be translated as "coast side"
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HLB
: Nice try, but you'd soon smear your expensive art books with suntan lotion!
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Youssef MEGHARFI
Native in French
Works in field
Fidèle au texte et dans les temps !
Native in: French 
, Arabic
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French, Arabic to French
"qui font la cote" : make the quotation list /"qui ont la cote" : the most popular books
faire la cote : participate in the quotation
avoir la cote : to be popular
cote d'un livre : shelf mark
avoir la cote : to be popular
cote d'un livre : shelf mark
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"books t;hat are listed..."
...on a best-seller list."
Perhaps, this is the case. I don't have the full context for this phrase,
Serait-ce alors tout simplement:
"the best-sellers art books"?
A Vous d'en déterminer le bien-fondé. :))
Perhaps, this is the case. I don't have the full context for this phrase,
Serait-ce alors tout simplement:
"the best-sellers art books"?
A Vous d'en déterminer le bien-fondé. :))
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Books that make the stakes
Another way of looking at the word "cote" which is defined in the Robert as: constatation officielle des cours (d'une valeur, d'une marchandise) qui se négocient ... Meaning in this case, it's the books that are decisive in determining the market value of works of art. Hope this helps
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Note added at 2002-05-28 08:40:26 (GMT)
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\"Books that make the market\" would be another alternative to this approach
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Note added at 2002-05-28 08:40:26 (GMT)
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\"Books that make the market\" would be another alternative to this approach
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Books which make the grade
There are already some good suggestions but this is another way of saying it, depending on context.
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