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communication pléthorique

English translation: excessive communications


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French term or phrase:communication pléthorique
English translation:excessive communications
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22:43 Oct 26, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations
French term or phrase: communication pléthorique
Par rapport à ses concurrents directs, l'utilisation partagée de prises de vue impactante ne permet pas de construire une identité propre l'émetteur et par rapport à ses concurrents indirects, une communication pléthorique.
TesCor -
Local time: 11:49
excessive communications
Explanation:
propre l'émetteur???Ne manque-t-il pas un "à" entre les deux?
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Ségolène Neilson
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:49
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2excessive communications
Ségolène Neilson
3 +1overabundant communication
Robert Frankling
3clutter, communications clutter communications overloadparaculture


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
communication pléthorique
excessive communications


Explanation:
propre l'émetteur???Ne manque-t-il pas un "à" entre les deux?

Ségolène Neilson
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:49
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 13
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agree  writeaway
1 hr

agree  Michele Fauble
7 hrs
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
communication pléthorique
overabundant communication


Explanation:
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Robert Frankling
Local time: 10:49
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  xxxsarahl
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
communication pléthorique
clutter, communications clutter communications overload


Explanation:
wonderful phrase from the boom years of the advertising business, in the 80s and early 90s. I don't have the slightest idea of the context however. Is this advertising, or is this overly dramatic/graphic/gory news broadcasts?

paraculture
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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