https://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/bus-financial/119644-une-entreprise-dont-nous-pouvons-tous-%EAtre-fiers.html?
This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. French to English

...une entreprise dont nous pouvons tous être fiers

English translation: Yes!

07:28 Dec 6, 2001
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial / Admin
French term or phrase: ...une entreprise dont nous pouvons tous être fiers
Contexte: Rapport annuel d'une entreprise. Allocution du PDG en reprise dans le rapport annuel.
Est-ce que l'on peut terminer la phrase avec "of"? ...a company we can all be proud of.
Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
Canada
Local time: 05:29
English translation:Yes!
Explanation:
The "rule" about not ending a sentence with a preposition is, as Churchill once remarked, "a piece of pedantry up with which I will not put!"
Selected response from:

carpman22
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:29
Grading comment
You have all been very helpful. Wish I could split the points though. Thanks again
Lise

3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2A company we can all be proud of
mckinnc
5Yes, you can.
Attila Piróth
4Yes!
carpman22


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Yes!


Explanation:
The "rule" about not ending a sentence with a preposition is, as Churchill once remarked, "a piece of pedantry up with which I will not put!"

carpman22
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:29
Grading comment
You have all been very helpful. Wish I could split the points though. Thanks again
Lise
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
A company we can all be proud of


Explanation:
Strictly speaking it might be considered by some as being ungrammatical but it sounds natural. You might say it should be "a company of which we can all be proud" but that sounds too stilted in my opinion.

mckinnc
Local time: 11:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 922

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  carpman22
0 min
  -> thanks
agree  Mafalda d'Orey de Faria
1 min
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Yes, you can.


Explanation:
Would have given exactly your version. Ancient grammar books may tell you not to put a preposition at the end of the sentence but Churchill didn't agree:
`This is the kind of grammar up with which I will not put'. So, keep it like that!


Attila Piróth
France
Local time: 11:29
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in pair: 222
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations