Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
La consommation hors domicile
English translation:
eating out
Added to glossary by
Klaus Dorn (X)
May 16, 2002 20:41
22 yrs ago
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French term
La consommation hors domicile
French to English
Bus/Financial
Just refers to eating in restaurants. For the life of me, I can't seem to find a satisfactory translation in English.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +8 | eating out |
Klaus Dorn (X)
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| 4 +1 | patronizing restaurants |
Marian Greenfield
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| 4 | meals away from home |
RHELLER
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| 4 | meals taken outside the home |
BernieM
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Proposed translations
+8
4 mins
Klaus Dorn (X)
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Klaus Dorn (X)
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eating out
example: last night, we didn't eat at home, we were eating out. We went to a restaurant.
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+1
58 mins
Marian Greenfield
Native in English
Over 30 years in financial translation
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English
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1518
patronizing restaurants
I like <eating out>, but it's quite informal. Would depend on the tone of the rest of your text.
1 hr
meals away from home
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4 hrs
meals taken outside the home
If you want a more formal translation, then try this.
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