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place d'affaires

English translation: market place

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French term or phrase:place d'affaires
English translation:market place
Entered by: Berni Armstrong

03:28 Jul 31, 2001
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial
French term or phrase: place d'affaires
Subtitle of a project:

"1ère place d'affaires dédiée aux entreprises françaises
créée à l'initiative du Crédit Lyonnais"

What is one of these when it is at home?
Berni Armstrong
Spain
Local time: 23:56
Market place
Explanation:
Also known as a 'place de marché'

Refers to a forum for trading (a bit like the work section of ProZ, really), where companies can put out calls for tender or look for suppliers and suppliers can advertise their services or reply to calls for tender...

Similar structures also exist (on and off-line) for start-ups looking for investors (venture capital...), as well as specialised forums within specific market sectors...

here are a few examples:

"Imprimerie-OnLine est un réseau de prestataires des Arts Graphiques, signataires d'une charte qualité, qui ont décidé de se promouvoir en proposant aux donneurs d'ordres des outils et des solutions de sourcing novateurs.

Utiliser les services d’Imprimerie-OnLine, c’est bénéficier dès à présent des avantages de l'e-commerce, que l’on soit acheteur ou prestataire.

Utiliser Imprimerie-OnLine, c’est rencontrer en direct des prestataires de référence, par le biais d'une place d'affaires opérationnelle depuis 1998, efficace, neutre et transparente, refusant toute commission ou honoraire. "


"Serv. soutien - Place d'affaires
Solutions > Serv. soutien - Place d'affaires

Nos services de soutien à la place d'affaires permettent d'échanger des documents, comme des commandes, des factures, des avis de livraison, des dessins CAO-CFAO, des données de suivi et plus, sur un nombre de plates-formes différentes. Que vous ou vos partenaires d'affaires fassiez de l'EDI, ayez accès au Web ou que vous ne fassiez que de l'échange de données par télécopie, nous avons une solution pour vous"
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Julia Gal
Local time: 23:56
Grading comment
Thank you. It was the obvious choice... but then my doubts crept in and I sought out native help!
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Summary of answers provided
naleading business environment
Gillian Hargreaves (X)
nafirst (stock) market
Mats Wiman
naMarket place
Julia Gal
na -1first business exchange
Parrot


  

Answers


6 mins peer agreement (net): -1
first business exchange


Explanation:
I'm not sure about what you mean by "home", but I assume "place" is being used as in "place boursière" (stck exchange) or "la place de Paris" (the Paris Stock Exchange).


    Collin's Business French
Parrot
Spain
Local time: 23:56
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 1861

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Gillian Hargreaves (X): Probably not so specific. (BTW, "when it's at home" is a humorous idiomatic expression used mostly in conversation.
13 mins
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16 mins
leading business environment


Explanation:
... or "major business centre". I don't think it's anything more specific than that.

Gillian Hargreaves (X)
Local time: 22:56
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 575
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20 mins
first (stock) market


Explanation:
"First/Foremost (stock) market for companies brought into being at the initiative of Crédit Lyonnais"




    Norstedts+MW
Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 23:56
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in pair: 133
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1 hr
Market place


Explanation:
Also known as a 'place de marché'

Refers to a forum for trading (a bit like the work section of ProZ, really), where companies can put out calls for tender or look for suppliers and suppliers can advertise their services or reply to calls for tender...

Similar structures also exist (on and off-line) for start-ups looking for investors (venture capital...), as well as specialised forums within specific market sectors...

here are a few examples:

"Imprimerie-OnLine est un réseau de prestataires des Arts Graphiques, signataires d'une charte qualité, qui ont décidé de se promouvoir en proposant aux donneurs d'ordres des outils et des solutions de sourcing novateurs.

Utiliser les services d’Imprimerie-OnLine, c’est bénéficier dès à présent des avantages de l'e-commerce, que l’on soit acheteur ou prestataire.

Utiliser Imprimerie-OnLine, c’est rencontrer en direct des prestataires de référence, par le biais d'une place d'affaires opérationnelle depuis 1998, efficace, neutre et transparente, refusant toute commission ou honoraire. "


"Serv. soutien - Place d'affaires
Solutions > Serv. soutien - Place d'affaires

Nos services de soutien à la place d'affaires permettent d'échanger des documents, comme des commandes, des factures, des avis de livraison, des dessins CAO-CFAO, des données de suivi et plus, sur un nombre de plates-formes différentes. Que vous ou vos partenaires d'affaires fassiez de l'EDI, ayez accès au Web ou que vous ne fassiez que de l'échange de données par télécopie, nous avons une solution pour vous"


    Reference: http://www.imprimerie-online.com/iol/pages/
    Reference: http://www.emergis.com/fr/solutions/products/market_enablers...
Julia Gal
Local time: 23:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 897
Grading comment
Thank you. It was the obvious choice... but then my doubts crept in and I sought out native help!
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