mise en perspective

English translation: can look forward to

21:35 Nov 1, 2007

French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Business/Commerce (general)

French term or phrase: mise en perspective

XXXXX autorise la mise en perspective d'un succès commercial, annoncé d'avance.

I know this has been asked before, but the translation given then just doesn't fit here.

Jennifer White KudoZ activity Questions: 120 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 226 United Kingdom
Local time: 00:25

English translation:can look forward to

Explanation:
perhaps simple is best in this context

Selected response from:

suezen
Local time: 01:25

Grading comment

Thank you very much Tony and Suezen. I found this quite baffling and both your suggestions fitted well.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

can look forward to

suezen

gives reasons to expect

Kévin Bacquet

3 +1

offers / brings the prospect of

Tony M

Answers

5 mins confidence:

gives reasons to expect

Explanation:
Just a suggestion.

Kévin Bacquet
France
Local time: 01:25
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

26 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

autorise la mise en perspective offers / brings the prospect of

Explanation:
I's a little difficult to tell from your context exactly how it's being used here; for a start, is XXXXX the name of a company, or a product? And to whom is this remark being addressed? Is it, for example, to a prospective customer who is going to be retailing product X? All these factors will change the way it needs to be rendered in EN (and even possibly the underlying meaning).

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Note added at 45 mins (2007-11-01 22:20:53 GMT)
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OK, then my idea is a bit off, since I was thinking it was a product.

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Note added at 46 mins (2007-11-01 22:22:12 GMT)
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"...is highly optimistic about..." ??

Tony M
France
Local time: 01:25
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 571

Notes to answerer

Asker: xxxxxxx is the name of a company. It's just marketing material praising the success of the company.

55 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

can look forward to

Explanation:
perhaps simple is best in this context

suezen
Local time: 01:25
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 115

Grading comment

Thank you very much Tony and Suezen. I found this quite baffling and both your suggestions fitted well.

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