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English translation: hot deals


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French term or phrase:affaires chaudes
English translation:hot deals
Entered by: narasimha CSN MURTHY
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12:48 Dec 12, 2010
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Marketing - Business/Commerce (general) / marketing cars/trucks
French term or phrase: affaires chaudes
Accès à l'écran Cahier d'affaires chaudes, Vue Mes affaires chaudes. What does the word 'chaude mean here? I have not been able to get the right adjective to use in this context.
narasimha CSN MURTHY
India
Local time: 12:58
hot deals
Explanation:
Sounds to me like a direct calque on the EN. In sales / marketing, we often talk about things being 'hot' or 'cold', c.f. ' a hot lead' or 'cold calling'
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Tony M
France
Local time: 09:28
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Summary of answers provided
1 +6hot deals
Tony M
4 +1hot business, hot projectsxxxBourth
3urgent business
Emma Paulay


Discussion entries: 2





  

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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +6
hot deals


Explanation:
Sounds to me like a direct calque on the EN. In sales / marketing, we often talk about things being 'hot' or 'cold', c.f. ' a hot lead' or 'cold calling'

Tony M
France
Local time: 09:28
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 413
Grading comment
Thank you for your help

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JaneD
40 mins
  -> Thanks, Janed!
agree  xxxBourth: Hot stuff, Tony! And I was hot on your heels. / I didn't know you cared!
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Alex! You're always pretty hot yourself... just a shame we're floundering a bit for context here... which particularly affects the key word!
agree  Gilla Evans: hot deals, hot tips... that sort of idea, more context would help!
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Gilla!
agree  writeaway: hot stuff but no sweat
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, W/A! I wish someone could waft some of this heat my way right now, ici, on se les caille !
agree  AllegroTrans
8 hrs
agree  joehlindsay
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, joe!
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
hot business, hot projects


Explanation:
Presumably.

"Hot" in the familiar sense of "topical", "current", "favourable", "likely to be won/bagged".

Which yet again is proof that we all, men and women alike, have a sexual thought every eight seconds.

xxxBourth
Local time: 09:28
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 377

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Both hot possibilities, depending on actual context.
1 hr
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
urgent business


Explanation:
In my experience, "chaud" means "urgent" rather than "important".

Emma Paulay
France
Local time: 09:28
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Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 226
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Changes made by editors
Dec 12, 2010 - Changes made by writeaway:
FieldBus/Financial => Marketing
Dec 12, 2010 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
FieldTech/Engineering => Bus/Financial
Field (specific)Engineering (general) => Business/Commerce (general)
Dec 12, 2010 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
Term askedchaudes => affaires chaudes


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