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English translation: with current trends

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French term or phrase:	dans l’air du temps
English translation:	with current trends
Entered by:	Nicole Dargere

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16:13 Oct 31, 2009

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French term or phrase: dans l’air du temps

Et comme le design est fait d’un juste mélange de culture et de commerce, la fusion de XXXX et de ZZZZ est parfaitement dans l’air du temps.

Nicole Dargere KudoZ activity Questions: 392 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 98 Canada
Local time: 19:20

with current trends

Explanation:
"[...] completely in line with current trends."

Selected response from:

Martyn G
United States
Local time: 20:20

Grading comment

Perfect. Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +5

with current trends

Martyn G

3 +3

in tune with our times/with time

bcsantos

4 +1

in the zeitgeist

jmleger

is completely current.

emiledgar

in keeping with the spirit of the times

Mark Bossanyi

is (absolutely) the current big talking point

Chris Hall

a sign of the times

Amanda Ménage

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

with current trends

Explanation:
"[...] completely in line with current trends."

Martyn G
United States
Local time: 20:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Perfect. Thank you!

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

in tune with our times/with time

Explanation:
....

bcsantos
Gibraltar
Local time: 03:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

in the zeitgeist

Explanation:
Ben oui, les Américains aiment bien la placer celle-là.

jmleger
Local time: 20:20
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 99

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

writeaway: the French like using this just as much (ça fait 'intello') but depends a bit on the register of the rest

52 mins

-> Intello, le mot qui me fait saigner les oreilles. Did you really have to?

neutral

Clive Phillips: For a British reader the term seems a little too high-flown but, as writeaway says, it depends on the register of the rest.

3 hrs

neutral

Helen Shiner: maybe 'corresponds to/indicative of the Zeitgeist', but not 'in the zeitgeist' - doesn't make sense, I'm afraid.//No need to perpetuate incorrect usage.

17 hrs

-> http://glengarvin.com/

neutral

B D Finch: I think "in" is the wrong preposition? // Look at the context of your reference and also of other references using "in" and I think you will see that it is very context specific and unsuitable for this one.

19 hrs

-> http://glengarvin.com/

34 mins confidence:

is (absolutely) the current big talking point

Explanation:
la fusion de XXXX et de ZZZZ est parfaitement dans l’air du temps.
=
the merger of XXXX and ZZZZ is (absoutely) the current big talking point.

Chris Hall
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 47

2 hrs confidence:

is completely current.

Explanation:
to be concise and alliterative.

emiledgar
Belgium
Local time: 03:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 102

3 hrs confidence:

a sign of the times

Explanation:
Another idea to choose from.

Amanda Ménage
France
Local time: 03:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 10

21 hrs confidence:

in keeping with the spirit of the times

Explanation:
or even just "in the spirit of the times"

Mark Bossanyi
Bulgaria
Local time: 04:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Voters for reclassification
as
PRO / non-PRO

Non-PRO (3): writeaway, Gilla Evans, Rob Grayson

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Oct 31, 2009 - Changes made by Rob Grayson:
Level	PRO => Non-PRO

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