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textilienne

English translation: textile specialists

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French term or phrase:textilienne
English translation:textile specialists
Entered by: Kathryn McFarland

05:17 May 18, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
French term or phrase: textilienne
« Textilienne » de père en fils, une famille crée, en 1978, une entreprise commerciale spécialisée dans les produits auxiliaires pour le secteur textile :

All I can think of is "involved with textiles", but there must be something better out there. Thanks
Kathryn McFarland
textile specialists
Explanation:
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Josephine79
Local time: 18:08
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3textile specialists
Josephine79
5La Textilienne
Claire Chapman
4clothes makers
Conor McAuley
3textilian
sarahl (X)
3textile manufacturer
eileengreen
3 -2textile industry
Assimina Vavoula


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
textile industry


Explanation:
an industry relating to textiles or weaving

Assimina Vavoula
Greece
Local time: 19:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: Doesn't fit in Asker's context
37 mins
disagree  Angela Dickson (X): A family cannot be a 'textile industry'.
2 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
textile specialists


Explanation:
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Josephine79
Local time: 18:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  lindaellen (X)
1 hr
agree  Angela Dickson (X)
2 hrs
agree  Catherine Christaki
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
textilian


Explanation:
they coined this word, you may have to coin your own.

sarahl (X)
Local time: 09:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 23
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
clothes makers


Explanation:
http://www.carrefour.fr/ccm/content/categories/marques-carre...

Textile basically means clothes, but also includes towels, bed linen, etc.



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Note added at 2 hrs 54 mins (2005-05-18 08:12:24 GMT)
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Perhaps you could say \"Both father the and the son worked in the textile industry and in 1978 the family set up...\".

Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 18:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 47
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textile manufacturer


Explanation:
Another suggestion

eileengreen
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
La Textilienne


Explanation:
I have to admit to a little confusion as to why you are trying to translate a proper noun. If you do need an explanation as to what the business La Textilienne is, I would go with the "textile specialists" explanation you were given.

Entreprises et organismes
ayant été représentés
aux sessions de l'ESA
TAVERNIER – T.D. WILLIAMSON – TESSENDERLO CHEMIE – ****LA TEXTILIENNE ****– THOMSON MEDICAL – TOUSSAINT NYSSEN – TOYOTAT – TRACHET – TROIS SUISSES – TUDOR – TUREX – UCB - UNION ALLUMETTIERE – UNION CARBIDE – UNIROYAL ENGLEBERT – UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE
http://abcal.org/fr/formation/esa/entreprises.html

Claire Chapman
Local time: 12:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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