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French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Nutrition / Healthy eating programme | | French term or phrase: lors des "pots" | This concerns actions that companies can take to promote helathy eating:
"mise à disposition de paniers de fruits, remplacement de distributeurs de produits sucrés par des distributeurs de fruits, disponibilité d'aliments plus favorables lors des "pots" |
| | | company get together / office party | Explanation:
I put get together first as I think office party has far too raucous coonotations for this.
a drink with nibbles to celebrate a birthday, good results, a retirement etc.
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Note added at 43 mins (2007-04-24 11:53:42 GMT)
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27 mins confidence:   drinks
Explanation:
There's surely a better way of saying this!
These are the drinks / aperitifs organised by staff or by the company to celebrate a retirement or leaving for a new job ("pot de départ), perhaps a colleague's new baby, etc.
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26 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +7 | un 'pot' company get together / office party
Explanation:
I put get together first as I think office party has far too raucous coonotations for this.
a drink with nibbles to celebrate a birthday, good results, a retirement etc.
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Note added at 43 mins (2007-04-24 11:53:42 GMT)
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| Melzie
Local time: 08:05
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 8
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The translation workplace 
