sur place

English translation: on location

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French term or phrase:	sur place
English translation:	on location
Entered by:	Lucy-Jane Michel

13:12 Sep 7, 2006

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel

French term or phrase: sur place

Hi all,
I'm trying to find a way of saying 'sur place' without using the rather ugly, builderly 'on site'...not that builders are ugly, of course!
This is primarily in the context of tourist residences for skiing in the Alps.
Many thanks!
LJ

Lucy-Jane Michel KudoZ activity Questions: 35 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 50 France
Local time: 18:41

on location

Explanation:
if you need to be precise about that

Selected response from:

NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 12:41

Grading comment

Thanks! I used this one loads throughout the doc
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +7

locally

Kate Hudson (X)

2 +4

on the premises, in-house, on your doorstep

Ian Davies

on location

NancyLynn

on spot

Alain BERTRAND

Discussion entries: 6

Answers

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

locally

Explanation:
on site, in the vicinity, nearby, But so much depends on the sentence- so come on girl let us have it!

Kate Hudson (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 18:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 15

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

on the premises, in-house, on your doorstep

Explanation:
Agree we can't really help you unless we know the context...

Ian Davies
Australia
Local time: 02:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

2 hrs confidence:

on location

Explanation:
if you need to be precise about that

NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 12:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 14

Grading comment

Thanks! I used this one loads throughout the doc

5 hrs confidence:

on spot

Explanation:
Spot blends perfectly with tourism

Alain BERTRAND
Mauritius
Local time: 20:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French,

English

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