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English translation: wide range of accommodations

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04:37 Aug 25, 2011

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

French term or phrase: un large choix d'établissements

Enfin, le Cap propose un large choix d'établissements, adaptés à tous les budgets et toujours très confortables. Les plus idéalement situés sont en bordure du front de mer, mais on trouve aussi de charmants hôtels en centre ville ou au pied de la montagne.

a wide variety of lodging?

jeantrans

English translation:wide range of accommodations

Explanation:
Cape Town offers a wide range of accommodations...

In accommodations, you have a range from hotels to lodges, from guest houses to villas, at all prices.

Selected response from:

Stefan Hart de Keating
Mauritius
Local time: 04:43

Grading comment

A lot of good suggestions. I chose this one because it is very idiomatic, and fits the context well. Thanks to everyone.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +6

I would rewrite a bit...

polyglot45

3 +5

a broad choice of accommodation options

François-Xavier Torrentz

4 +2

a (broad/good) variety/selection of accommodation to choose from

Tony M

5 -1

wide range of accommodations

Stefan Hart de Keating

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

a broad choice of accommodation options

Explanation:
A suggestion.

Example sentence(s):

A wide choice of accommodation options is available in New Zealand. ,

Reference: http://www.nzembassy.com/japan/going-new-zealand/studying-ne...

François-Xavier Torrentz
Local time: 20:43
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

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

agree

Jeux de Mots: Yes, but not sure about choice and options in the same sentence - perhaps a wide range?

8 mins

-> Thank you for your kind feedback! I like "wide range". I was also thinking of bypassing this altogether and saying : "an abundance of accommodation options". But the alliteration might be a bit heavy.

agree

juliebarba: Agree with Jeux DM, and prefer wide range, but think that accomodation works well

1 hr

-> Thank you.

agree

writeaway

2 hrs

-> Thank you.

neutral

B D Finch: Using choice and options in the same phrase is a bit of a pleonasm.

4 hrs

-> Indeed. I agree with Jeux de Mots. Thank you for your comment.

agree

AllegroTrans

6 hrs

-> Thank you.

agree

Verginia Ophof

11 hrs

-> Thank you!

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

I would rewrite a bit...

Explanation:
In Cape Town there are plenty of/is no shortage of places to stay

rather than talking about CT offering - that is very French

polyglot45
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 12

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

a (broad/good) variety/selection of accommodation to choose from

Explanation:
I think this would be a more natural way of expressing it in EN; I really do think it is important to add in the 'accommodation', just to make it clear right from the start of the sentence; FR loves the word 'establishment', but it often sits awkwardly in EN.

Personally, once you have said 'variety', I don't think you need to add the 'broad' or 'good', but the option is there — I rather feel that 'good variety' conveys the sense of the original better.

I was going to suggest just 'selection', but again, there is the problem of 'selection ... choose from' — though actually, I think this way round it is acceptable.

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I totally agree with P/G's point about making it less FR, and my suggestion could be worked in as "C.T. has a good selection..." or "There's a good selection... in C.T."

Tony M
France
Local time: 02:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 107

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

wide range of accommodations

Explanation:
Cape Town offers a wide range of accommodations...

In accommodations, you have a range from hotels to lodges, from guest houses to villas, at all prices.

Stefan Hart de Keating
Mauritius
Local time: 04:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French

Grading comment

A lot of good suggestions. I chose this one because it is very idiomatic, and fits the context well. Thanks to everyone.

Voters for reclassification
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PRO / non-PRO

PRO (1): AllegroTrans
Non-PRO (3): Rob Grayson, Gilla Evans, Tony M

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Changes made by editors

Aug 25, 2011 - Changes made by Tony M:
Level	PRO => Non-PRO
Aug 25, 2011 - Changes made by writeaway:
Field	Art/Literary => Marketing

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