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Ce qui fait notre spécificité?

English translation: What sets us apart

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French term or phrase:Ce qui fait notre spécificité?
English translation:What sets us apart
Entered by: Victoria Porter-Burns

09:37 Feb 28, 2008
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Company profile
French term or phrase: Ce qui fait notre spécificité?
This is a heading in a sort of company profile article explaining what the company offers, why they are the best for the job etc. It's to do with project management, infrastructure development in the 3rd World etc. The paragraph below this heading goes on to talk about the company's advantageous structure, their excellent this, their 'best in the market' that etc.

I can't think of a nice natural English way of putting this 'Ce qui fait notre spécificité?'.

Any ideas?


TIA
Victoria Porter-Burns
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:14
What sets us apart
Explanation:
or What makes us special? Maybe the latter sounds cheesy...but a couple of ideas to get you started anyway...
Selected response from:

Mary Teissier du Cros
France
Local time: 22:14
Grading comment
Thanks to all who contributed, but this solution sounded best when slotted into the rest of the document. Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +10What sets us apart
Mary Teissier du Cros
3 +1What makes us so special?
Gustavo Silva
3How are we different ?
CMJ_Trans (X)
3Why (company name)?
Claire Cox
2our specificity, our unique approach
cjohnstone
2what makes us stand out from the rest/crowd
John Peterson
2What makes us so successful?
Jonathan MacKerron


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +10
What sets us apart


Explanation:
or What makes us special? Maybe the latter sounds cheesy...but a couple of ideas to get you started anyway...

Mary Teissier du Cros
France
Local time: 22:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks to all who contributed, but this solution sounded best when slotted into the rest of the document. Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jennifer White: Yes - What makes us so special?
2 mins
agree  Angeliki Papadopoulou: I really like this!
3 mins
agree  Sandra Petch: "What sets us apart" popped into my head!
5 mins
agree  Cath St Clair (X)
6 mins
agree  Pauline Teale
22 mins
agree  EJP
31 mins
agree  Claire Cox
37 mins
agree  Karen Stokes
40 mins
agree  Gustavo Silva: ... didn´t realize my idea had already been yours :-)
48 mins
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
6 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
our specificity, our unique approach


Explanation:
vague ideas

cjohnstone
France
Local time: 22:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 63
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
what makes us stand out from the rest/crowd


Explanation:
Or "what makes us special"/"why we're special". Some of the original text might help to ensure that these suggestions are on the right track

John Peterson
Local time: 21:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 119
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
What makes us so successful?


Explanation:
perhaps

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Note added at 5 mins (2008-02-28 09:42:57 GMT)
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Why are we so good at what we do?

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
How are we different ?


Explanation:
another way of doing it

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 22:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 425
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
What makes us so special?


Explanation:
a suggestion...
good luck :-)


    Reference: http://www.phoenixsolar.com/Career/what_makes_us_so_special....
    Reference: http://www.thomsonkeene.com/special.htm
Gustavo Silva
Portugal
Local time: 21:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  S_Trad
2 mins
  -> merci Sylvie :-)
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Why (company name)?


Explanation:
Might be another option - depends on the company name, of course - if it's very long-winded, this might not work at all, but something snappy could work well.

Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 95
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