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Fortune 500

French translation: la liste «Fortune 500 »

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English term or phrase: Fortune 500 French translation: la liste «Fortune 500 »

16:06 Aug 31, 2010

The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-09-03 18:54:11 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)

English to French translations [Non-PRO] Tourism & Travel / Hotels
English term or phrase: Fortune 500 Dans la phrase suivante: hotel is walking distance from broadway theaters, dozens if fortune 500 headquarters, etc.... Je pense qu'on peut traduire par "Les sièges des plus grosses sociétés" mais j'aimerais quelque chose de plus enlevé... De idées? Merci !	Sophie Raimondo KudoZ activity Questions: 1833 (3 open) (6 without valid answers) (56 closed without grading) Answers: 689 United States Local time: 15:14
la liste «Fortune 500 » Explanation: L'hôtel est situé à une courte distance de marche ... d'une douzaine d'entreprises de la liste «Fortune 500 », etc.	Selected response from: Lucia Dogbeh, Ph.D. United States Local time: 18:14
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2	la liste «Fortune 500 »	Lucia Dogbeh, Ph.D.
4	Les 500 plus grosses entreprises	Irène Guinez
3	les entreprises les plus prestigieuses...	John ANTHONY

Discussion entries: 4

Sophie Raimondo United States ASKER 18:34 Aug 31, 2010  I knew that, but tourists don't necessarily know. John ANTHONY France 16:30 Aug 31, 2010  I agree with writeaway - to a certain extent. However, the magazine title won't mean much to the "vulgum pecus" tourist who is not involved in worldwide business. I personally would either leave it as such, but then add a footnote explaining what Fortune 500 is, or follow in the steps of my own suggestion... :-) writeaway so you don't translate it in any case. 16:16 Aug 31, 2010  But you really have to live in US to have heard about it. writeaway it's the name of a magazine 16:15 Aug 31, 2010  Fortune 500 FORTUNE 500 2006: Cities Cities. Cities with five or more FORTUNE 500 headquarters. ... These companies appear on both the FORTUNE 500 and our 2006 ranking of the Best Companies to ... money.cnn.com/.../fortune/fortune500/cities/ Automatic update in 00:

  

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fortune 500 la liste «Fortune 500 » Explanation: L'hôtel est situé à une courte distance de marche ... d'une douzaine d'entreprises de la liste «Fortune 500 », etc.	Lucia Dogbeh, Ph.D. United States Local time: 18:14 Specializes in field Native speaker of: French, German
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  John ANTHONY: ... but there are "dozens" and not "a dozen"... 9 mins agree  Sheila Wilson: With "liste" and the term in quotes it's clear enough - tourists have the internet too so they can Google it! 41 mins
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fortune 500 les entreprises les plus prestigieuses... Explanation: Just an idea... Example sentence(s): ... à quelques pas des théatres de Broadway et du quartier qui abrite les sièges des entreprises les plus prestigieuses...	John ANTHONY France Local time: 00:14 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English, French PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer Asker: J'aime bien "prestigieuse". Effectivement, "Fortune 500" n'évoque pas grand chose pour le touriste français lambda, c'est pourquoi je cherchais autre chose...
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fortune 500 Les 500 plus grosses entreprises Explanation: -	Irène Guinez Spain Local time: 00:14 Works in field Native speaker of: French
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