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d'ici

English translation: local (or provincial) schools

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French term or phrase:écoles d'ici
English translation:local (or provincial) schools
Entered by: Jana Cole

17:16 Feb 8, 2016
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
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French term or phrase: d'ici
This is in a brochure about courses being offered:

Les Produits d’érable du Québec offrent des ateliers pédagogiques aux écoles d’ici

It looks like a date should be entered at the end. There is no period there. But could I be missing some other sense of "d'ici"?
Jana Cole
United States
Local time: 03:11
local (or provincial) schools
Explanation:
my take

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Note added at 3 mins (2016-02-08 17:19:28 GMT)
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Or even "our schools" depending on the tone.
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Jonathan MacKerron
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2 +5local (or provincial) schools
Jonathan MacKerron


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d\'ici
local (or provincial) schools


Explanation:
my take

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Note added at 3 mins (2016-02-08 17:19:28 GMT)
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Or even "our schools" depending on the tone.

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mollie Milesi: in the area, in our area, in our region.
4 mins
agree  sktrans
4 hrs
agree  Susan Monnereau
14 hrs
agree  Louisa Tchaicha
16 hrs
agree  Khwansuree DEROLLEPOT
17 hrs
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