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Women's Institute

French translation: Women's institute

14:58 Jul 7, 2008
English to French translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: Women's Institute
Association de femmes au Royaume-Uni.
Faut-il le traduire ? Si oui, existe-t-il l'équivalent de cette association en France ?
Merci !
Axelle531
Local time: 05:46
French translation:Women's institute
Explanation:
Normalement, les noms officiels d'association ne se traduisent pas. Ici, je mettrais une majuscule au W de Women.
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Laurent Cattin
France
Local time: 05:46
Grading comment
Merci !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7Women's institute
Laurent Cattin
5association des femmes en Grande Bretagne
SME


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
women's institute
association des femmes en Grande Bretagne


Explanation:
Il y a plus de 2000 associations de femmes en France, avec differents criteres. Eventuellement, je laisserais en anglais avec une glose

SME
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
women's institute
Women's institute


Explanation:
Normalement, les noms officiels d'association ne se traduisent pas. Ici, je mettrais une majuscule au W de Women.

Laurent Cattin
France
Local time: 05:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 19
Grading comment
Merci !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andreas THEODOROU
7 mins
agree  Ilinca Florea
12 mins
agree  Tony M: It's a proper name, so should nto be translated, but might warrant an explanation / Capitals required for BOTH words.
39 mins
agree  Marie Perrin
44 mins
agree  SME: Oui, si on ne traduit pas, il faut mettre des majuscules aux 2 mots et ajouter une glose : association de femmes de tendance plutot traditionaliste
53 mins
agree  CelineC (X): On ne traduit pas les noms propres, par contre il est essentiel de mettre une majuscule aux deux mots: Women's Institute
1 hr
agree  jean-jacques alexandre
21 hrs
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