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L\'Orchestre baroque le XYZ

English translation: the XYZ Baroque Orchestra

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French term or phrase:L'Orchestre baroque le XYZ
English translation:the XYZ Baroque Orchestra
Entered by: DocteurPC

19:42 May 15, 2003
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
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French term or phrase: L\'Orchestre baroque le XYZ
Hallo,

When referring to the above orchestra would one generally capitalize "le"? As in: ...the Barock orchestra, le XYZ... or Le XYZ....

And the whole thing in italics?

Regards
Anu Mukharji-Gorski
Germany
Local time: 05:57
the XYZ Baroque Orchestra
Explanation:
I'm helping to close old questions - cleanup time - resolution of the New Year - Bonne année to all.

in English, you can put/add caps to your heart's content, and you can rarely go wrong with it - French is a different matter.

if it's at the start of a sentence, you would, of course, capitalize The...
but during the sentence, I would put not capitalize it, because it's not really part of the name. In fact, the name is not L'Orchestre.... but Orchestre Baroque - for example, we say, in Montreal, l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, but as it's url address shows, the "official" name is Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal or OSM. So if we say, in a sentence, l'OSM, or the OSM the "l" and the "the" are not capitalized.


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DocteurPC
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Local time: 23:57
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4 +3capitalized at the beginning of the sentence but not in the middle
William Stein
4The X Baroque Orchestra
jerrie
3the XYZ Baroque Orchestra
DocteurPC


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capitalized at the beginning of the sentence but not in the middle


Explanation:
refs

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Note added at 2003-05-15 19:46:19 (GMT)
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Its also L\' (uppercase) after a colon:

RIDEAU - Artiste : Orchestre Baroque de Montréal - [ Translate this page ]
... Fondé en 1989, l’Orchestre Baroque de Montréal (OBM), spécialisé dans l’exécution des répertoires du XVII e siècle jusqu’aux débuts du XIX e ...
www.rideau-inc.qc.ca/artiste/fiche/BAROQUE.htm - 6k - Cached - Similar pages

AMIA Concert Orchestre Baroque de l\'Union
... Suite no. 4 (version ancienne sans trompetttes). CORELLI, Concerto Grosso Op 6
No 4 en re. Les interprètes: L\'Orchestre Baroque de l\'Union Européenne (EUBO). ...
amia.online.fr/saisons/saison27/obue_27.htm - 16k - Cached - Similar pages

AMIA Concert Orchestre Baroque de l\'Union Européenne - [ Translate this page ]
... Orchestra et le Nederlandse Reisopera.Ton Koopman est depuis l\'origine, en 1985, régulièrement associé aux destinées de l\'Orchestre Baroque de l\'Union ...
amia.online.fr/saisons/saison24/obue24.htm - 22k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from amia.online.fr ]



William Stein
Costa Rica
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jason Roberts
1 hr
agree  chaplin
2 hrs
agree  Kvasir: good review of capitalisation in french!
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The X Baroque Orchestra


Explanation:
see link for the Leeds Baroque Orchestra...google search seems to show the whole lot as being capitalised in English.

hth


    Reference: http://www.leedsbaroque.org.uk/
jerrie
United Kingdom
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L'Orchestre baroque le XYZ
the XYZ Baroque Orchestra


Explanation:
I'm helping to close old questions - cleanup time - resolution of the New Year - Bonne année to all.

in English, you can put/add caps to your heart's content, and you can rarely go wrong with it - French is a different matter.

if it's at the start of a sentence, you would, of course, capitalize The...
but during the sentence, I would put not capitalize it, because it's not really part of the name. In fact, the name is not L'Orchestre.... but Orchestre Baroque - for example, we say, in Montreal, l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, but as it's url address shows, the "official" name is Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal or OSM. So if we say, in a sentence, l'OSM, or the OSM the "l" and the "the" are not capitalized.




DocteurPC
Canada
Local time: 23:57
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