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un lieu de prédilection

English translation: an ideal environment

16:41 Dec 23, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
French term or phrase: un lieu de prédilection
"Bien certainement l’Amérique a été ***un lieu de prédilection*** pour l’invention des voitures muscles américaines, puisque ce pays est rempli des meilleures routes primaires et secondaires au monde et la prospérité des villes n’est certainement pas étrangère à ce phénomène."
Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 02:48
English translation:an ideal environment
Explanation:
or "an ideal location"; threre are lots of possible translations
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Marco Solinas
Local time: 17:48
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Summary of answers provided
3 +8an ideal environment
Marco Solinas
4 +1A propitious environment
Evans (X)
4 +1the chosen land
kashew
4favourable area
LinguaContact
4a place conducive to
polyglot45
4fertile ground
Joanne Nebbia
4a place of predeliction
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
3a preferred location
Elizabeth Slaney


  

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an ideal environment


Explanation:
or "an ideal location"; threre are lots of possible translations

Marco Solinas
Local time: 17:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
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Asker: Nice one, thanks Marco et al.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yes, and it also depends a bit on the context, i.e. do they mean 'used to be... but isn't any longer', or more literally 'has been...' (and perhaps continues to be...)
16 mins
agree  philgoddard
25 mins
agree  Verginia Ophof: or "a prime location"
42 mins
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
2 hrs
agree  Simon Mac
7 hrs
agree  La Classe
13 hrs
agree  mimi 254
15 hrs
agree  AllegroTrans
1 day 26 mins
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
favourable area


Explanation:
One of options.

LinguaContact
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:48
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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a place conducive to


Explanation:
just the place for

polyglot45
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fertile ground


Explanation:
just another possiblity ...


Joanne Nebbia
Local time: 02:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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a preferred location


Explanation:
Another suggestion, just to stick a little closer to the feel of the French here, although Marco's sounds very nice in English.

Elizabeth Slaney
Netherlands
Local time: 02:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
A propitious environment


Explanation:
or

an opportune environment

a couple more suggestions which I think cover the sense that these cars might not have developed like this if the environment had not been thus.

Hope it helps.

Evans (X)
Local time: 01:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 98

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew: Nice
13 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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a place of predeliction


Explanation:
Yes there are many possibilities, but I think we become overly wary of using the same word when it exists, after having spent so much time lreaning about false freinds. A word for worder here works for meaning and for register. WHy look further?

Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the chosen land


Explanation:
I though of "stamping ground" too.

kashew
France
Local time: 02:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 74

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marco Solinas: It sounds almost biblical
3 hrs
  -> Yeah - what else? !
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