Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
La qualité prime
English translation:
Quality first
Added to glossary by
Yolanda Broad
Oct 28, 2002 22:20
21 yrs ago
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French term
Canada
16 years of experience, highly reliable
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English to Spanish
La qualité prône
French to English
Other
Heading that appears in a company profile. No more context than that.
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Florence Bremond
France
France
Native in French
France
Art of the French language
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French, French
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753
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there is certainly a mistake -
It should be prônée, at least - but still it's not very good French (meaning something like " recommended quality")
Or else it could be "la qualité prime" : quality first
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Note added at 2002-10-28 22:27:34 (GMT)
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...or else there\'s something before or after this ?
It should be prônée, at least - but still it's not very good French (meaning something like " recommended quality")
Or else it could be "la qualité prime" : quality first
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Note added at 2002-10-28 22:27:34 (GMT)
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...or else there\'s something before or after this ?
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many interesting examples trying to interpret someone else's errors. The most concise and straight to the point is Quality First and what I'm going with. Thanks to all."
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Paulette Racine Walden
Native in French
&
English
Translator/Proofreader/Interpreter
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: English to French, French to English
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18
quality recommended
Prône, means,To advocate, to recommand,
to laud,etc
to laud,etc
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Yolanda Broad
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Fren & Span to Eng, a ProZ Pro!
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
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1551
Quality calls for
If "Oddie's" reading of prône as being a mispelling for "prônée, I'm going to assume that what follows this heading is something along the lines of a list of virtues that achieving good quality will lead to. That is, quality, here, is being given the role of active subject.
I am using "quality" in the sense of good quality.
From the Oxford 3-in-1:
Prôner = advocate, extol the virtues of.
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You might also try a looser translation, such as "Getting to Quality"
I am using "quality" in the sense of good quality.
From the Oxford 3-in-1:
Prôner = advocate, extol the virtues of.
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You might also try a looser translation, such as "Getting to Quality"
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5 hrs
elizabetta
Experience, thought and care for work.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Argentine)
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
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7
Quality preaches
to advise, urge that (something) is right or best.
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Arthur Borges
China
China
China
Non-ethnocentric, Concise & Punctual
Works in: English, Swedish to English, French to English
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404
Quality (Comes) First
Surely "prone" is a blooper, as Oddie spotted, but perhaps your author meant "la qualité prime", in which case the above is a possiblity.
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Oops -- I just realised I\'ve reproduced Oddie\'s answer too! Give HER any points you may feel this suggestion deserves!
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Note added at 2002-10-29 04:16:19 (GMT)
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Oops -- I just realised I\'ve reproduced Oddie\'s answer too! Give HER any points you may feel this suggestion deserves!
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Quality speaks for itself ???
While it would be unusual for prôner to be used intransitively, nothing is impossible. It could thus be take to mean "Quality recommends". Recommends what? Itself of course. So it speaks for itself. Either that or "Quality drones on", which is not far from the truth either ;-)
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