Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
défoncer de nouveaux marchés
English translation:
blasted our way into new markets
Added to glossary by
Wyley Powell
Aug 17, 2005 18:55
18 yrs ago
French term
Canada
défoncer de nouveaux marchés
French to English
Bus/Financial
Music
Profile of a female candidate for a business award
This is a profile of a woman entrepreneur in Canada. She runs a company specializing in managing and promoting the careers of francophone musical performers. "Nous avons défoncé de nouveaux marchés pour l'industrie de la musique francophone canadienne qui ont permis à nos artistes de connaître un succès international."
Perhaps something along these lines: "we have worked tirelessly to open up new markets for Canadian francophone music..."
TIA
Perhaps something along these lines: "we have worked tirelessly to open up new markets for Canadian francophone music..."
TIA
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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4 hrs
French term (edited):
d�foncer de nouveaux march�s
Selected
blasted our way into new markets
Open being the operant word..to go with tone and register and the slang!
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Note added at 4 hrs 58 mins (2005-08-17 23:53:38 GMT)
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Wyley...defoncer is not work tirelessly...it means to blast open...
It\'s not: nous nous sommes defoncer a penetrer
It\"s: nous avons defonce
big difference
cheers
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Note added at 4 hrs 58 mins (2005-08-17 23:53:38 GMT)
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Wyley...defoncer is not work tirelessly...it means to blast open...
It\'s not: nous nous sommes defoncer a penetrer
It\"s: nous avons defonce
big difference
cheers
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Merci tardivement."
+7
7 mins
French term (edited):
d�foncer de nouveaux march�s
broken into OR opened up new markets
Maybe the first is a little stronger than the original, so perhaps the second might work better?
Peer comment(s):
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Sandra C.
: I like broken into, as "défoncer" is quite a strong word in French :-)// Actually, I myself find the use of défoncer a little odd in this context...
2 mins
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Thanks, Sandra! That's kind of the way I saw it too, but I wasn't sure of the register, not being a native speaker.
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RHELLER
: broke into
40 mins
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Thanks, Rita!
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David Vaughn
: Not sure if all Canadiens are défoncés? "Broken" seems like a good choice, but I wonder if there might be a play on words going on? These kind of speeches are sometimes joke-ridden. Some Canadian input would be useful.
1 hr
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Thanks, Vaughn! // I did wonder, but it's beyond my level... At any rate, suggests to me quite a degree of 'aggressiveness' in their approach...
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Nick Lingris
: Agree with Sandra and Rita.
1 hr
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Thanks, Nick!
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lokilo
: This and Enza's answer both work. Guess it depends the audience.
7 hrs
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Thanks, Lokilo!
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Philippe Maillard
13 hrs
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Merci, Philippe !
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Conor McAuley
: "Not sure if all Canadiens are défoncés?" Heh heh. celinedioniser de nouveaux marchés???
14 hrs
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Thnaks, Conor! Now THERE's an angle I hadn't thought of! Fearsome, indeed ;-)
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37 mins
French term (edited):
d�foncer de nouveaux march�s
penetrated new markets
I've heard this used quite often.
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Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: I did wonder about this, but wasn't sure it quite matches the seemingly quite strong register of the original?
24 mins
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Thanks, Dusty - I've never used defoncer used in this context, so I had my doubts as well
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lokilo
: Enza's suggstion if this is in, say, Forbes 500 (but why?) I like Dusty's if it's in RStones-type mag.
7 hrs
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thanks!
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39 mins
French term (edited):
dйfoncer de nouveaux marchйs
stormed into new markets
Not because I think it's necessarily better but simply for the register.
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Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: I would have felt that 'stormed' had too much of a connotation of 'angrily' about it, but from the examples you've quoted, it seems that is not the case; I suppose we're in the 'post-Desert Storm' era now....
21 mins
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yes, well as Sandra said, the register is a little strange in French too :-)
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46 mins
French term (edited):
d�foncer de nouveaux march�s
smashed into / crashed into new markets
To retain the idea of 'enfoncé'
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: Except it's 'défoncer'? Don't you think this sounds just a bit as if they did it clumsily, 'bull-at-a-gate' fashion?
13 mins
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Possibly... I was thinking along the lines of 'crashing a party' kind of thing... To me, 'defoncer' evokes the idea of ramming into something. Perhaps it's different in Canadian French?
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