Apr 21, 2009 17:50
15 yrs ago
French term

parachutes dorés

Non-PRO French to English Social Sciences Finance (general) riches in a political context
Found in a newspaper article. It says that Fouquet's café is shocked at 'parachutes dorés'. This is currently in the news. It is to do with riches. The newspaper is 'Humanité' - a communist newspaper in France.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 golden handshakes
4 +10 golden parachutes
Change log

Apr 21, 2009 18:03: Tony M changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): writeaway

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Proposed translations

+3
4 mins
Selected

golden handshakes

I think this is the equivalent expression in English - if you want to indicate that the golden handshake is huge, then I would put a platinum handshake which isn't the idiom but which I'm sure would be well understood.
Peer comment(s):

agree ormiston : just about to post this myself!
1 min
Thanks, ormiston
neutral writeaway : that was the term used but it's no longer the 'in' term http://www.investorwords.com/2201/golden_parachute.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_parachute
26 mins
I'm too old to be "in"!
agree helena barham
57 mins
Thanks, Helena
agree Jean-Claude Gouin
59 mins
Thanks, 1045
neutral Tony M : There is a slight difference in meaning, and the 'parachute' term is common enough these days in EN
3 hrs
Is it? Thought it was a direct French translation
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Yes, that's what i seemed to remember it wzs but couldn't find such a dictionary definition anywhere. Good to have your confirmation! by the way where did you find it? [email protected]"
+10
1 min

golden parachutes

hth
Peer comment(s):

agree Silvia Brandon-Pérez
13 mins
agree Jenn Mercer
16 mins
agree Nils Andersson : Yup. Sometimes it is simple!
23 mins
agree writeaway : a real toughie
27 mins
agree Susanna Garcia
27 mins
agree bowse123 (X)
31 mins
agree Bourth (X) : For me the "handshake" was for retirement, in the days before executives ran companies into the ground and parachuted out with their prenegotiated packages.
2 hrs
agree Tony M : Actually, I've a feeling you're right; I don't think this is the same as a 'golden handshake' at all, I think it's very much the idea of a 'parachute' to stop you falling...
3 hrs
agree cjohnstone
14 hrs
agree gsloane
20 hrs
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Reference comments

5 mins
Reference:

support for golden handshake

golden handshake Definition - [ Traduire cette page ]golden handshake - definition of golden handshake - A large payment made by a company to a senior executive upon termination of employment before his/her ...
www.investorwords.com/2200/golden_handshake.html - 27k - En cache - Pages similaires
Nanomaterials: Golden handshake : Article : Nature - [ Traduire cette page ]
Peer comments on this reference comment:

neutral Tony M : No-o,ne doubts that this term exists; but I don't believe it is the SAME term...
3 hrs
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