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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

3 bougies pour (company name) en 2015

English translation:

(company name) celebrated its 3rd anniversary in 2015

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2015-07-20 02:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Jul 17, 2015 01:49
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French term

3 bougies pour (company name) en 2015

Non-PRO French to English Other Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
What does "bougies" stand for here?? Could it be awards or recognition of some kind? This sentence is on a lumber company's "about us" page. Thanks!!
Proposed translations (English)
5 +5 (company name) celebrated its 3rd anniversary in 2015
Change log

Jul 17, 2015 05:16: Tony M changed "Field" from "Bus/Financial" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"

Jul 17, 2015 06:27: philgoddard changed "Language pair" from "French to English" to "English to French"

Jul 17, 2015 06:33: Tony M changed "Language pair" from "English to French" to "French to English"

Discussion

patrickfor Jul 17, 2015:
Just out of sheer curiosity isn't there any english colloquial expression for a birthday that would fit nicely in here?
Tony M Jul 17, 2015:
@ Asker 'bougies' is a colloquial term used to indicate 'years' — obviously referring to the candles on a birthday cake, hence the extrapolation to 'nth birthday or anniversary'.
Tony M Jul 17, 2015:
@ mchd Where? I can't find a previous question? Had it received any answers? If not, it may have been squashed as repetition.
mchd Jul 17, 2015:
Question déjà posée hier

Proposed translations

+5
20 mins
Selected

(company name) celebrated its 3rd anniversary in 2015

This means the company celebrated its 3rd anniversary in 2005, the company completed three years of activity in 2005.
Peer comment(s):
agree Simon Charass
14 mins
agree Daryo : http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/media/images/free_resources...
2 hrs
agree Tony M
3 hrs
agree erwan-l
5 hrs
agree AbrahamS
7 hrs
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