Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Comite de jumelage

English translation:

twinning committee

Added to glossary by Francis MARC
Jan 15, 2003 02:27
21 yrs ago
French term

Comite de jumelage

French to English Other
I'm translating a site about a Salsa band and their venues.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +11 twinning committee
4 +1 Matching Committee
5 Sister Cities committee

Discussion

Laura Molinari Jan 15, 2003:
Can you provide the full sentence? That way we will know if the committee has anything to do with the band.

Proposed translations

+11
4 hrs
Selected

twinning committee

Ref. Termium:
Domaine(s)
  – Municipal Administration
  – Urban Studies
  – Tourist Lodging
Domaine(s)
  – Administration municipale
  – Urbanisme
  – Hébergement (Tourisme)

twinning
jumelage
jumelage de villes

DEF – Establishment of a
sister city or twin as when the
leaders of one city establish a
special relationship with a
city in some other country. A
stimulus to tourism as well as
general goodwill as often
festivals, exhibits and tour
groups are exchanged. Source

DEF – Coutume consistant à
déclarer jumelles deux villes
situées dans deux pays
différents, afin de susciter
entre elles des échanges.
Source


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Note added at 2003-01-15 06:46:34 (GMT)
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DOC]COMITE DE JUMELAGE
Format de fichier: Microsoft Word 6 - Version HTML
... Art Cadence, Contretemps and Jade presenting salsa, rock\'n ... lunch offered by the Municipality and the Twinning Committee. ... a mini concert of the jazz band of the ...
www.linlithgow-lta.co.uk/newsletter/news02.doc

Cuban Film and Cultural Festival - [ Traduire cette page ]
... a few words about Cuban music and then join the 9-piece salsa band \"Azuka ... Thursday, there will be a reception hosted by the CCFA twinning committee to publicize ...
www.queensu.ca/snid/cubanfilm.htm - 10k
Peer comment(s):

agree David Sirett
1 hr
agree Patrick and Carol Collins
1 hr
agree Ioana Bostan
2 hrs
agree eldorado
2 hrs
agree Tony M
2 hrs
agree jkjones
2 hrs
agree Sarah Walls
3 hrs
agree Nancy Bonnefond : oui, un jumelage est une association de deux villes (étrangères) afin d'établir entres elles des liens et des échanges culturels ou autres.
4 hrs
agree Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen : tout à fait
6 hrs
agree Yolanda Broad
12 hrs
agree Louise Dupont (X)
13 hrs
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+1
46 mins

Matching Committee

It must be the committee that decides which venues will best match the group's requirements in terms of sound, seating capacity, etc.

This would be totally appropriate in your context.
Peer comment(s):

agree Thierry LOTTE
12 mins
Thanks Thierry, much appreciated :)
agree andre_ : agree
52 mins
disagree David Sirett : I find no trace of this meaning in either French or English. I don't see a group setting up a committee for this purpose - its manager/agent would do this.
4 hrs
David, see http://training.usgs.gov/mentoring/newsletter/newsletter.htm... for example of this term. It's not great, I agree, I've just never heard of a twinning committee in relation to music.
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11 hrs

Sister Cities committee

The jumelage thing in English is Sister Cities International at http://www.sister-cities.org/. The city puts up a little sign showing the name of the city which it is paired with. For example,
website! English language, Russian Language. ...
www.tucson-almaty.info/ - 14k - Cached - Similar pages

Atlanta/Port of Spain Sister Cities Committee
Under the sister Cities Charter, the Atlanta/Port of Spain Sister City Committee
(A/POS) was founded in 1986 as a people-to-people exchange. ...
www.ci.atlanta.ga.us/sister/pos/pos.htm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

Lagos-Atlanta Sister Cities Committee
Lagos-Atlanta Sister Cities Committee Welcomes You! LASCC MEMBERS
LASCC Contact Prof. Augustine O. Esogbue, Chairman Tel:(404) 894 ...
www.ci.atlanta.ga.us/sister/lagos/ - 4k - Cached - Similar pages
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As I said, jumelage might mean PAIRING in a different way but the whole sentence is needed to determine that.

Now it could be that your Salsa site means something else, in which case one would need more context.
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