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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

aux côtés de

English translation:

alongside

Added to glossary by Colin Smith
Apr 27, 2010 12:16
14 yrs ago
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French term

aux côtés de

Non-PRO French to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general) marketing report - motor
This is a text about 'sound branding', and it says that the company concerned was at xxx international motor show 'aux cotes de' a particular car company (which is listed as sponsoring the show). I think it would probably be too strong to translate this as 'endorsed by', and I'm not sure if they mean that they had a stand next to this car company or not.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +6 alongside
3 working alongside/in collaboration with
2 "on the same page" as
Change log

Apr 27, 2010 14:32: Karen Stokes changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Apr 29, 2010 11:20: Colin Smith Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Rob Grayson, Carol Gullidge, Karen Stokes

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Discussion

mportal (asker) Apr 27, 2010:
In case it helps, though, '.. x etait presente sur y aux cotes de z', y being the motor show and z being the car company (x is the sound branding agency).
mportal (asker) Apr 27, 2010:
I didn't do that for reasons of confidentiality, as it contains three brand names, and only five relevant words.
writeaway Apr 27, 2010:
please post the full sentence in French thanks

Proposed translations

+6
6 mins
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alongside

covers you as it could imply both physical proximity and a supporting role.
Peer comment(s):
agree Sheila Wilson : also very close to the source term
6 mins
agree Philippa Smith
8 mins
agree writeaway : but hardly a difficult question
41 mins
agree Carol Gullidge
45 mins
agree Emma Paulay
1 hr
agree Claire Cox
1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you, Colin"
5 mins

working alongside/in collaboration with

The above might work as it shows closeness without implying sponsorship or endorsement.
Peer comment(s):
neutral writeaway : the word working isn't visible in the FRench. If Asker does post the whole sentence, it'll be easier to see if adding it is a good idea
44 mins
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2 hrs

"on the same page" as

this of course would not cover the proximity factor, which seems to be your query
Peer comment(s):
neutral writeaway : checking this term now for a doc. this is way out of register in this context.
1958 days
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