Place aux valeurs sures
English translation: It's time to stop living dangerously
| 16:30 Mar 10, 2010 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Investment / Securities | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Emma Paulay France Local time: 09:01 | ||||||
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11 mins confidence: 
Make room for blue chips Explanation: or blue-chip investments |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1We play it safe with your money Explanation: Need more context -- register, purpose of text, etc. -- to answer with greater confidence |
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18 hrs confidence:
solid investment Explanation: "17 Apr 2008 ... The Bullring had been a huge success and the one-third share would be a solid investment for any purchaser, a Land Securities spokeswoman ..." www.birminghampost.net/.../a-third-of-the-bullring-up-for-s... - "18 Aug 2009 ... British Empire Securities & General, -5.78, -1.01, 82.94, 0.08 .... with some solid investment trusts cropping up on the table. ..." www.investorschronicle.co.uk/data/jump.cgi?eai=39244536 - "Good client service and solid investment .... The value of overseas securities will be influenced by fluctuations in exchange rates. If part of the ..." www.newton.co.uk/core/.../200907_active_passive_short_us.pd... - |
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1 day 18 hrs confidence:
It's time to stop living dangerously Explanation: I think this means "back to basics" - probably a reference to the huge risks before the financial crisis. I would translate "Place au" as "It's time". |
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4 days confidence:
gilt-edged securities investmen or Blue chip securities investment Explanation: Confirmed in Ménard's Dictionnaire de la Comptabilité et de la Gestion Financière 2è édition |
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