Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
villas de moyen et grand standing
English translation:
luxury and standard quality villas
French term
Malaysia
Interpreter & Translator in Malaysia
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, English to French, and 5 more.
villas de moyen et grand standing
| 4 | luxury and standard quality villas |
MatthewLaSon
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| 4 +1 | top quality & deluxe villas |
Enrique Huber (X)
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| 4 +1 | high-quality and luxury villas |
Tony M
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Oct 9, 2008 18:02: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Construction / Civil Engineering" to "Real Estate"
Oct 9, 2008 23:40: MatthewLaSon Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
luxury and standard quality villas
de grand standing = luxury
de moyen standing = standard quality (good, but not excellent)
I hope this helps.
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Note added at 2 days3 hrs (2008-10-11 19:32:49 GMT) Post-grading
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top quality & deluxe villas
| Gracias pero no todas son de tan buena calidad,algunas son standard |
| agree |
Tony M
: That's the kind of differentiation that I understand from these 2 terms
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high-quality and luxury villas
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-09 17:31:43 GMT) Post-grading
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I rather fear you are wrong there, Asker!
There is no such thing as 'de petit standing', we more often talk about 'de standing' or 'de grand standing' — the mere fact that the word 'standing' is used at all specifically means that these are NOT 'ordinary' or 'standard' quality villas, but already a cut above the rest. I honestly don't believe the 'moyen' has anything directly to do with cost; I feel sure that (at least hypothetically!) there would be another level of 'standard' properties below these two.
But of course, you know best, since you are the only one with the full context in front of you.
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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-10-09 20:44:25 GMT) Post-grading
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I think it's important to appreciate that 'standing' does not per se refer to the price — it is all about the quality of the appointments, the 'prestige level', if you like, of the property. Naturally, that will be indirectly be reflected in the price tag... but that isn't the key issue here.
The fact that the term 'standing' is used at all definitely implies something better than 'ordinary'...
| Merci but the term"moyen"suggests medium cost |
| agree |
Karen Stokes
: Too late (pity this was closed so quickly) but I'll put it in anyway for the sake of future users.
4 hrs
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Thanks, Karen! Yes, that 24-hr recommendation is there for a jolly good reason...
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