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communication à l’année

English translation: year-round communication

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French term or phrase:communication à l’année
English translation:year-round communication
Entered by: Rimas Balsys

09:17 Oct 14, 2016
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations
French term or phrase: communication à l’année
This is the 'About us' page of a PR agency's website, based in Paris.
"Nous accompagnons nos clients dans leur **communication à l’année**."
Despite having lived in France for 6 years and translated about 20 million words Fr>En (so far), I'm sad to say I've never come across this expression. Does it mean 'year-end reports' or is it something more interesting? :-)
Many thanks as always.
Rimas Balsys
Local time: 01:11
annual/yearly communication
Explanation:
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/ê...
être appointé à l'année = to be paid yearly
Selected response from:

Margarida Martins Costelha
Portugal
Local time: 09:11
Grading comment
Thank you (!) but I think 'year-round communication' is neater
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5throughout the year
Sheila Wilson
3annual/yearly communication
Margarida Martins Costelha


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
annual/yearly communication


Explanation:
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/ê...
être appointé à l'année = to be paid yearly

Margarida Martins Costelha
Portugal
Local time: 09:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Grading comment
Thank you (!) but I think 'year-round communication' is neater

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  mchd: cela ne reflète pas l'expression en français // comme la demande porte sur un terme dans une langue qui n'est pas ma langue maternelle, je laisse le soin aux traducteurs anglais natifs d'y apporter toute la subtilité nécessaire !
2 mins
  -> Ok, what does it mean? Then maybe we can come up with the English equivalent. Just saying it isn't right doesn't help. I understand if you don't want to translate it. But then could you, in French, offer your interpretation?
neutral  writeaway: I think we can assume that asker also checked the Fr-En dictionaries. See answer below to see what it means. /yes. is there a reason why not? this answer is straight from the dictionary but it's not correct in the context.
38 mins
  -> No offense to Rimas, but in general we can't assume anything of the sort. Haven't you ever seen questions posted here that were answered by simple googling? BTW, I accept that my answer might not fit the context. That's why I made it level 3.
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
à l’année
throughout the year


Explanation:
Several alternatives exist, of course. It depends on how you phrase the sentence.

http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/à-lannée.1003352/
http://bdl.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/bdl/gabarit_bdl.asp?id=1110

Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 09:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: and yes, there are other ways to express this but in any case, this is what it means imo.
24 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Philippa Smith
24 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  katsy
2 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Yolanda Broad
3 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Chakib Roula
4 hrs
  -> Thanks
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