Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
rendre la pareille
English translation:
give a similar gift in return
French term
rendre la pareille
"Voici trois catégories dans lesquelles sont classés plusieurs pays, si un pays ne figure pas sur cette liste, la norme est de rendre la pareille ou de se renseigner localement sur les règles d'usage:"
Oct 13, 2008 15:15: Tony M changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (2): Rob Grayson, Emma Paulay
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Proposed translations
give a similar gift in return
France
Engineer w/ Physics MSc & Sports addict
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Swedish to French
be reciprocal
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Note added at 3 mins (2008-10-13 14:03:07 GMT)
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confirmé :
http://www.1worldglobalgifts.com/jordangiftgivingetiquette.h...
Germany
Par Excellence Translations
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: German to English, French to English, Italian to English, and 3 more.
exchange gifts on a *quid pro quo* basis
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Tony M
: Right sentiment, but I'm very uncertain if the register fits?
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Caveat emptor (to keep up the Latin theme)!
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Israel
30 years of experience+satisfied clients
Native in: French , Hebrew
Works in: English to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, French to Hebrew, and 8 more.
Like for like
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Note added at 26 mins (2008-10-13 14:25:59 GMT)
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Yes give a tit for a tat is like repondre du tac au tac in French (not suitable here, I agree).
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Tony M
: Yes, 'give like for like' (in return) / Yes, but the latter has a negative connotation.
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Thanks. Give tit for tat appears too as rendre la pareille.
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Rob Grayson
: Agree with Tony
3 mins
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Thanks.
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Fabio Barbieri
: unlike the other proposals, this one is nicely idiomatic and natural
10 mins
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Mille grazie!
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Anthony Lines (X)
: Yes, natural.
29 mins
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Thanks a lot!
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reciprocate similarly
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'respond in a similar fashion' or 'respond in a similar way' is another alternative
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Tony M
: Really doesn't sound at all idiomatic / I don't think this is one of those; there are plenty of idiomatic options available here.
11 mins
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in some instances, one may not find an idiomatic equivalent.
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Yolanda Broad
: Plain "reciprocate" would work fine
47 mins
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thank you. Yes, just 'reciprocate' is just fine. 'reciprocate similarly' or 'reciprocate in a similar fashion' could be considered as making it abundantly clear, or as superfluous
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Sophie Raimondo
: Yes, "reciprocate"..
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