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affiliation à

English translation: membership of

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French term or phrase:affiliation à
English translation:membership of
Entered by: Cecile Dupont

08:47 Oct 6, 2017
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
French term or phrase: affiliation à
Is it better to use "membership (of)" or "affiliation"?

Context:

L'affiliation à la fédération européenne des ...

L'affiliation est liée au règlement d'ordre intérieur de l'association à la condition d'affiliation individuelle à ...

Thank you for your help!
Cecile Dupont
Local time: 10:37
membership of
Explanation:
In that case, I'd say generally 'membership' would be appropriate (though you will doubtless also find many examples of 'affiliation too!)

Surely if this is a European Federation, you will probaby find they have a website or at least published documents where you may find which is their own preferred translation?

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Note added at 54 minutes (2017-10-06 09:42:11 GMT)
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With the caveat raised in the comment by Nikki in discussion!

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Note added at 3 heures (2017-10-06 12:41:48 GMT)
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And I also totally agree with the point made by BDF in the discussion box.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 10:37
Grading comment
Thank you!
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4 +5membership of
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membership of


Explanation:
In that case, I'd say generally 'membership' would be appropriate (though you will doubtless also find many examples of 'affiliation too!)

Surely if this is a European Federation, you will probaby find they have a website or at least published documents where you may find which is their own preferred translation?

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Note added at 54 minutes (2017-10-06 09:42:11 GMT)
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With the caveat raised in the comment by Nikki in discussion!

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Note added at 3 heures (2017-10-06 12:41:48 GMT)
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And I also totally agree with the point made by BDF in the discussion box.

Tony M
France
Local time: 10:37
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 348
Grading comment
Thank you!

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agree  philgoddard
2 hrs
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agree  Lara Barnett
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agree  narasimha (X)
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agree  Michael Davies
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agree  AllegroTrans
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