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permettant de couvrir les besoins

English translation: meet the nutritional requirements of

08:25 Nov 14, 2017
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
French term or phrase: permettant de couvrir les besoins
Il est très important que les aliments mis sur le marché et permettant de couvrir les besoins nutritionnels des jeunes enfants répondent à des critères stricts.

Thank you for your suggestions!
Cecile Dupont
Local time: 12:56
English translation:meet the nutritional requirements of
Explanation:
Hard to answer this without translating the entire sentence, which needs to be reworked in English. In particular, I think "il est très important que" has a strong meaning here (i.e. it is essential that) and so can be adapted. Here is what I might put :

"Foodstuffs marketed to meet the nutritional requirements of young children must comply with strict criteria'
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David Hayes
France
Local time: 12:56
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3 +7meet the nutritional requirements of
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
meet the nutritional requirements of


Explanation:
Hard to answer this without translating the entire sentence, which needs to be reworked in English. In particular, I think "il est très important que" has a strong meaning here (i.e. it is essential that) and so can be adapted. Here is what I might put :

"Foodstuffs marketed to meet the nutritional requirements of young children must comply with strict criteria'

David Hayes
France
Local time: 12:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 6
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elizabeth Tamblin
9 mins
agree  Carol Gullidge
13 mins
agree  katsy
16 mins
neutral  writeaway: I don't particularly like the 'marketed to meet'. If one goes that route, I prefer 'marketed as meeting'. but permettant is really about marketing
27 mins
  -> Fair enough. It's only a suggestion. This first part of the sentence does not actually form part of the asker's question - she may have a better idea.
agree  James A. Walsh
1 hr
agree  Victoria Britten: Yes, working around the ubiquitous "permettre de"
2 hrs
agree  Verginia Ophof
3 hrs
agree  B D Finch: Though I prefer "nutritional needs".//I need protein and calories. I require (i.e. demand) it in the form of ice cream.
6 hrs
  -> Admittedly, "nutritional needs" + "young children" yields more Ghits than "nutritional requirements" + "young children". Another take: "a young child's body needs vitamin C" vs "a young child's body requires vitamin C." Here the terms are interchangeable.
agree  sktrans
7 hrs
disagree  Lahio: First post and first experience so be nice please. I was thinking differently: "It is very important (essential) that foodstuffs put on the market and meeting the nutritional needs of young children must comply with strict criteria."
1 day 2 hrs
  -> I think my answer is better than yours.
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