gage de succès

English translation: vital to our success

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French term or phrase:gage de succès
English translation:vital to our success
Entered by: Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.

14:12 Feb 22, 2002
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources / HR
French term or phrase: gage de succès
votre collaboration est un gage de succès...

Is vital to our success???)
Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
Canada
Local time: 05:44
vital to our success
Explanation:
"Your collaboration is vital to our success"

The sentence indicates that the success of the endeavor or project in question is directly proportional to how much collaboration is available. Therefore, your suggestion of "vital to our success" would work perfectly.

Good luck!

--evadiva :-)
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2guarantee of success
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
5vital to our success
evadiva
4our winning card
Rita Bandinelli
4... will ensure our success
Gillian Hargreaves (X)
4a measure of our success
Kazooks (X)


Discussion entries: 3





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
our winning card


Explanation:
literally, should be a "winning bet".

What do you think?

Rita Bandinelli
Local time: 11:44
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
guarantee of success


Explanation:
One of the common ways of expressing this one. I like the idiomatic "winning card" also.


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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 11:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44

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agree  VBaby
4 hrs

agree  Anna Beria: on both counts
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... will ensure our success


Explanation:
Although "vital to our success" is fine too.

Gillian Hargreaves (X)
Local time: 10:44
Native speaker of: English
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a measure of our success


Explanation:
I think you need to translate the word "gage" making a reference to the notion of "gaging" as in the english.

Kazooks (X)
Local time: 10:44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): yes!!
1 hr

disagree  Anna Beria: "gage" has many meanings in French, but not this one to my knowledge
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
vital to our success


Explanation:
"Your collaboration is vital to our success"

The sentence indicates that the success of the endeavor or project in question is directly proportional to how much collaboration is available. Therefore, your suggestion of "vital to our success" would work perfectly.

Good luck!

--evadiva :-)


evadiva
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