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businesses stay dynamic, innovate, reduce costs

French translation: que les entreprises restent dynamiques, innovent, réduisent les coûts

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English term or phrase: businesses stay dynamic, innovate, reduce costs French translation: que les entreprises restent dynamiques, innovent, réduisent les coûts Entered by: FX Fraipont (X)

07:44 Sep 24, 2009

English to French translations [Non-PRO] Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: businesses stay dynamic, innovate, reduce costs Bonjour, Competition law exist to ensure businesses stay dynamic, innovate, reduce costs and provide high quality goods and services at the best possible prices. Quelqu'un peut-il m'aider à traduire le segment de phrase ci-dessus? Je ne sais pas s'il manque une virgule après businesses ou bien je n'ai pas saisi la phrase...	Gineden KudoZ activity Questions: 143 (6 open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 0 France Local time: 08:22
que les entreprises restent dynamiques, innovent, réduisent les coûts Explanation: ..	Selected response from: FX Fraipont (X) Belgium Local time: 08:22
Grading comment 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided
4 +7	que les entreprises restent dynamiques, innovent, réduisent les coûts	FX Fraipont (X)
4 +2	Le droit de la concurrence vise à garantir que les entreprises restent dynamiques, innovent,...	Amélie Ragot
3 +1	(permettre aux) entreprises de conserver leur dynamisme, d'innover et de réduire leurs coûts	PFB (X)

Discussion entries: 2

Gineden France ASKER 09:58 Sep 24, 2009  yes it has, sorry :-) Martin Cassell United Kingdom Read it as "... to ensure that businesses ..." 09:57 Sep 24, 2009  and then the grammatical structure should become clear. No missing comma, just a 'silent' conjunction. This is very common and entirely correct English. By the way I hope the source text has a singular verb, "exists". Automatic update in 00:

  

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3 mins   confidence: peer agreement (net): +7

que les entreprises restent dynamiques, innovent, réduisent les coûts Explanation: ..	FX Fraipont (X) Belgium Local time: 08:22 Works in field Native speaker of: French PRO pts in category: 1275
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  Alain Marsol: réduisent leurs coûts 5 mins   -> oui, merci agree  John ANTHONY 40 mins   -> Thanks, and hi! agree  Philippe Etienne 43 mins   -> merci agree  gilbertlu: OUI, avec 'leurs' coûts 1 hr   -> merci agree  Beila Goldberg 2 hrs   -> merci agree  Martin Cassell: the key here is that you have added "que" for the implicit "that" 2 hrs   -> thanks agree  George C. 23 hrs   -> thanks!
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(permettre aux) entreprises de conserver leur dynamisme, d'innover et de réduire leurs coûts Explanation: Suggestion (la phrase est correcte).	PFB (X) Local time: 08:22 Works in field Native speaker of: French PRO pts in category: 101
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  Beila Goldberg 2 hrs
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Le droit de la concurrence vise à garantir que les entreprises restent dynamiques, innovent,... Explanation: ...réduisent les coûts et [...]	Amélie Ragot France Local time: 08:22 Works in field Native speaker of: French
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  John ANTHONY 36 mins   -> Thanks John! agree  GILLES MEUNIER 41 mins   -> Merci Gilles!
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