Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

location

French translation:

site, installation

Feb 18, 2007 15:00
17 yrs ago
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English term

location

Non-PRO English to French Bus/Financial Other
The company has a plant in New York. They have other locations in Wichita, Kansas and Orlando, Florida.

How dow I translate "locations" into French if I don't know if they are factories or offices? Is there a term general enough I can use in this case?

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site, installation

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Note added at 2 mins (2007-02-18 15:03:09 GMT)
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c'est assez général comme ça
Peer comment(s):

agree Merline : oui, "ils ont d'autres installations à Wichita, Kansas..."
10 mins
agree Assimina Vavoula
16 mins
agree Najib Aloui
42 mins
agree Tony M : What about "implantations" — could you use that too?
1 hr
agree nordiste : "site" is better , less specific ; "installation" is more for any manufacturing location
2 hrs
agree Ghyslaine LE NAGARD : site
3 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to all, I'll use installations, which I like better in this case."
4 mins

d'autres opérations

and this could be either offices or factories or whatever ....
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+1
2 hrs

ils sont également implantés au...

another way of putting it..
Peer comment(s):

agree Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
1 hr
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