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French translation: Plusieurs commerces ont une MULTITUDE de clients satisfaits qui achètent d\'eux régulièrement.

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English term or phrase: serve a raft
French translation:Plusieurs commerces ont une MULTITUDE de clients satisfaits qui achètent d\'eux régulièrement.
Entered by: Thierry Darlis

20:12 Dec 19, 2013
English to French translations [PRO]
Marketing / Market Research
English term or phrase: serve a raft
context
Why should one loud-mouthed complainant tarnish your brand while happy customers stay silent?Many businesses serve a raft of satisfied customers who buy from them regularly.
Thierry Darlis
United States
Local time: 02:04
Plusieurs commerces ont une MULTITUDE de clients satisfaits qui achètent d'eux régulièrement.
Explanation:
raft: beaucoup, une grande quantité, une multitude,
une tonne de ...
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Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 02:04
Grading comment
Thank you and Merry Christmas.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4Plusieurs commerces ont une MULTITUDE de clients satisfaits qui achètent d'eux régulièrement.
Jean-Claude Gouin
4 +2servent une foule (de clients)
patrickfor
4de nombreux
Daryo
4 -1une base de clients qui achètent réguliérement
HERBET Abel


Discussion entries: 8





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
une base de clients qui achètent réguliérement


Explanation:
vraiment vulgaire

HERBET Abel
Local time: 08:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 49

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jean-Claude Gouin: Vulgaire? Je crois que le demandeur cherche la significatiion de 'raft' dans ce contexte ...
14 mins
  -> une base de client je le dis

disagree  Daryo: strictly speaking "a raft of ... customers" doesn't mean "une base de client" + "a raft of" is not vulgar, it's just informal
23 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Plusieurs commerces ont une MULTITUDE de clients satisfaits qui achètent d'eux régulièrement.


Explanation:
raft: beaucoup, une grande quantité, une multitude,
une tonne de ...


Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 02:04
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you and Merry Christmas.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  FX Fraipont (X)
3 mins
  -> Merci FX ...

agree  kashew
4 mins
  -> Thank you, kashew ...

neutral  patrickfor: c'est 'serve a raft' qu'il faut traduire non ? ;-) Je compte plus de 10 mots I'm impressed :-) et il n'y a pas le verbe 'servir'.....vous ecrivez "servir une multitude"
56 mins
  -> OUI ... et c'est le résultat! 'serve a raft' = 'servir une multitude' ...

agree  Victoria Britten
57 mins
  -> Thank you, Victoria ...

neutral  Anne Bohy: "achètent d'eux" est un anglicisme. Acheter à quelqu'un, et non acheter de quelqu'un. Cela dit, acheter réclame en général un COD, on mettra plutôt ici "qui leur passent commande" par ex.
3 hrs
  -> Je ne crois pas, bohy! // Complément d'objet direct ou non, chez nous on peut dire 'acheter de quelqu'un'. 'Passer commande'? Parfois, chez nous, on dit 'passer UNE commande' ... Bonne nuit et faites de beaux rêves ...

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, Madam gallagy2 ...
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
servent une foule (de clients)


Explanation:
servent une foule de clients satisfaits qui s"approvisionnent régulièrement chez eux.

raft: une foule, des palanquées, des masses....

patrickfor
France
Local time: 08:04
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
3 hrs
  -> merci !

agree  Daryo
22 hrs
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a raft of
de nombreux


Explanation:
Many businesses serve a raft of satisfied customers
=
... desservent de nombreux ... clients

a raft of. = informal. a very large number of people or things.
[http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/raft]

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:04
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 60
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