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Apr 13, 2012 08:41
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English term

discount merchant

English to French Other Business/Commerce (general)
From what type of retailer do you expect to purchase your next computer to be used for gaming? (Please select one)
Online retailer (such as Amazon.com) with pre-build systems
Online retailer (such as DigitalStormonline.com or Falcom-nw.com)
Major home electronics store (such as Boulanger or FNAC)
Major home electronics online store (such as FNAC.com)
Office supply store (such as Office Depot)
Discount merchant (such as Galeries Lafayette, Printemps)
Discount merchant online store (such as galerieslafayette.com)
Retailer telephone order number Club store / Wholesaler that requires a membership (such as Carrefour)
Product manufacturer store (such as the Apple store, Sony store)
Product manufacturer website (such as Dell.com. Apple.com, Sony.com)
Product manufacturer telephone order number
Proposed translations (French)
3 +3 grands magasins
5 Commerçant à bas bas prix
4 grands magasins en période de soldes
3 grands magasins offrant des soldes

Discussion

Alison Sparks (X) Apr 13, 2012:
Yes although 'BUT' 'Conforama' and 'Darty' etc sell computers and might be considered grands magazins although I'm never convinced they are discount stores either. What about simply saying 'magazins discount' as one sees so often these days?
Cyril B. Apr 13, 2012:
Je ne suis vraiment pas sûr du tout, et je ne trouve rien sur le Net qui indique qu'ils vendent des ordis. C'est plutôt toute la mode, les vêtements, accessoires... Leur site respectif ne suggèrent rien de tel non plus.
Ce genre de recherche me fait douter un peu plus: http://tinyurl.com/7czckab

...Et en tout cas il est certain qu'ils ne vendent pas d'ordinateurs sur galerieslafayette.com ! :)
Fabien T&T Apr 13, 2012:
Agree with the localization problem :) , par contre, je pense qu'on peut TOUT trouver aux galeries, c'est le concept!
Cyril B. Apr 13, 2012:
Uh? Galeries Lafayette and Printemps are rather high end department stores, no way they can qualify as 'discount' anything.
Plus, I don't think that either one of them sell computers... And they definitely don't sell computers on galerieslafayette.com!

This looks like localization gone very wrong :)

Proposed translations

+3
5 mins
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grands magasins

http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Discount_Merchant

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Note added at 8 mins (2012-04-13 08:50:30 GMT)
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Bon ne pas faire attention au lien que j'ai mis, c'est n'importe quoi... Pour le reste, j'ai mis grand magasin, car c'est ce qui correspond aux galleries printemps... Maintenant, je ne comprend pas pourquoi ils utilisent ce terme de "discount", car tout y est plutôt vendu au prix cher! Bonne chance

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Note added at 9 mins (2012-04-13 08:51:30 GMT)
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_magasin

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Note added at 12 mins (2012-04-13 08:53:55 GMT)
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Tout à fait d'accord, maintenant, les exemples donnés sont ceux de grands magasins. Moi je checkerais avec le client, bonne chance!
Note from asker:
c'est bien ce discount que je trouve bizarre quand on voit les prix !!!
Peer comment(s):
agree Cyril B. : Pareil :) Effectivement, 'grands magasins' décrit bien ces 2 enseignes... Par contre, ça ne traduit pas 'discount merchant', du coup, bien sûr
10 mins
Et oui, un truc ne tourne pas rond...
agree GILLES MEUNIER
24 mins
Merci Gilles!
neutral Alison Sparks (X) : not sure you'd call Galeries Lafayette or Printemps 'discount merchants' perhaps the original text is mistaken.
2 hrs
I agree
agree Peter LEGUIE : How about "grands magasins" en période de soldes?
6 days
Bonne idée!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "merci"
6 hrs

Commerçant à bas bas prix

If I refer to the phrase,I am totally sure that the translation above is the most relevan one.However, when they say Lafayette stores, I am really in trouble.
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1 day 5 hrs

grands magasins offrant des soldes

Je crois que Printemps et les Galeries Lafayette ont tout de même de grands soldes de fin de saison. Les rabais sont alors importants.
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6 days

grands magasins en période de soldes

This appears to be a way to match these stores with discount selling, otherwise it just does not fit (as several peers observed).
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