hit the black

French translation: passent au noir

10:19 Dec 7, 2020
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Black Friday (around Thanksgiving)
English term or phrase: hit the black
It is nicknamed Black Friday because for many retailers that is the day in the year that they hit the “black.””
Geneviève Ghenne
France
Local time: 23:09
French translation:passent au noir
Explanation:
les commerçants qui sont dans le rouge à la banque jusqu'à cette date, passent au noir, sous entendu, leurs écritures comptables sont alors ajoutées en noir et plus en rouge.

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Note added at 6 heures (2020-12-07 16:47:08 GMT)
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peut être qu'un "se refont une santé financière" serait plus parlant.
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david henrion
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4 +2passent au noir
david henrion
Summary of reference entries provided
https://www.lightspeedhq.com/blog/retail-break-even-point-analysis/
polyglot45
Some examples of the expression being used for 'succeed'
Tony M

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passent au noir


Explanation:
les commerçants qui sont dans le rouge à la banque jusqu'à cette date, passent au noir, sous entendu, leurs écritures comptables sont alors ajoutées en noir et plus en rouge.

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Note added at 6 heures (2020-12-07 16:47:08 GMT)
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peut être qu'un "se refont une santé financière" serait plus parlant.

david henrion
France
Local time: 23:09
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neutral  Tony M: I don't believe that is the sense of 'black' as used here, especially with 'hit'
2 mins
  -> Je pense également que vous avez raison Tony.

agree  Sanjin Grandić: If a bank account is in the black, it contains some money, and if a person or business is in the black, they have money in the bank and are not in debt. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/be-in-th...
5 hrs

agree  Francois Boye: why not say 'gagnent de l'argent'? I did not know that the French had literally translated the expression 'being in the black'.
5 hrs
  -> oui vous avez sans doute raison François. L'explication du passage au rouge bancaire au noir ne parle sans doute pas beaucoup aux francophones comme je l'ai dit en discussion.
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Reference: https://www.lightspeedhq.com/blog/retail-break-even-point-analysis/

Reference information:
to break even - put your books in the black (as opposed to the "red")

Les Black Friday sont censés permettre à de nombreux commerces de détail de passer aux chiffres noirs

polyglot45
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neutral  Tony M: While they may do record sales on B.F., I don't believe they would survive if it were the only day in the year they got into the black; this also isn't very consistent with the use of the verb 'to hit'
33 mins
agree  Sanjin Grandić: https://www.allgaeu-airport.com/memmingen-airport-continues-...
6 hrs
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Reference: Some examples of the expression being used for 'succeed'

Reference information:
https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&source=univ&tbm=is...

Tony M
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