Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
tenir au service de
English translation:
was contingent upon
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Amy Grieve
Oct 19, 2006 21:16
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French term
tenir au service de
French to English
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Elle souligne en outre que la spécificitéde la procédure de placement retenue pour cette émission tenait au service des ordres, qui devait s'effectuer selon le procédé dit "premier arrivé, premier servi".
Proposed translations
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| 1 +2 | was contingent upon |
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| 3 | is tied to the handling of |
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| 2 | to be founded on / rely on |
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was contingent upon
Hello,
tenait à = was dependent upon "le service des ordres" which was supposed to be carried out in a manner of "first come, first serve" (I'm not sure what that is in this context)
It means either "to be dependent upon" or "to be insistent upon." I think it means the former.
Remember "tenait" is in the imperfect tense.
I hope this helps.
tenait à = was dependent upon "le service des ordres" which was supposed to be carried out in a manner of "first come, first serve" (I'm not sure what that is in this context)
It means either "to be dependent upon" or "to be insistent upon." I think it means the former.
Remember "tenait" is in the imperfect tense.
I hope this helps.
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French term (edited):
tenir à
to be founded on / rely on
'tenir à' usually has some kind of sense of 'being attached to', but clearly here that needs tweaking a bit.
It seems to me that the intended meaning here is that this procedure is based around or relies upon 'order servicing' (depending on context, that last expression will of course need adapting).
It seems to me that the intended meaning here is that this procedure is based around or relies upon 'order servicing' (depending on context, that last expression will of course need adapting).
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is tied to the handling of
could use a bit more context as to the nature of the orders
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