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plébisciter

English translation: touts/promotes

01:44 Jul 11, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: plébisciter
wordreference.com gives "to elect by plebiscite" as an English equivalent, but that just won't do in my context!

"On the go": une expression-phare de la culture jeune qui, ayant totalement intégré le principe de mobilité à ses habitudes, plébiscite les produits nomades.

Accessoirisation
Outils technologiques fonctionnels ou falbalas fantaisistes, « it bags » plébiscités par les fashionistas ou tube de gloss à emporter partout, les accessoires deviennent indispensables.
Laura Molinari
Canada
Local time: 03:27
English translation:touts/promotes
Explanation:
or to tout/promote // is touted/promoted - depending on your sentence construction
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veratek
Brazil
Local time: 04:27
Grading comment
thanks, I like 'touts'
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1touts/promotes
veratek
4to claim
Etienne Muylle Wallace
4to acclaim (and other suggestions)
Emma Paulay
3overwhelmingly applaud
MatthewLaSon
3to make sth one's own (see below)
katsy


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
plébiscite
touts/promotes


Explanation:
or to tout/promote // is touted/promoted - depending on your sentence construction

veratek
Brazil
Local time: 04:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
thanks, I like 'touts'

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne Goff: promotes
4 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to claim


Explanation:
I consider it "demander en général et avec force", out of political context

Etienne Muylle Wallace
Spain
Local time: 09:27
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
overwhelmingly applaud


Explanation:
Hello,

I think that "plébisciter" means "overwhelmingly applaud" in this context.

It means that approval/support has been given by the vast majority.

Young people overwhelmingly applaud nomadic-like products.

I hope this helps.

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 03:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 64

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Anne Goff: You're right. This is what comes of reading KudoZ questions late at night. I was somehow replacing "culture jeune" with something plural like "les jeunes" in which case the conjugation suggested a different subject. My apologies!
1 hr
  -> I highly doubt that "on the go" is the subject here.
neutral  katsy: just to say I don't agree with Anne's analysis - 'culture jeune' is the subject of 'plébiscite'. Agree with your interpretation, Matthew, but not totally convinced by wording
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, katsy. But, I think "applaud" would work fine. applaud = approve/support
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to make sth one's own (see below)


Explanation:
youth culture, which... has really made 'produits nomades' its own

Another suggestion following Matthew's. I agree with him that it is a question of overwhelming approval...

katsy
Local time: 09:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to acclaim (and other suggestions)


Explanation:
the products are highly acclaimed
these products go down a treat
these products are favourites
they get the unanimous vote
they are welcomed with open arms

Emma Paulay
France
Local time: 09:27
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 10
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