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Prime time

French translation: première partie de soirée

14:41 Oct 15, 2008
English to French translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
English term or phrase: Prime time
Existe-t-il un équivalent en français? Je ne suis pas très "branchée" télé...
Merci!
Christine Roffi
United States
Local time: 22:44
French translation:première partie de soirée
Explanation:
on peut même le laisser en anglais en fonction du contexte et du registre.
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laure schang
Local time: 04:44
Grading comment
Un grand merci à tous pour vos excellentes suggestions, mais je pense que celle de Laure convient le mieux pour l'émission en question.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6première partie de soirée
laure schang
3 +6heures de grande d'écoute
Arnold T.
4 +1première partie de soirée
Emilie Blanc
4 +1heure de grande écoute
Joco
4Heure de Pointe
Cristina Balmus
4en début de soirée
Sébastien Ricciardi
Summary of reference entries provided
Prime time
zi_neb

Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
prime time
heures de grande d'écoute


Explanation:
Suggestion.

Arnold T.
Canada
Local time: 22:44
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
23 mins
  -> Merci Tony !
agree  Jean-Louis S.
1 hr
  -> Merci Jlsjr !
agree  Diane de Cicco
1 hr
  -> Merci Diane !
agree  Carole Paquis
2 hrs
  -> Merci Carole !
agree  Louise Dupont (X): aussi au Québec
5 hrs
  -> Merci LDupont !
agree  jean-jacques alexandre
19 hrs
  -> Merci Jean-Jacques !
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
prime time
première partie de soirée


Explanation:
on peut même le laisser en anglais en fonction du contexte et du registre.

laure schang
Local time: 04:44
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Un grand merci à tous pour vos excellentes suggestions, mais je pense que celle de Laure convient le mieux pour l'émission en question.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hélène ALEXIS: tout à fait d'accord, on rencontre souvent le terme en anglais
2 mins
agree  Vanessa Di Franco: D'accord aussi bien pour le français que pour l'anglais!
4 mins
agree  frederique sannier-lowry
4 mins
agree  marie-christine périé: oui, en français ou en anglais
11 mins
neutral  Tony M: But the 'prime time' will depend on the actual medium, and the country as well; so it is better to describe it in terms of WHAT it is rather than WHEN it is (just as the EN does, of course!) / How is a neutral comment "unfair"?
24 mins
  -> OK I won't be rough, it's just that I think you're being unfair in this particular case. It is an "over used" expression HERE IN FRANCE and no one would ever think about "heure de grande écoute", even if it IS more accurate
agree  Elena Pavan: On l'entend souvent en anglais, "prime time"
25 mins
agree  katsy
5 hrs
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
prime time
première partie de soirée


Explanation:
en français on utilise même le terme "prime time" maintenant mais il se traduit premiere partie de soirée, en France cela correspond aux emissions qui commence vers 21h

Example sentence(s):
  • "a primetime television program"
Emilie Blanc
France
Local time: 04:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: But the 'prime time' will depend on the actual medium, and the country as well; so it is better to describe it in terms of WHAT it is rather than WHEN it is (just as the EN does, of course!)
5 mins
agree  katsy: Je crois que 'Asker' a bien précisé qu'il s'agit de la télé, donc, si on veut éviter 'prime time', ceci me semble très bien
4 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
prime time
Heure de Pointe


Explanation:
:)


    Reference: http://www.granddictionnaire.com/btml/fra/r_motclef/index800...
Cristina Balmus
Romania
Local time: 05:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
prime time
en début de soirée


Explanation:
*

Sébastien Ricciardi
France
Local time: 04:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
prime time
heure de grande écoute


Explanation:
Typique chez nous

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Note added at 4 minutes (2008-10-15 14:46:03 GMT)
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Termium plus comme source, par exemple

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Note added at 2 jours3 heures (2008-10-17 18:11:48 GMT)
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À la suite de votre note, je réitère :
www.presse-francophone.org/apfa/defi/h/heuredeg.htm
fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/heure_de_grande_écoute

Joco
Local time: 22:44
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin: les heureS de grande écoute ... au pluriel?
20 mins
  -> Selon le contexte. Merci
neutral  kashew: My tele has pictures too!
58 mins
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Reference comments


6 mins
Reference: Prime time

Reference information:
- Tranche horaire correspondant à la plus grande écoute.
- Créneau horaire pendant lequel l'audience d'un medium (radio ou télévision) est la plus forte. Pour la télévision, il est en général situé en soirée, entre 20 h et 22 h 30. Pour le medium radio le prime time se situe en principe le matin entre 7 h et 9 h.

zi_neb
Belgium
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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