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breaks new ground

French translation: creuse de nouvelles pistes

09:04 Jun 8, 2009
English to French translations [PRO]
Marketing - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: breaks new ground
XXX (a tractor manufacturer) breaks new ground in Georgia.
The first global western agricultural company to enter the Georgian market with sales and after sales activities

I'm looking for a nice way to say "breaks new ground". It is the title of an article that will be published.
Thanks!
Béatrice Sylvie Lajoie
Local time: 02:29
French translation:creuse de nouvelles pistes
Explanation:
se tourne vers de nouvelles terres
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polyglot45
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3creuse de nouvelles pistes
polyglot45
3 +2trace son sillon
AnneMarieG
4conquiert de nouveaux territoires
Jean Deruère
4défriche de nouvelles voies/terres
Euqinimod (X)
4fait oeuvre de pionnier en Géorgie
Ahmed Alami Aroussi
4 -1innove
FX Fraipont (X)
3perce
Jocelyne S
3Géorgie - Nouveaux Champs Nouveaux Horizons
John Peterson


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
innove


Explanation:
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FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 02:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 160

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  kashew: I think you miss the wordplay: new ground = new foreign market.
19 mins
disagree  Glen McCulley: echoing kashew
1 hr
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
perce


Explanation:
Pour garder l'allusion aux tracteurs/travaux.

Jocelyne S
France
Local time: 02:29
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Géorgie - Nouveaux Champs Nouveaux Horizons


Explanation:
As a headline - and (trying)to keep the tractor reference.

John Peterson
Local time: 01:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  kashew: Good but a bit long - but, in French no problem!
11 mins
  -> thanks
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
creuse de nouvelles pistes


Explanation:
se tourne vers de nouvelles terres

polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 107
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew: Absolutely! Especially if he is a foreign supplier.
4 mins
agree  Glen McCulley: keeps the tractor imagery (!) going
46 mins
agree  Beila Goldberg: Agricole, pionnier et ... économique!
22 hrs
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
conquiert de nouveaux territoires


Explanation:
conquiert de nouveaux territoires

Jean Deruère
France
Local time: 02:29
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
trace son sillon


Explanation:
Suggestion 'agricole' -)

Sinon, peut-être moins imagé, mais plus fluide : ouvre de nouvelles perspectives.
Personnellement, je préfère la deuxième version, plus légère.

AnneMarieG
France
Local time: 02:29
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 21

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Myrtrad1
1 hr
  -> Merci !
agree  GILLES MEUNIER: ouvre de nouvelles perspectives
2 hrs
  -> Merci, Gilles !
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
défriche de nouvelles voies/terres


Explanation:
Une proposition.

Euqinimod (X)
Local time: 02:29
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 19
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fait oeuvre de pionnier en Géorgie


Explanation:
Ce serait sympa de garder l'idée de "société pionnière" exprimée dans "breaks new ground" puisque XXX a bien fait oeuvre de pionner en étant la première multinationale agricole occidentale à pénétrer le marché géorgien, marché connu pour avoir été longtemps la chasse gardée des compagnies russes, et avant cela un marché à économie planifiée comme dans toutes les républiques soviétiques.

Autre possibilité : XXX ouvre les portes du marché géorgien

Ahmed Alami Aroussi
Canada
Local time: 01:29
Native speaker of: French
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