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marchés naturels

English translation: natural markets

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French term or phrase:marchés naturels
English translation:natural markets
Entered by: Wyley Powell

22:45 Jan 7, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Insurance
French term or phrase: marchés naturels
PowerPoint presentation (insurance industry) emphasizing the importance of effective recruiting.

"En premier lieu, il faut embaucher les personnes qui conviennent – opiniâtres, laborieuses, aptes à la formation, ***appartenant aux marchés naturels***, et qui ont la capacité d’influencer les gens.

TIA
Wyley Powell
Canada
Local time: 14:00
natural markets
Explanation:
Good grief. Nobody else is suggesting the cognate adjective, but it's the natural choice! The natural markets for any type of insurance are the classes of natural customers for it: those who, by nature, have a need for it. People without cars are not natural customers for car insurance; people without dependents are not natural customers for life insurance.

'obvious', 'target' and 'standard' get close, but 'natural' gets it right on the nose. (Why wouldn't the writer have said 'évidents', 'cibles' or 'standards' if one of those was intended?)

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Note added at 3 days4 hrs (2010-01-11 03:26:20 GMT)
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rkillings
United States
Local time: 11:00
Grading comment
Convincing! Thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2natural markets
rkillings
3 +2obvious markets
B D Finch
3target markets
Anne-Marie Grant (X)
3standard markets
Steve Melling


Discussion entries: 1





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
target markets


Explanation:
They wish to recruit people who will be able to exert influence over others and, whilst 'obvious' works perfectly well, I think 'target' reflects the nature of the operation.

Anne-Marie Grant (X)
Local time: 19:00
Native speaker of: English
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
standard markets


Explanation:
As opposed to tricky ones.

Steve Melling
France
Local time: 20:00
Native speaker of: English
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
natural markets


Explanation:
Good grief. Nobody else is suggesting the cognate adjective, but it's the natural choice! The natural markets for any type of insurance are the classes of natural customers for it: those who, by nature, have a need for it. People without cars are not natural customers for car insurance; people without dependents are not natural customers for life insurance.

'obvious', 'target' and 'standard' get close, but 'natural' gets it right on the nose. (Why wouldn't the writer have said 'évidents', 'cibles' or 'standards' if one of those was intended?)

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Note added at 3 days4 hrs (2010-01-11 03:26:20 GMT)
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See also http://www.onlineorganizing.com/NewslettersArticle.asp?newsl...

rkillings
United States
Local time: 11:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 148
Grading comment
Convincing! Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Hall: Convincing argument.
1 hr
agree  B D Finch: Your reference certainly fits the context and suggests that this term is used amongst US insurance salespersons.
3 days 37 mins
  -> Maybe we got it from the French :-)
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
obvious markets


Explanation:
"Natural markets" does sound like healthy greengrocers.

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Note added at 3 days10 hrs (2010-01-11 09:39:01 GMT)
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On the other hand, rkillings' posting and reference seem relevant.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 20:00
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 92

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Travelin Ann: although we sometimes use "natural" in this context in the US
40 mins
  -> Thanks Ann. Yes, it's sometimes used in the UK too but could be unclear.
agree  Chris Hall: "obvious markets" in the UK
1 hr
  -> Thanks Chris.
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