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J’ai tissé des liens avec les petits maraîchers.

English translation: I have developed a relationship with the small truck farmers

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French term or phrase:J’ai tissé des liens avec les petits maraîchers.
English translation:I have developed a relationship with the small truck farmers
Entered by: KathyG (X)

06:20 Oct 6, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Tourism & Travel
French term or phrase: J’ai tissé des liens avec les petits maraîchers.
Au Aix, Cuisine du Terroir Québec - restaurant in Old Montreal] on fait la cuisine avec les produits d’ici. Je suis quand même au Québec depuis sept ans. J’ai tissé des liens avec les petits maraîchers.
Kathy Gingras
Local time: 07:41
I have developed a relationship with the small truck farmers
Explanation:
I have developed a relationship /built relationships with the small truck farmers
or : I have established ties / made connections with
Selected response from:

Alain Mouchel
Local time: 13:41
Grading comment
Thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3I've forged links with the local producers
Carol Gullidge
3 +3maraîchers : local farmers market/ small-scale farmers/ local farmers
Judith Prince
5I've developed relationships with local farmers.
Maia Tabet
3 +1I've built up a relationship with the smallholders
Catharine Cellier-Smart
4I've forged links with small market gardeners
Michel F. Morin
1 +2I have developed a relationship with the small truck farmers
Alain Mouchel
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Karen Stokes

  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +2
I have developed a relationship with the small truck farmers


Explanation:
I have developed a relationship /built relationships with the small truck farmers
or : I have established ties / made connections with


Alain Mouchel
Local time: 13:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bourth (X): Established ties with truck farmers. Otherwise it sounds like sentimental attachment to small men with dirt under their fingernails./Not that I'm saying nobody other than their mothers should love them.
1 hr
agree  Verginia Ophof
11 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
I've built up a relationship with the smallholders


Explanation:
suggestion

Catharine Cellier-Smart
Reunion
Local time: 15:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Philippa Smith
29 mins
  -> thank you Philippa !
neutral  SMcG (X): smallholder more related to owning land and not producing vegetables
42 mins
  -> can be true, but the term avoids a longer translation like "small-scale-market-gardeners"
neutral  Desdemone (X): Not really used in this context (in Canada), but agree with built up relationships
5 hrs
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
maraîchers : local farmers market/ small-scale farmers/ local farmers


Explanation:
Based on the fact that the text is about food and where it's sourced, these words come to mind...

Example sentence(s):
  • I've built relationships with vendors at the local farmers' market/ I've built relationships with local farmers/ small-scale farmers
Judith Prince
Canada
Local time: 07:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwahiliSwahili

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SMcG (X): yes, what it means
15 mins
agree  CKSTraductions: for me it's more local (vegetable) farmers
53 mins
agree  Sandra Mouton
2 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
I've forged links with the local producers


Explanation:
I'm only really concerned with the "petits maraîchers", as I'm sure you already have your own ideas about expressing the first part of the sentence.

I was going to post "market gardeners", but realised that this is specifically for plant produce, and you may well need to encompass other local produce (honey, cream, cheese, local meat...) in your term.

But if you're looking at simply vegetable produce, then "market gardeners" could work well here

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 62

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Evans (X): I agree with local producers and market gardeners. Certainly best for the UK, not sure about Canada.
9 mins
  -> many thanks Gilla!
agree  Desdemone (X): Yes, local producers in Canada (but I'd say built up relationships as Catherine suggests, rather than forged links.
3 hrs
  -> many thanks Paula!
agree  David Salas: local producers hits it the best, imho
14 hrs
  -> many thanks David!
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I've forged links with small market gardeners


Explanation:
La seule différence porte sur le terme "maraîchers": market gardeners (Cf. GDT and Wordreference).


    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/fren/maraîchage
    Reference: http://www.granddictionnaire.com/BTML/FRA/r_Motclef/index800...
Michel F. Morin
France
Local time: 13:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
I've developed relationships with local farmers.


Explanation:
In locavore-speak in North America, which seems to be the context here, small producers are just called farmers regardless of whether they produce vegetables, fruit, honey, meat, or dairy.

Maia Tabet
Local time: 07:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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Reference comments


4 hrs
Reference: Previous question

Reference information:
See http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/idioms_maxims_sa...

Karen Stokes
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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