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en coproduction d'initiative française à majorité française

10:18 Feb 4, 2011
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French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / cinema et langue
French term or phrase: en coproduction d'initiative française à majorité française
Bonjour,

Merci de votre aide, j'avoue avoir des difficultés à bien tourner cette phrase. La voici dans son entier :

La progression par rapport à 1992 était alors de 90 % et les films en coproduction d'initiative française à majorité française ont représenté 42,6 % du total des films d'initiative française en 2003.
Isabelle Barth-O'Neill
Local time: 22:16


Summary of answers provided
4 +2French iniative and French majority co-production films
Evans (X)
4 +2French-initiated co-production with French majority interest
B D Finch


Discussion entries: 2





  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
French iniative and French majority co-production films


Explanation:
Often seen as separate terms:

French majority co-production
French initiative films (FIF)

see

http://en.unifrance.org/news/5574/french-films-selected-at-c...

http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/ukfrance1994.p...

http://market-access.ca/2009-report-france-93-co-productions...


Evans (X)
Local time: 22:16
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew
34 mins
  -> thanks, John
agree  Conor McAuley: French majority-funded/financed? Maybe needs to be made explicit in English.
1 hr
  -> possibly, although it is a standard term. Thanks Conor
neutral  Tony M: I think the 'and' is misleading, it needs to be made clear that these are French-initiated films THAT are majority French financed (otherwise, it could be read as 2 separate categories of film)
1 hr
  -> perhaps that would be clearer if we left out the second "French"
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
French-initiated co-production with French majority interest


Explanation:
I avoided the use of "and" because it can so easily imply that there are two types of co-production, those that are French-initiated and those with a French majority interest, when the absence of "and" in the source makes it clear that this is a single type of co-production with both characteristics.

"A French-initiated coproduction is: - a coproduction where the French partners (distributor, producer, CNC etc.) have a majority interest in the venture; ..."
www.tvfrance-intl.com/en/upload/document/document_en_332.pd...

B D Finch
France
Local time: 23:16
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Neat and unambiguous!
40 mins
  -> Thanks Tony.
agree  joehlindsay: very nice!
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Joe
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