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dans les bacs

18:38 Dec 9, 2011
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / music review
French term or phrase: dans les bacs
Le texte porte sur un cd. La phrase est la suivante> « Blow Up My World » sera dans les bacs en 2009.
Ega
Local time: 06:41


Summary of answers provided
5hit the shelves
jasonwkingsley
3 +1will go on sale/will be in the stores
polyglot45
4on the shelves
David Vaughn


Discussion entries: 2





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
will go on sale/will be in the stores


Explanation:
is the meaning


Not sure if there is a real equivalent in English.

polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne
37 mins
agree  Hal D'Arpini
50 mins
disagree  jasonwkingsley: en français : sera disponible/sera en magasin...bien que ça soit le même sens, ce n'est pas la meme chose. I have posted the equivalent.
4 days
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
on the shelves


Explanation:
on sale, in shops

David Vaughn
Local time: 06:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 201

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Hal D'Arpini: If this were refering to a book, I'd agree with this otherwise appropriate locution.
50 mins
  -> Yes, I basically agree with you that while googling shows a bit of use - as with "in the bins" & other such, the more common way of expressing this in EN are the other phrases I mentioned
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
hit the shelves


Explanation:
enfin...'will hit the shelves' evidemment...This is what I have heard most in English. Released, in the shops, go on sale..these are different expressions.

jasonwkingsley
United States
Local time: 06:41
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Native speaker of: English
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