Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
voie d'achat
English translation:
through purchase /acquisition
Added to glossary by
Yolanda Broad
Mar 13, 2013 11:18
11 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
Specialist in clinical trials
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English
vole d'achat
French to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
This is part of an entry in a company register from France. The sentence where it appears is the following:
La prise de participation ou le contrôle de toutes sociétés, associations, groupements ou entreprises par **vole d'achat**, dépôt de souscription ou de toute autre manière.
I can't find any reference to this phase anywhere.
La prise de participation ou le contrôle de toutes sociétés, associations, groupements ou entreprises par **vole d'achat**, dépôt de souscription ou de toute autre manière.
I can't find any reference to this phase anywhere.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | voie d'achat |
Francis Marche
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| 4 +3 | by way of purchase |
Cyril B.
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Change log
Mar 13, 2013 13:55: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Law (general)" to "Business/Commerce (general)"
Mar 16, 2013 22:14: Yolanda Broad changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1474984">Gillian Holmes's</a> old entry - "vole d\'achat"" to ""voie d\'achat""
Proposed translations
+3
5 mins
Francis Marche
France
France
Native in French
&
English
Works in field
France
36 years experience on 4 continents
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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16
Selected
voie d'achat
not "l" but "i" ("through purchase /acquisition")
Note from asker:
| Oh, it's a typo, of course, thanks! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
+3
9 mins
by way of purchase
'voie d'achat' indeed, that's a common OCR mistake
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Note added at 10 mins (2013-03-13 11:29:08 GMT)
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or 'by way of acquisition'
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Note added at 10 mins (2013-03-13 11:29:08 GMT)
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or 'by way of acquisition'
Note from asker:
| Thanks for the translation Cyril! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
kashew
13 mins
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| agree |
writeaway
: or just through purchase/acquistion. not need to be 100% literal
2 hrs
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Thank you Write :)
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| agree |
AllegroTrans
: agree with writeawaty
3 hrs
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Thank you Allegro
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