Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Cherchent combines pour gdes marques - chères
English translation:
looking for clever ways to get big-name brands at lower prices
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Sonya Mountford-Jones
Nov 9, 2013 22:26
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Cherchent combines pour gdes marques - chères
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Can anyone tell me what "combines" means in this context? My dictionary gives "trick" and "scheme" for "combine", but I don't really understand what the author's trying to say here.
Thanks in advance.
Dans leur rapport aux produits & aux marques, les jeunes cherchent avant tout un échange d’égal à égal & s’approprient plus facilement l’image de marques satisfaisant leurs besoins physiologiques & matériels (alimentation, services) au détriment des produits & marques répondant à des besoins d’estime (luxe, élégance, plaisir, mode, sport)
58% Cherchent combines pour gdes marques - chères
54%Choisissent souvent les pdts les moins chers
38% Achètent souvent par impulsion des produits auxquels ils n’avaient pas songés
22% Ont des goûts de luxe
Thanks in advance.
Dans leur rapport aux produits & aux marques, les jeunes cherchent avant tout un échange d’égal à égal & s’approprient plus facilement l’image de marques satisfaisant leurs besoins physiologiques & matériels (alimentation, services) au détriment des produits & marques répondant à des besoins d’estime (luxe, élégance, plaisir, mode, sport)
58% Cherchent combines pour gdes marques - chères
54%Choisissent souvent les pdts les moins chers
38% Achètent souvent par impulsion des produits auxquels ils n’avaient pas songés
22% Ont des goûts de luxe
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | looking for clever ways to get designer brands at lower prices |
Daryo
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| 4 +3 | schemes |
Linda Brunet
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| 4 | Look for the cheapest ways to purchase luxury brands items. |
Dalphina
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| 4 | tricks |
Lorraine Dubuc
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Proposed translations
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Selected
looking for clever ways to get designer brands at lower prices
Cherchent combines pour gdes marques - chères =>
Cherchent des combines pour acheter les grandes marques en payant moins cher
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looking for clever ways to get designer brands at lower prices
Cherchent des combines pour acheter les grandes marques en payant moins cher
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looking for clever ways to get designer brands at lower prices
Note from asker:
| Thanks so much for the clarification, it makes perfect sense now. I'll grade once 24 hours have passed. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tony M
: Yes, though I'd prefer 'big-name brand' to 'designer'
4 hrs
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yes, that's the idea - my personal options would be rather "ironical", but if I used them it would no longer be a translation ... Thanks!
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10 hrs
Linda Brunet
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Native in: English (Variants: Canadian, UK) 
Works in: French to English
schemes
Just a suggestion, but I think it might work here.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Janice Giffin
11 hrs
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Thanks!
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| agree |
GILLES MEUNIER
1 day 36 mins
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| agree |
Tony M
: Yes, just the right tone, and cf. 'scheming'
5 days
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15 hrs
Look for the cheapest ways to purchase luxury brands items.
seems to me clearer that way
15 hrs
tricks
'Cheap online shopping: price comparisons & tricks - Money Saving ...'
au sens d'utiliser des ruses
au sens d'utiliser des ruses
Example sentence:
they look for tricks to find brands at good prices
Discussion
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Special deals but also other means of shopping, like websites that flog luxury brands to get rid of excess stock from other markets, etc. (Here in Australia we often get flooded with fragrances from the American market whose original price is lower than in Oz. The local sellers hate this, but for the consumer, it's great.)