Journée des Filles

English translation: Daughter's Day

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French term or phrase:Journée des Filles
English translation:Daughter's Day
Entered by: Stéphanie Soudais

22:37 Jan 20, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Journalism / none
French term or phrase: Journée des Filles
La prochaine Journée des Filles est prévue le jeudi 10 novembre 2005. Avis aux intéressées !


Can I please have all the sentence?
This is in Switzerland
TIA.
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 08:58
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Explanation:
The sentence would be: 'The next "Take Your Daughter to Work" Day is planned for Thursday 10th November 2005. Put the date in your diary!'

It is 'daughters' rather than 'girls'.

Websites describing a similar idea in England: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~pubaffrs/1997/daughter.htm
http://www.guides.org.uk/daughters/

and in the USA:
http://www.holidayinsights.com/other/tyd.htm
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ats/Mar3/mar3_04.html
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Nicky Over
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:58
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Brilliant work Nicky! Thanks.
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Explanation:
The sentence would be: 'The next "Take Your Daughter to Work" Day is planned for Thursday 10th November 2005. Put the date in your diary!'

It is 'daughters' rather than 'girls'.

Websites describing a similar idea in England: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~pubaffrs/1997/daughter.htm
http://www.guides.org.uk/daughters/

and in the USA:
http://www.holidayinsights.com/other/tyd.htm
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ats/Mar3/mar3_04.html

Nicky Over
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Brilliant work Nicky! Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): :)..girls day...ha
30 mins
  -> Thanks

agree  writeaway: Officially is called Daughters' Day:The organisers believe that a change in attitudes in Switzerland is still Daughters Day (German and French):http://www.tochtertag.ch/tochtertag_frame.html. www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo. html?siteSect=41&sid=1455504
34 mins
  -> Thanks - although I can't get onto either of these two sites!

agree  awilliams
2 hrs
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agree  aguha
6 hrs
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agree  Assimina Vavoula
7 hrs
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agree  Pierre POUSSIN
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