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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

dans l’ascenseur de votre réussite.

English translation:

as you head up/move up the ladder of success

Added to glossary by Barbara Cochran, MFA
Mar 24, 2021 19:56
3 yrs ago
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French term

dans l’ascenseur de votre réussite.

French to English Marketing Business/Commerce (general) marketing
Bonjour,

Je relis une traduction de la phrase suivante: "Nous vous accompagnons dans la transformation de votre entreprise, et nous sommes à vos côtés dans l’ascenseur de votre réussite."


Comment rendre la dernière partie de cette phrase en anglais, sans que la traduction soit trop littérale (..dans l'ascenseur de votre réussite.) ? "..in the elevator of your success" ne me semble pas être une traduction adéquate.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +11 as you head up/move up the ladder of success
4 +1 stairway to success
3 +2 on your way to the top
4 as you scale the heights to success
4 in the climb to your success
3 on your climb to success
3 at the height of your success
2 +1 as you go up in the world
Change log

Apr 7, 2021 05:44: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry

Discussion

Conor McAuley Mar 31, 2021:
Business transformation, jargon that has been outmoded a bit recently by "pivoting" due to Covid -- "la transformation de votre entreprise".

It would just be too corny for a lift/elevator company like Otis, Schindler, etc.
Wolf Draeger Mar 30, 2021:
Context I'm a bit late to the party, but does the company have anything to do with elevators? That could affect the best translation.
Sani Hamadou Mohamadou Mar 25, 2021:
I would suggest: "As you soar to success."

Proposed translations

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6 mins
Selected

as you head up/move up the ladder of success

As part of a successful undertaking.

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"climb the ladder of success"

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"make your way up the ladder of success"
Peer comment(s):
agree Cyril Tollari
5 mins
Thanks, Cyril.
agree Yolanda Broad
1 hr
Thanks, Yolanda.
agree Marge Hogarty
2 hrs
Thanks, Marge!
agree Saeed Najmi
2 hrs
Thank you very much, Saeed.
agree Andrew Bramhall
3 hrs
Thank you, Oliver.
agree SafeTex : I like this as it sounds very English but stays close to the French idea too ("ascenseur" = "ladder" here)
8 hrs
Thanks, SafeTex.
agree David Hayes
11 hrs
Thank you, David.
agree writeaway
16 hrs
Thank you.
agree Lucy Teasdale
1 day 16 hrs
Thanks, Lucy!
agree tatyana000
1 day 19 hrs
agree Youssef Chabat
4 days
Thanks very much, Youssef.
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16 mins

on your climb to success

One of many possible translations.
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23 mins

at the height of your success

We'll be at your side at the height of your success
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+1
15 mins

stairway to success


It's actually an expression that is used very commonly:
https://www.google.com/search?q="stairway to success"&oq="st...

1.6 million matches

Stairway to Heaven has been, ahem, used by someone else already.

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There's sibilance and alliteration in the term too.

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Well, not quite alliteration, but you know what I mean.

Secondary school poetry was a long time ago.
Peer comment(s):
agree Wolf Draeger : With a nod!
6 days
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+2
3 hrs

on your way to the top

This would probably be the closest idiomatic expression.
Peer comment(s):
agree Shilpa Baliga : Nice!
7 hrs
agree ormiston : Like this too
10 hrs
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5 hrs
French term (edited): dans l’ascenseur de votre réussite

as you go up in the world

Elevator - as US Am. for lift - may not work, but elevate as a verb might do.
Example sentence:

Go up in the world. To *elevate* or improve one's social, political, and/or financial position in life; to become more successful than one was before.

Reference:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/business-commerce-general/4857973-vous-accompagner-dans-la-réussite-de-x.html

Peer comment(s):
agree Shilpa Baliga : Very nice too!
5 hrs
Thanks and gracias, Shilpa. Coincidentally, a British relative of mine - late into retirement - went to 'work' as a lift / elevator attendant at the Stratosphere Skyscraper in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. I used to quip that he had been 'going up in the world'.
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16 hrs

as you scale the heights to success

Another possibility!
Example sentence:

So how can the budding networker scale the heights to success? Let’s examine this subject to see if we can come up with the goods.

Reference:

https://paulbursey.net/achieve-superhuman-results/

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21 hrs

in the climb to your success

It's the most relevant translation. The elevator, even if it can go down, has a figurative sense of ascent.
Peer comment(s):
neutral AllegroTrans : "It's the most relevant translation" - how do you know that now?
6 days
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