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plats d’accompagnement du jour

English translation: side dishes of the day

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French term or phrase:plats d’accompagnement du jour
English translation:side dishes of the day
Entered by: Jason Willis-Lee

08:40 May 9, 2006
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Nutrition / Health and food questionnaire
French term or phrase: plats d’accompagnement du jour
Entrees ou plats d’accompagnement du jour à emporter

One of the possible answers in a health and food questionnaire to the question:

Pouvez-vous me dire à quelle fréquence vous mangez chacun des produits suivants, si c’est le cas ? TENDRE LISTE REPONSES
Jason Willis-Lee
Spain
Local time: 04:04
side dishes of the day
Explanation:
To avoid all the arguments, I think you need to go down this sort of route.

These are not dishes every day, so 'daily' gives the wrong implication.

And I think 'today' is confusing, since it is nothing to do with the specific day the questionnaire is being answered.
Selected response from:

Tony M
France
Local time: 04:04
Grading comment
Thanks Tony (and Kate!)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8side dishes of the day
Tony M
3 +7daily side dishes
Christine Schmit (X)


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
daily side dishes


Explanation:


Christine Schmit (X)
Luxembourg
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in LuxembourgishLuxembourgish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Hooper: I agree
2 mins
  -> thanks
agree  marie-christine périé
9 mins
  -> thanks
neutral  writeaway: agree with side dishes, but not so much with daily. current, available, the day's etc. would be easier if one could see more of the actual context but for me daily means something else./today is today-also don't think it would work on a questionnaire
17 mins
  -> thanks, I think "the day's" would be a good idea
agree  Kate Hudson (X): How about 'today's side dishes' or side dishes of the day
26 mins
  -> thanks Kate, actually, considering the context (a questionnaire), I found that "today" would sound a bit strange: How often do you eat "today's side dishes"? doesn't that sound a bit odd?
agree  Nicky Over: I agree with Kate's suggestion - 'daily' isn't quite the equivalent.
39 mins
  -> thanks
agree  Julie Barber: yes, although agree with Kate.
48 mins
  -> thanks
agree  suezen: agree with writeaway and side dishes of the day
2 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  Carol Gullidge
11 hrs
  -> thanks
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
side dishes of the day


Explanation:
To avoid all the arguments, I think you need to go down this sort of route.

These are not dishes every day, so 'daily' gives the wrong implication.

And I think 'today' is confusing, since it is nothing to do with the specific day the questionnaire is being answered.


Tony M
France
Local time: 04:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks Tony (and Kate!)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anna Quail
37 mins
  -> Thanks, FtoE!
agree  Mikaele (X)
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Mikaele!
agree  marie-christine périé
1 hr
  -> Merci, M-C !
agree  Sandra Petch: and with Tony's reasoning (ps to be fair, Kate Hudson suggested this in her response above)
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Sandra! Oh yes, I'm ever so sorry Kate, in all the tangle of peer comments and responses, I'm afraid I completely missed that! Kate really ought to re-post it as an answer, and then I'll hide mine.
agree  Kate Hudson (X): Don't worry Tony, I just like making suggestions to help others brainstorm on Kudoz so that the asker can get better answers
2 hrs
  -> Thanks a lot, Kate! Yes, it's that brainstorming aspect I like too! Still, it was careless of me not to have spotted your suggestion, and also the corroboration by Suezen too! Credit where credit's due, after all!
agree  Can Altinbay: If Kate posts the suggestion, I'll agree with hers, too. Hi, Tony.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Can! Hi!
agree  Cervin
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Cervin!
agree  Carol Gullidge
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, Carol!
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