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lors des "pots"

English translation: company get together / office party

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French term or phrase:un pot
English translation:company get together / office party
Entered by: Melzie

11:10 Apr 24, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Nutrition / Healthy eating programme
French term or phrase: lors des "pots"
This concerns actions that companies can take to promote helathy eating:

"mise à disposition de paniers de fruits, remplacement de distributeurs de produits sucrés par des distributeurs de fruits, disponibilité d'aliments plus favorables lors des "pots"
Pamela Hewitt
company get together / office party
Explanation:
I put get together first as I think office party has far too raucous coonotations for this.
a drink with nibbles to celebrate a birthday, good results, a retirement etc.

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Note added at 43 mins (2007-04-24 11:53:42 GMT)
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Melzie
Local time: 14:15
Grading comment
Thank you very much for your help
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7company get together / office party
Melzie
4bringing healthier food to office potlucks
Patrice
3drinks
Sandra Petch


  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
drinks


Explanation:
There's surely a better way of saying this!
These are the drinks / aperitifs organised by staff or by the company to celebrate a retirement or leaving for a new job ("pot de départ), perhaps a colleague's new baby, etc.

Sandra Petch
Local time: 14:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
un 'pot'
company get together / office party


Explanation:
I put get together first as I think office party has far too raucous coonotations for this.
a drink with nibbles to celebrate a birthday, good results, a retirement etc.

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Note added at 43 mins (2007-04-24 11:53:42 GMT)
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connotations !

Melzie
Local time: 14:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you very much for your help

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sandra Petch: What about "office get-togethers" ?
4 mins
  -> thank you, that's good
agree  Lidija Lazic
6 mins
  -> thank you
agree  jean-jacques alexandre: Sandra has it quite perfectly resumed
24 mins
  -> thank you, jean-jacques
agree  Charlie Bavington: get-together is a good option
50 mins
  -> Thank you, Charlie
agree  Jacqui Audouy
9 hrs
  -> thank you, Jaqui
agree  Nathalie Elson: get-together sounds better to me
9 hrs
  -> thank you, Nathalie
agree  Alison Jeffries-Thierry
17 hrs
  -> Thank you, Alison
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
lors des \"pots\"
bringing healthier food to office potlucks


Explanation:
I imagine that's what the "pots" is really short for.

Patrice
United States
Local time: 05:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Melzie: a 'pot' is originally a jug of wine that was passed around for celebrations
11 hrs
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