Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
débarquer chez vous
English translation:
You will be receiving *** in a few days.
French term
France
Professional translation
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, German to French
débarquer chez vous
Comment traduiriez-vous en anglais ?
Merci pour vos propositions.
Oct 26, 2017 09:26: Alain Marsol changed "Language pair" from "English to French" to "French to English"
Oct 26, 2017 10:47: writeaway changed "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Marketing"
Oct 30, 2017 17:48: Michele Fauble Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (2): Yvonne Gallagher, Yolanda Broad
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Proposed translations
United States
Native English
Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English
You will be receiving *** in a few days.
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AllegroTrans
: Yes, now that we finally have the all-so-important context
11 mins
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Geneviève Benoit
: Yes, with the additional context
35 mins
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philgoddard
1 hr
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Karen Flack (X)
: yes, this maintains a friendly, casual tone.
2 hrs
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Tony M
2 hrs
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narasimha (X)
12 hrs
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Philippa Smith
15 hrs
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Yvonne Gallagher
: quite simply
2 days 8 hrs
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Canada
Copy writing, transcreation and coaching
Native in: French (Variants: Canadian, Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English
will arrive at your location / will be available at your location
Ce n'est pas habituellement employé en langage écrit.
Sans le reste du contexte, on pourrait utiliser différentes expressions:
Will be launched at your location (s'il s'agit d'un lancement)
Will arrive in your inbox (s'il s'agit d'un courriel) ou at your location
Will be available at your location
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Anastasia Schüle
4 mins
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Patrick Lemaire
: "Débarquer" implies causing some degree of inconvenience, which is obviously humourous here. This is entirely missing from this translation.
1 hr
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Azhar Zafar
1 hr
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AllegroTrans
: not enough context
1 hr
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Tony M
: Fails to convey the correct marketing register, this sounds more like a delivery note!
7 hrs
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Translations by a truly bilingual pro
Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, Canadian)
Works in: English to French, French to English
will barge into your home
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AllegroTrans
: it doesn't mean "barge in" when used in terms of a delivery
19 mins
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Geneviève Benoit
: Not the right phrase in this context. And the meaning is generally not that strong when used in Quebec.
3 hrs
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Tony M
: Totally inappropriate language and register!
5 hrs
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Yvonne Gallagher
: with Tony
2 days 11 hrs
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Canada
Copy writing, transcreation and coaching
Native in: French (Variants: Canadian, Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English
XXX will be delivered to your home in a few days
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philgoddard
: "Chez vous" doesn't necessarily mean "your home".
33 mins
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Karen Flack (X)
: Right, you could drop the "to your home" and say XXX will be delivered...
2 hrs
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Tony M
: Yes, agree with Phil, 'your home' amounts to risky over-interpretation.
2 hrs
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Yvonne Gallagher
: with Karenbe
2 days 7 hrs
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Daryo
: wrong register - this seems to be ond of those silly companies trying to bd "informal" in their style of communication.
3 days 2 hrs
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Discussion
Pour être accrocheur, le texte sera probablement très différent de la version française !
Coming soon : XXX. Watch this space !