Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
fabricant de premier rang
English translation:
leading manufacturer
French term
France
fabricant de premier rang
I would greatly appreciate any help.
Many thanks in advance.
| 3 +7 | leading manufacturer |
Jane RM
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| 3 +1 | major manufacturer |
Terry Richards
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| 2 +2 | first-tier manufacturer |
Alain Mouchel
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| 4 | first-rate manufacturer |
Gad Kohenov
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| 4 | top-tier manufacturer |
Glen McCulley
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| first/second tier suppliers |
Claire Cox
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Jun 3, 2010 08:15: writeaway changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Chris Hall, Rob Grayson, writeaway
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Proposed translations
leading manufacturer
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Chris Hall
0 min
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Philippe Etienne
: I see this every day in native EN.
11 mins
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Rob Grayson
: C'est pas sorcier...
13 mins
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Radu DANAILA
15 mins
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Evans (X)
23 mins
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writeaway
: certainly the first thing that comes to mind (for a general text)
1 hr
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Verginia Ophof
8 hrs
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France
30 years in IT, Engineering degree.
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US) 
Works in: French to English, English
Experience and accuracy
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Danish to French
first-tier manufacturer
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mchd
2 mins
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Claire Cox
: or supplier - used in specific contractual terminology
11 mins
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Israel
30 years of experience+satisfied clients
Native in: French , Hebrew
Works in: English to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, French to Hebrew, and 8 more.
first-rate manufacturer
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Note added at 6 mins (2010-06-03 08:00:56 GMT)
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filtersupply.com.my/about.html - 7k
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translations that read out loud
Native in: English , French
Works in: French to English, English to French
top-tier manufacturer
'first-tier' could be highest or lowest, whereas "top-tier" is clearly top-rank
Reference comments
United Kingdom
French & German Technical Translations
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, German to English
first/second tier suppliers
20 Mar 2008 ... From a customer's perspective, a first tier supplier is a supplier that invoices the customer for goods and services rendered directly by ...
procure.rutgers.edu/stsdp.html -
| Thanks, Claire, very useful to know. It put a doubt in my mind and I verified with customer that this was not what they had in mind rather than "leading". |
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