Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
mélanger les genres
English translation:
to have one's fingers in all sorts of pies (business-wise)
Added to glossary by
Stephanie Mitchel
Nov 13, 2003 16:48
20 yrs ago
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French term
United States
mélanger les genres
French to English
Bus/Financial
Economics
economics
This is a review of a book written by an economist.
"La planète financière a perdu tout repère : explosion de l'endettement, comptabilités truquées, stocks-options indécentes, salariés sacrifiés, banques d’affaires « mélangeant les genres », auditeurs et analystes financiers pour le moins indélicats, autorités de régulation et de contrôle frappées de myopie."
"La planète financière a perdu tout repère : explosion de l'endettement, comptabilités truquées, stocks-options indécentes, salariés sacrifiés, banques d’affaires « mélangeant les genres », auditeurs et analystes financiers pour le moins indélicats, autorités de régulation et de contrôle frappées de myopie."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | with their fingers in all sorts of pies... |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 5 | "mixing their business metaphors" |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| 3 +1 | muddling services / confusedly mixing products |
Abdellatif Bouhid
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| 1 | mixing up investment options |
NancyLynn
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Proposed translations
+2
4 mins
Selected
with their fingers in all sorts of pies...
doing a bit of everything - not sticking to their core business .....
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2 mins
French term (edited):
m�langer les genres
mixing up investment options
...? maybe
+1
15 mins
Abdellatif Bouhid
Native in French
Works in field
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Native in: Arabic 
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Works in: English to French, Arabic to French, French to English, and 1 more.
French term (edited):
m�langer les genres
muddling services / confusedly mixing products
good luck
Peer comment(s):
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sarahl (X)
: fihum elkhuad ?
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56 mins
"mixing their business metaphors"
:)
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Note added at 2003-11-13 17:56:10 (GMT)
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BETTER
mixing up its business activity metaphors
ie retail and investment
no wall between bankers as underwriters and bankers as analysts etc
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Note added at 2003-11-13 17:56:10 (GMT)
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BETTER
mixing up its business activity metaphors
ie retail and investment
no wall between bankers as underwriters and bankers as analysts etc
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