Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
prix cassés
English translation:
slashed prices, rock-bottom prices, cut prices, dirt-cheap prices (fam.)
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askell
Nov 27, 2007 10:28
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prix cassés
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Am translating users' opinions on websites for booking holidays or hotels. Have come across this comment several times but cannot understand exactly what it means. Any ideas? Many thanks
"Il n’aime pas trop les prix cases, ne lui inspirent pas confiance"
"Il n’aime pas trop les prix cases, ne lui inspirent pas confiance"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | slashed prices |
askell
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| 3 +2 | (price) undercutting |
Francis MARC
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| 3 | price boxes |
MMFORREST
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| 3 | dirt-cheap prices |
Victoria Porter-Burns
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Change log
Nov 27, 2007 18:18: askell changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/127628">Susan Gastaldi's</a> old entry - "prix cassés"" to ""slashed prices, rock-bottom prices, cut prices, dirt-cheap prices (fam.)""
Nov 27, 2007 18:19: askell changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/768902">askell's</a> old entry - "prix cassés"" to ""slashed prices, rock-bottom prices, cut prices, dirt-cheap prices (fam.)""
Jul 16, 2009 11:07: Gayle Wallimann changed "Term asked" from "prix cases" to "prix cassés"
Proposed translations
48 mins
French term (edited):
prix casses
Selected
slashed prices
for both UK and US target dialect. "lowered" prices too.
Example sentence:
Slashed prices on DaniWeb banner ads Ad Space for Sale.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, I think this must be it although they did repeat " Prix cases " several times and I found it in a French to Italian dictionary. Thanks to everyone for your help"
6 mins
French term (edited):
prix cases
price boxes
I think they mean the boxes they tick on the website.
+2
5 mins
French term (edited):
prix cases
(price) undercutting
Expo Web- [ Traduire cette page ]Non-block hotels undercutting the rates in the block. - On-line booking is easier than using the housing bureau. - Communication with hotels. ...
www.expoweb.com/Current_Issue/Oct2007MarketwatchHousing.htm - 35k - En cache - Pages similaires
Undercutting hurts 5-star Colombo hotels- [ Traduire cette page ]Colombo’s 5-star hotels are divided over compulsory minimum pricing arrangements with accusations flying over undercutting to survive in a turbulent ...
sundaytimes.lk/071104/FinancialTimes/ft341.html - 10k - En cache - Pages similaires
Hotels in West 30's Recover Their Aplomb - New York Times- [ Traduire cette page ]Twenty-one unfranchised budget hotels in the city utilize the ... the supply of lower-cost rooms in standard hotels, undercutting the budget business. ...
query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E4DB173BF933A15751C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewan... - 47k -
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Note added at 14 mins (2007-11-27 10:43:26 GMT)
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Termium:
Domaine(s)
– Economics
Domaine(s)
– Économique
undercutting Source
gâchage des prix Source MASC
prix cassés Source MASC, PLUR
OBS – (économie) im/2.12.71 "prix
cassés" (Denis-Clair Lambert,
Terminologie économique et
monétaire, p. 175); gâchage des
prix; bradage (Van Hoof,
Terminologie économique, p. 175);
vendre à vil prix (Herbst, Dictionnaire
des termes commerciaux, financiers
et juridiques)
www.expoweb.com/Current_Issue/Oct2007MarketwatchHousing.htm - 35k - En cache - Pages similaires
Undercutting hurts 5-star Colombo hotels- [ Traduire cette page ]Colombo’s 5-star hotels are divided over compulsory minimum pricing arrangements with accusations flying over undercutting to survive in a turbulent ...
sundaytimes.lk/071104/FinancialTimes/ft341.html - 10k - En cache - Pages similaires
Hotels in West 30's Recover Their Aplomb - New York Times- [ Traduire cette page ]Twenty-one unfranchised budget hotels in the city utilize the ... the supply of lower-cost rooms in standard hotels, undercutting the budget business. ...
query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E4DB173BF933A15751C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewan... - 47k -
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Note added at 14 mins (2007-11-27 10:43:26 GMT)
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Termium:
Domaine(s)
– Economics
Domaine(s)
– Économique
undercutting Source
gâchage des prix Source MASC
prix cassés Source MASC, PLUR
OBS – (économie) im/2.12.71 "prix
cassés" (Denis-Clair Lambert,
Terminologie économique et
monétaire, p. 175); gâchage des
prix; bradage (Van Hoof,
Terminologie économique, p. 175);
vendre à vil prix (Herbst, Dictionnaire
des termes commerciaux, financiers
et juridiques)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
malligajm
1 hr
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| agree |
ShaneBoisvert
: Agree. I think the nuance here is the competition, as in they "broke" the competitor's price, i.e. undercut them
3278 days
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6 hrs
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French term (edited):
prix cases
dirt-cheap prices
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