ensemble sur place, en tête-à-tête

English translation: [if we could have lunch] together at the venue, just the two of us

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French term or phrase:	[que nous puissions déjeuner] ensemble sur place, en tête-à-tête
English translation:	[if we could have lunch] together at the venue, just the two of us
Entered by:	James A. Walsh

22:32 May 19, 2017

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Personal email

French term or phrase: ensemble sur place, en tête-à-tête

From a personal email from one executive to another about an upcoming event:

"Chère XXXXX,

Je me réjouis bien sincèrement que nos entreprises respectives se retrouvent gare de l’Est pour une belle célébration des dix ans d’alleo, le XX juin prochain. Avant les événements officiels et la bilatérale qui vont nous mobiliser, je serais heureuse que nous puissions déjeuner ensemble sur place, en tête-à-tête, aux environs de 13 h 45. Nous pourrions ainsi échanger et préparer l'interview que nous donnons juste après.

Dans cette attente,"

Going into UK English. Thanks in advance

James A. Walsh KudoZ activity Questions: 186 (none open) (23 closed without grading) Answers: 1950 Spain
Local time: 11:03

have lunch together, just the two of us,

Explanation:
Plain conversational en-GB as she is spoke (and e-mailed between peers).

Selected response from:

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 05:03

Grading comment

Thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

have lunch together, just the two of us,

Jennifer Levey

we can have a one-to-one lunch meeting at the venue

Francois Boye

4 -2

..we can have a private lunch at the venue

Verginia Ophof

Discussion entries: 7

Answers

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

..we can have a private lunch at the venue

Explanation:
suggestion

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 03:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 48

2 hrs confidence:

have lunch together, just the two of us,

Explanation:
Plain conversational en-GB as she is spoke (and e-mailed between peers).

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 05:03
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 74

Grading comment

Thanks.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Plain speak is definitely the way forward here, Robin — thanks!

53 mins confidence:

we can have a one-to-one lunch meeting at the venue

Explanation:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120707100826A...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2017-05-20 01:08:50 GMT)
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Erratum: ONE-ON-ONE instead of one-to-one

Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 05:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 102

Notes to answerer

Asker: For the record: I totally agree with you about "en tête-à-tête"!

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