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longest-serving

French translation: record de longévité

10:41 Oct 18, 2001
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History
English term or phrase: longest-serving
King - who later became Canada's longest-serving prime minister - had been trained at universities of Toronto, Chicago and Harvard before becoming a labour relations expert for the federal government in Canada and the Rockefeller empire in the United States.
marie greenslade
French translation:record de longévité
Explanation:
It may sound pompous to non-French ears, but the usual way French speakers deal with longest-serving is to speak of "record de longévité", in this case "qui établit ensuite le record de longévité d'un Premier ministre canadien".
The second reference below is actually a text in French describing the same Mr. King and his longévité in office. How is that?
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VBaby
Local time: 02:36
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Pretty darn good...
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2ayant exercé le plus long mandat
Guereau
5qui plus tard est devenu le premier ministre au mandat le plus long
mckinnc
5record de longévité
VBaby
4dont le mandat de premier ministe fut le plus long
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dont le mandat de premier ministe fut le plus long


Explanation:
juste une possibilité

JH Trads
United States
Local time: 21:36
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
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qui plus tard est devenu le premier ministre au mandat le plus long


Explanation:
HTH

mckinnc
Local time: 03:36
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record de longévité


Explanation:
It may sound pompous to non-French ears, but the usual way French speakers deal with longest-serving is to speak of "record de longévité", in this case "qui établit ensuite le record de longévité d'un Premier ministre canadien".
The second reference below is actually a text in French describing the same Mr. King and his longévité in office. How is that?


    Reference: http://www.lesechos.fr/secteurs/aeronautique/aeronautique_in...
    Reference: http://www.capcan.ca/gatineau/summer/french/tosee/mackenzie/...
VBaby
Local time: 02:36
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 6
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Pretty darn good...
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
ayant exercé le plus long mandat


Explanation:
King - qui devint ultérieurement le Premier ministre ayant exercé le plus long mandat - avait été formé

Guereau
France
Local time: 03:36
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jacqui s: Could be prevalent in politics.
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agree  Albane GAND
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