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Distressed Passengers / Distressed Travelers

French translation: passagers en attente

07:12 Jul 22, 2015
English to French translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel
English term or phrase: Distressed Passengers / Distressed Travelers
Hello everybody,

I'm wondering if there is an equivalent in french for this expression.
It's part of a document listing different rates and there is this one :

"Distressed passengers rate"

I understand this point to the passengers who have to wait a night or two before enplaning.

Thank you very much
KLamTranslation
France
Local time: 18:53
French translation:passagers en attente
Explanation:
I propose a vague term because it seems that in French you would have to specify why the passengers/travellers are distressed:
o are passengers waiting to be rerouted (passagers en attente de réacheminement; see link to europa.eu website)? Or
o are they waiting because of a delayed flight (passagers en attente de départ; see FranceAntilles link)?
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Fanny Gendrau
Ireland
Local time: 17:53
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4passagers en attente
Fanny Gendrau
5 +2passagers en souffrance
AbrahamS


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
distressed passengers / distressed travelers
passagers en attente


Explanation:
I propose a vague term because it seems that in French you would have to specify why the passengers/travellers are distressed:
o are passengers waiting to be rerouted (passagers en attente de réacheminement; see link to europa.eu website)? Or
o are they waiting because of a delayed flight (passagers en attente de départ; see FranceAntilles link)?



    Reference: http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/passenger-rights...
    Reference: http://www.martinique.franceantilles.mobi/actualite/faitsdiv...
Fanny Gendrau
Ireland
Local time: 17:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci beaucoup, cela correspond parfaitement au contexte. Je ferme la question dans 24h pour les points. Merci à tous.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Odile Raymond
18 mins
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
51 mins
agree  Annie Rigler
1 hr
agree  Chakib Roula
5 hrs
neutral  patrickfor: "en attente" me semble beaucoup trop générique. tous les passagers qui ne sont pas en train d'embarquer sont en attente...
6 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
distressed passengers / distressed travelers
passagers en souffrance


Explanation:
That is the expression used most often in French. The whole heading would be "tarifs (préférentiels/spéciaux) pour passagers en souffrance".


    Reference: http://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=%22tarifs%22+%22passag...
AbrahamS
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  patrickfor: j'ai verifié avec un ami qui bosse chez Air France ils utilisent 2 termes "passagers en souffrance" et "passager en stand-by" dans ce genre de cas.
5 hrs
  -> Merci. C'est clairement l'expression qu'ils utilisent.
agree  Jocelyne Cuenin: se dit plutôt d'objets, mais ça passe pour les personnes, je pense http://www.cnrtl.fr/lexicographie/souffrance (B.)
7 hrs
  -> Merci.
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