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guests

French translation: hôtes

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English term or phrase:guests
French translation:hôtes
Entered by: TB CommuniCAT

20:46 Jan 4, 2016
English to French translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel / Collateral
English term or phrase: guests
The tree house provides 6 lucky guests with spectacular views

Would "hôtes" be appropriate in this case?

Thank you!
TB CommuniCAT
Canada
Local time: 12:22
hôtes
Explanation:
ou clients
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wolfheart
United States
Local time: 12:22
Grading comment
Merci à tous pour votre aide. Le client à opter pour "hôtes"
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8hôtes
wolfheart
3 +7client
Tony M
4 +1invités
Jean-Claude Gouin
Summary of reference entries provided
Si Fr CA
Joco

Discussion entries: 6





  

Answers


14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
hôtes


Explanation:
ou clients

wolfheart
United States
Local time: 12:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 10
Grading comment
Merci à tous pour votre aide. Le client à opter pour "hôtes"

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marina Denogent
14 mins
agree  Chakib Roula: J'approuve
17 mins
agree  marewa
2 hrs
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
9 hrs
neutral  Tony M: I don't believe this is the dedicated term that is generally used in the tourism industry over here in Europe, though it looks as though it may be used in CA.
12 hrs
agree  Aberstrad
14 hrs
agree  Madeleine Chevassus
14 hrs
agree  Joco
15 hrs
agree  Katalin Hajós
2 days 13 hrs
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
guest
client


Explanation:
...is usually what 'guests' are called in our industry

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Note added at 19 minutes (2016-01-04 21:06:00 GMT)
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Well, certainly for tourism, in all the FR documents I've ever had to translate into EN; I've not done any specifically for resorts, but I have done some pretty prestige luxury venues.

Tony M
France
Local time: 18:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 97
Notes to answerer
Asker: Even for tourism, a resort site?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hélène ALEXIS
10 mins
  -> Merci, Hélène !
agree  Christine HOUDY: clients/vacanciers/touristes
14 mins
  -> Merci, Christine !
agree  Philippe Barré
32 mins
  -> Merci, phi2barre !
disagree  GILLES MEUNIER: des hôtes, dans ce domaine, ce n'est pas simplement customer
9 hrs
  -> In EN, in this field, guest = customer; I don't know where you get any other idea from; in 20+ years translating in this field, I have NEVER encountered 'hôte' in this sense in a formal document (other than humoristically)
agree  Sandra Mouton
12 hrs
  -> Merci, Sandra !
agree  willy paul
13 hrs
  -> Thanks, Willy!
agree  Sheila Wilson: I do a lot of tourism translation from French and, although I know it is possible, my texts very rarely refer to hôtes
14 hrs
  -> Thanks, Sheila! I'm glad your experience confirms my own. 'Chambre d'hôte' is about the only place one finds it regularly. In 'table d'hôte', after all, it means 'host' rather than 'guest'.
agree  Joco
15 hrs
  -> Thanks, Joco!
agree  Esther Y Meugang K
16 hrs
  -> Thanks, 2efficient!
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
invités


Explanation:
*

Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 12:22
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: This doesn't tend to be the term used in the industry (at least over here in France), since 'guest' is a euphemism for '(paying) customer', which runs contrary to 'inviter' "I'll pay for you!"
5 hrs
  -> Of course, it's a euphemism. It's a business. We use it to underline the fact that the client is treated as a guest ...
neutral  Sheila Wilson: Not in French for France, AFAIK, but maybe it's the Canadian French term the Asker will need
8 hrs
  -> See my remarks to Tony ...
agree  Joco
12 hrs
  -> Un gros merci, Joco ... cher voisin ...
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Reference comments


15 hrs
Reference: Si Fr CA

Reference information:
Dans Termium (http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-fra.html?la... et dans le GDT (http://gdt.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=8871345), guest est traduit par hôte, client et invité. À l'usage, il semble toutefois que le terme hôte soit employé de manière plus fréquente.

Joco
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8
Note to reference poster
Asker: Merci!

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