Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
"business tycoon"
French translation:
magnat des affaires
English term
France
"Mr Big-shot" - "this business tycoon"
This is part of a script, where both expressions are used sarcastically by a character to name someone who pretends to be an important business man but in fact is poor and has no job. I'm trying to find 1 or 2 similar expressions in French, something easy and fast for people to understand since it will be used in subtitles :
"And how badly do you want to meet this business tycoon who refuses to answer your calls...?"
"This is Mr Big-Shot"?
May 29, 2013 15:37: Nikta Mowlavi Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
France
Literature/Press Translator - EN-NL-IT>F
Native in: French
Works in: Dutch to French, English to French, Italian to French
Le grand-prince/Son éminence - ce magnat/grand manitou de la finance
Voilà mes modestes suggestions! Bonne chance!
Mr Gros Bonnet - Ce magnat des affaires
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Hugo Paradis
: Vous m'avez précédé.
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merci ! ;-)
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Madeleine Rossi
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merci !
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Jean-Claude Gouin
: Utilise-t-on 'Mr' en Belgique? Au Canada, on utilise 'M.' pour monsieur et 'Mr.' en anglais ... mais jamais 'Mr' ... SVP, éclairez ma lanterne ... Merci. Oui, je suis d'accord avec votre suggestion.
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mmmmm.... M. en Belgique aussi :-(
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Victoria Britten
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merci !
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Anne R
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merci !
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Claudia LEDUC
: Très bien! Et je suis d'accord avec 1045, l'abréviation "Mr" est à réserver à l'anglais (pas seulement au Canada, en France aussi, même si l'erreur y est fait fréquemment). Il faut plutôt utiliser "M." en français.
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France
Culture, Multimedia, Marketing
Native in: French
Works in: Chinese to French, English to French, Korean to French, and 1 more.
"Monsieur Gros bonnet" - "magnat des affaires"
| merci pour ces réponses, j'avais effectivement aussi pensé à ces expressions mais je recherche quelque chose de plus courant et sarcastique, voire une métaphore populaire... |
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