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232 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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232 months ago

   wrote:

area...very trendy

232 months ago

   wrote:

posh (swanky) or trendy neighborhood

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232 months ago

   wrote:

Depends on the context: in this context I suspect that 'posh'/'swanky' would be too low a register. I would use 'trendy neighbourhood'... Best regards,

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232 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

cutting-edge

My comment:

cutting-edge place

My references:

I already asked this question from english into french in a well known site likeTraduGuide. I got the answer from a skilled english translator into french

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232 months ago

   wrote:

Yes, but that was for a club, I don't think that it applies to an entire neighborhood

232 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

There is also this expression pour quartier branché : A dope neighborhood. http://www.ocf.­berkeley.edu/~w­rader/slang/d.html

232 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

I always associate 'cutting-edge' with technological developments/innovations, and so agree with Claude: I would never say a neighbourhood/area is 'cutting-edge'. And I have never come across 'a dope neighbourhood' in written English. I couldn't access the URL you gave, Christine, but it clearly has something to do with slang, which can be very geographically specific and is certianly at the bottom end of the register scale - i.e. definitely not appropriate for a text promoting tourism amongst a wealthy (and therefore at least fairly educated) target audience... Hope this helps!

232 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

hip or trendy in this case would be more appropriate. Any comments?

232 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

Yes, but that was for a club, I don't think that it applies to an entire neighborhood

232 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

Proach area

232 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

upscale district or trendy or well connected

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232 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

branchè in french means also "A la mode" When you are talking about an hotel located in a quartier tres branchè, you mean that the hotel is located in a neighborhood (or for city like New York in a District) very upscale and very trendy. I know that because I lived several years in France and "très branchè" it is the term used by the "locals" in such sense. Read http://www.amazon.fr/Yen-marre-blondes-Lauren-Henderson/dp/2020481308 description in the Quatrième de couverture (description of the product)

232 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

I agree with "Upscale or trendy neighboorhood" (district is OK too).

232 months ago

myrthe   wrote:

I agree with "Upscale or trendy neighboorhood" (district is OK too).

232 months ago

Isabel Ruivo   wrote:

District/Precinct ...quite hype/very trendy

My comment:

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232 months ago

Gina W   wrote:

I agree.