TRADUguide - Your Guide to Translators and Translation Agencies

149 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   asked this question:

This question has already been answered and rated. Therefore, no new answers can be given.

149 months ago

   wrote:

books (in the sense of "listed items")

My comment:

une référence se rapporte à un produit enregistré auprès d'un commercant, d'une chaine, d'une centrale d'achat et permettant au fournisseur de placer son produit dans les points de vente correspondants. Dans le cas présent, il s'agit donc de livres.

My references:

http://www.definitions-marketing.com/Definition-Referencement

149 months ago

   wrote:

reference books

My comment:

Perhaps books related to the biographies of Swiss writers and literary genres employed by those writers. Not absolutely sure because of the lack of context.

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

149 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   wrote:

Regrettably there isn't any more context. But I think Jane's 'book titles' is probably a wiser choice in this instance than the more specific 'reference books'.

149 months ago

   wrote:

books

My comment:

Most often, in my experience the word références is used for products in French. And since the products here are books, I'm pretty sure that website is referring to book titles.

Commander is order, not sure why they put that in parallel with recevoir.

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

149 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   wrote:

Yes, commander/recevoir does seem a bit OTT!

The asker rated this answer best