Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

à

English translation:

at/@

Added to glossary by James Armel Smith
Jul 27, 2021 23:57
2 yrs ago
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Dutch term

Order à

Dutch to English Bus/Financial Finance (general)
This term appears in a Dutch source text, in the context of selecting various volumes of stocks to order:

e.g. Order à € 6.500, Order à € 10.000, Order à € 500.000

I have read that à in French can mean "to/up to", but this previous discussion of the term in a similar context suggests the opposite ("order from") to be the case here: https://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/internet-e-comm...

Any thoughts on what the best translation for this is? As a non-French speaker, I'm struggling a bit with the appearance of this in the Dutch text.

Thanks in advance for your help!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 Order at/@

Discussion

Lianne van de Ven Jul 28, 2021:
5 stuks a € 0,30 per stuk This typically means @ (as in the example in the subject line): e.g. volume is 5 @ € 0,30 each. It could also be "van" (order of € 6500,00). But there should be no accent on à and there is usually no separator up to € 9999,00. à (with grave accent) is used to indicate a range, e.g. 5000 à 6000 (between 5K and 6K or about 5k to 6K). More context might be helpful as it seems to contain an error.
James Armel Smith (asker) Jul 28, 2021:
Written as it appears in the text: It appears in the Dutch (not Belgian) text exactly as written: "Order à € 6.500," etc. These three options are simply preceded by "Select volume" (also already in English). Does the "à" even require translation then, or is it acceptable to simply leave it as "Order à" in the English text?

Proposed translations

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5 hrs
Selected

Order at/@

It just means that's what the order costs.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2021-07-28 07:44:02 GMT)
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PS: definitely do not leave it as "à" :-)

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Note added at 7 hrs (2021-07-28 07:48:26 GMT)
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Van Dale Groot Woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal (14e ed., 2005)

see: 2. (bij prijsaanduiding) voor de prijs van het genoemde bedrag per eenheid

5 meter à 6 euro


Note from asker:
Thanks so much, Michael! Incredibly helpful, as always!
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