Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
accélérer d'une façon providentielle
English translation:
miraculously increase
Added to glossary by
Barbara Cochran, MFA
Dec 20, 2012 22:16
11 yrs ago
French term
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
accélérer d'une façon providentielle
French to English
Bus/Financial
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
in a contemporary novel
Contexte:
"Jack Chou avait sans doute trouvé le fils qu'il n'avait jamais pu avoir, et grâce à ce gendre, il avait pu, enfin, accélérer les investissements de son groupe de façon providentielle."
What the head of a corporation was able to do because of the efforts of his son-in-law, who works in the company.
"Jack Chou avait sans doute trouvé le fils qu'il n'avait jamais pu avoir, et grâce à ce gendre, il avait pu, enfin, accélérer les investissements de son groupe de façon providentielle."
What the head of a corporation was able to do because of the efforts of his son-in-law, who works in the company.
Proposed translations
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Change log
Dec 20, 2012 22:26: writeaway changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Bus/Financial" , "Field (write-in)" from "Contemporary Novel" to "in a contemporary novel"
Dec 27, 2012 13:30: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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10 hrs
Selected
miraculously/unexpectedly increase
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Merci."
13 mins
increase providentially the investments of his company
providentially as in "as a result of a fortunate event"
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AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois) 
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
Related KudoZ points
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115
favorably add to/increase/grow his company's investmernts/assets
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Note from asker:
| It certainly wasn't confirmed by my dictionary or I never would have entered the question. |
Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
: sounds like English and can be confirmed by Fr-En dictionaries (and other sources).
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many thanks P
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Daryo
: sounds also like a "weak version" of the ST: "d'une façon providentielle" = his son-in-law was a godsend
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no mention of "godsend" in the ST
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Victoria Britten
France
France
Native in English
France
Tracking the right turn of phrase
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English, English, French
Related KudoZ points
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31
-1
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thanks to this godsend of son-in-law... see sentence
"Jack Chou avait sans doute trouvé le fils qu'il n'avait jamais pu avoir, et grâce à ce gendre, il avait pu, enfin, accélérer les investissements de son groupe de façon providentielle."
"... and thanks to this godsend of son-in-law, he was finally able to kick the expansion of his group off the ground."
une façon providentielle = comme si la Providence l'avait envoyé = his son-in-law was a godsend
"... Les valeurs gaullistes (impressions de lecture du tome Le salut de ses mémoires)
Ce héros et sauveur se sent investi d'une mission, ce qui fait de lui un personnage providentiel. Cette mission lui a été inspirée tantôt par la détresse de la patrie, tantôt par la France elle-même, tantôt par les français, tantôt par un 'il" impersonnel. C'est un peu comme si la providence divine l'avait envoyé pour sauver le pays. ..."
[http://academie-philosophique.over-blog.com/article-les-vale...]
"... and thanks to this godsend of son-in-law, he was finally able to kick the expansion of his group off the ground."
une façon providentielle = comme si la Providence l'avait envoyé = his son-in-law was a godsend
"... Les valeurs gaullistes (impressions de lecture du tome Le salut de ses mémoires)
Ce héros et sauveur se sent investi d'une mission, ce qui fait de lui un personnage providentiel. Cette mission lui a été inspirée tantôt par la détresse de la patrie, tantôt par la France elle-même, tantôt par les français, tantôt par un 'il" impersonnel. C'est un peu comme si la providence divine l'avait envoyé pour sauver le pays. ..."
[http://academie-philosophique.over-blog.com/article-les-vale...]
Peer comment(s):
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AllegroTrans
: "of a son-in-law", surely?// no; the indefinite article is still required
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the godsend is that he got this particular individual as son-in-law (as opposed to any other potential son-in-law), not a son-in-law (as opposed to no son-in-law at all); makes sense?// then with your correction...
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cc in nyc
: imo "godsend" is wrong here; "grâce à ce gendre," should not be conflated that with "accélérer d'une façon providentielle." // the latter expression refers to investments, not the son-in-law; imo calling him a "godsend" is over translation.
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check what could be providentielle/"comme si la Providence l'avait envoyé"; a method? a person? which one? look at the main message(AFAK that's the point of writing - the writer has something to say - the whole sentence is one unit, not words)
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increase...returns on investments/profitability.
My understanding of "providentielle" here is that his son-in-law's contribution enabled Jack to embark on projects and transactions that yielded higher profits than before.
The whole "investissements...de façon providentielle" seems a rather awkward construction to express that idea, and Daryo may be on to something, but I think it might just be clumsy writing.
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Note added at 4 days (2012-12-25 18:27:58 GMT)
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In answer to Daryo and cc's comments, I think "de façon providentielle" refers to the "investissements"; i.e. Jack's son-in-law enabled Jack to make more profitable investments than before; so it's not the rate of investment itself that has increased, but rather the number of good investments - Jack's son-in-law is guiding the company into a more profitable direction.
It's an awkward way to put it in the FR, which is why I reckon it may be an example of clumsy writing.
The whole "investissements...de façon providentielle" seems a rather awkward construction to express that idea, and Daryo may be on to something, but I think it might just be clumsy writing.
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Note added at 4 days (2012-12-25 18:27:58 GMT)
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In answer to Daryo and cc's comments, I think "de façon providentielle" refers to the "investissements"; i.e. Jack's son-in-law enabled Jack to make more profitable investments than before; so it's not the rate of investment itself that has increased, but rather the number of good investments - Jack's son-in-law is guiding the company into a more profitable direction.
It's an awkward way to put it in the FR, which is why I reckon it may be an example of clumsy writing.
Example sentence:
...he was finally able to increase his (group's) returns on investments.
...he was finally able to increase his (group's) profitability.
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