Apr 8, 2009 16:57
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French term

prise de parole

French to English Marketing Advertising / Public Relations appraisal of ad campaign
This is from an assessment of the performance of an ad campaign (by a car window repair firm). I can't find a good way of expressing this apart from publicity drive - 'prise de parole' here I think simply means they have taken centre stage, spoken out, 'talked' to the public, etc. Here they list the advantages of having launched their campaign:

"La prise de parole

induit des réponses positives sur les performances de brand
Renforce le territoire de brand sur les services qu'elle propose [...]

Un impact sur l’image qui est plus significatif auprès des femmes and non clients de l’enseigne.

Discussion

ormiston (asker) Apr 15, 2009:
due to client feedback the client's choice of expression misled everyone but I'd like to thank you all for getting close - the idea was actually simple. See Bourth's comment (!)
Bourth (X) Apr 9, 2009:
Typical, bloody typical!
ormiston (asker) Apr 9, 2009:
client feedback well, to save further beating about the bush I asked the author! This is what he replied:

"Prise de parole peut être remplacée par : la publicité / la diffusion de la publicité / la communication. C’est dans ce sens la que j’ai utilisé « la prise de parole ».

J’espère que cela vous aide
ormiston (asker) Apr 8, 2009:
Bourth yes that's the one! so how could I put this 'XXX takes to the stage' succinctly?
Bourth (X) Apr 8, 2009:
If it's this 1 (video) it's a member of staff who "prend la parole", but I do tend 2 think of it as "the company expressing itself" rather than testimonials or other individuals.
http://news.autoplus.fr/news/920787/Carglass-Rouxel-publicit...
Emma Paulay Apr 8, 2009:
Hmm, I see what you mean.
ormiston (asker) Apr 8, 2009:
Emma You are probably right about the ad in question - a 'genuine testimonial' approach. But I wonder if 'prise de parole' here is really literally that. It first appears at the top of a Brand Awareness chart:

La prise de parole permet d’accroitre cependant la connaissance de l’enseigne auprès des non clients.

Hence my interpretation that it is more broadly the 'brand talking to the public'.They have not yet gone into the details of the commercial.
Emma Paulay Apr 8, 2009:
If it's the ad I'm thinking of, "prise de parole" would refer to "real-life" examples: mock "interviews" of people who have used the company's services and been ever so, ever so pleased with it and would recommend it to absolutely everyone...

Proposed translations

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Speaking up

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Hello,

No matter how you slice it or dice it, "prise de parole" has to do with speaking about something, even if it's not literally "vocal."

speaking up = expressing freely

I hope this helps.
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1 hr

pro-active/up-front communication

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Initiating a dialogue?
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2 hrs

Getting our face known

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Another option.

The 'man-in-the-street' flavour of the ad. makes me think it is important to this firm that potential customers feel they know and can trust them.
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1 hr

speaking out

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we about us

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Note added at 13 hrs (2009-04-09 06:17:08 GMT)
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RAISING OUR PROFILE

COMING OUT (clin d'oeil !)
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14 hrs

Addressing the public

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This is a bland and obvious option, similar to the "talking to the public" you use several times in your explanation.
Addressing the public has a positive influence on brand performance, etc.
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29 mins

voicing (the brand)

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Don't know if this applies here really, but just thought I'd start somewhere :-)

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Note added at 1 day22 mins (2009-04-09 17:19:27 GMT)
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Given the client's reply, I think this might be quite relevant.
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