Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
to be ringing in
French translation:
célébrer
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2021-02-12 15:58:42 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Feb 9, 2021 12:46
3 yrs ago
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English term
France
Quality and reliability
Native in: French
Works in: Spanish to French, English to French, French
to be ringing in
English to French
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Letter
Dear Team,
I’d like to wish you all a very happy New Year!
I am thrilled to be ringing in 2021 with all of you.
As we enter this new year, I’d like to take this occasion to reflect back on 2020, and consider the opportunities before us.
C'est la première fois que je rencontre cette expression.
Je suis ravi de commencer l'année 2021 avec vous ???? Ça me paraît léger, d'autant que la phrase suivante évoque le "début de la nouvelle année"
Que proposez-vous ?
Merci !
I’d like to wish you all a very happy New Year!
I am thrilled to be ringing in 2021 with all of you.
As we enter this new year, I’d like to take this occasion to reflect back on 2020, and consider the opportunities before us.
C'est la première fois que je rencontre cette expression.
Je suis ravi de commencer l'année 2021 avec vous ???? Ça me paraît léger, d'autant que la phrase suivante évoque le "début de la nouvelle année"
Que proposez-vous ?
Merci !
Proposed translations
(French)
| 4 +4 | célébrer |
Gregory Marneffe
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| 5 | pour fêter/ faire fête |
Justin Reeve
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| 4 | commencer une nouvelle année |
Clémentine Terrell
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| 4 | de démarrer |
Nathalie Beaudelot
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| 4 | de jouer en |
MassimoA
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| 3 | étrenner |
Tony M
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Proposed translations
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16 mins
Gregory Marneffe
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Native in French
Specializes in field
Luxembourg
Absolute commitment to quality
Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, Belgian) 
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French, French to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
célébrer
Bonjour Robin,
"To ring in the New Year" est une expression signifiant fêter la nouvelle année. Dans ce contexte, j'utiliserais plutôt le verbe célébrer, en supposant que ces collègues ne réveillonnent pas ensemble.
Cordialement,
Gregory
"To ring in the New Year" est une expression signifiant fêter la nouvelle année. Dans ce contexte, j'utiliserais plutôt le verbe célébrer, en supposant que ces collègues ne réveillonnent pas ensemble.
Cordialement,
Gregory
Note from asker:
| Merci |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
gilbertlu
: OK pour célébrer, au sens de fêter. "étrenner" utiliser pour la 1ère fois a un sens différent en français.
44 mins
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| agree |
AllegroTrans
: Moien! Ganz bestëmmt
56 mins
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| agree |
Antoine Wicquart
1 hr
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| agree |
Goumiri Abdennour
: Aussi "fêter" pour "ring in"...
1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
13 mins
étrenner
'ringing in' is used in a fairly small number of contexts — the underlying idea being the ringing of (church etc.) bells to indicate (usually happy) news: a marriage, the start of a new year, a victory in war, etc.
Similarly, in other more figurative senses, like "the appointment of the new Chairman rings in a new era for our Company"
Not a dissimilar sense from 'ringing the changes' — though here with no 'in'; but still referring to the use of bells...
Similarly, in other more figurative senses, like "the appointment of the new Chairman rings in a new era for our Company"
Not a dissimilar sense from 'ringing the changes' — though here with no 'in'; but still referring to the use of bells...
53 mins
Clémentine Terrell
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in French
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Amazon, e-commerce, travel/tourism EN>FR
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French
Related KudoZ points
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4
commencer une nouvelle année
Normally I would translate this with "célébrer le Nouvel An", but in this context, I suggest "commencer cette nouvelle année avec vous" instead.
This is clearly a professional email sent from a manager to his/her staff ("Dear Team"), so we can assume they did not celebrate the actual New Year together. Instead, he/she is simply thrilled to be starting a new year with his team around him/her.
This is clearly a professional email sent from a manager to his/her staff ("Dear Team"), so we can assume they did not celebrate the actual New Year together. Instead, he/she is simply thrilled to be starting a new year with his team around him/her.
Example sentence:
Je suis ravi(e) de commencer cette nouvelle année avec vous.
1 hr
Nathalie Beaudelot
Ireland
Ireland
Native in French
Ireland
Tourism, food industry, pharmaceutical
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to French
de démarrer
très heureux de débuter 2021...
10 hrs
Justin Reeve
Canada
Canada
Native in English
Canada
Archaeologist, Historian, Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French, German to English, and 1 more.
pour fêter/ faire fête
The idiom is generally used at parties.
22 hrs
de jouer en
Je pense que le contexte est un musicien qui espère jouer en 2021 avec le public auquel ce message est adressé.
Discussion
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https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/ring-in-the-new-year...