Convivialite in english ?

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Permalink Reply by Frank on June 29, 2009 at 9:41am

Hospitality / conviviality.

Unless you're talking about software. In that case, say user-friendliness ("an user-friendly interface").

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Permalink Reply by PHILIPPE SAUZEDDE on June 29, 2009 at 10:01am

Thank you so much . I am talking about CONVIVIALITE in the restaurant business and not about software.May we say Friendly contact ?

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Permalink Reply by Frank on June 29, 2009 at 10:14am

"hospitality" would probably fit the bill.

But let native English speakers speak up.

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Permalink Reply by PHILIPPE SAUZEDDE on June 29, 2009 at 10:22am

For me Hospitalite & Convivialite are a little bit different .I
must use both words for a seminaire and would like to find
the right translation for both words .May we say :
FRIENDLYNESS APPROACH TO YOUR CUSTOMER ?

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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on June 29, 2009 at 2:54pm

Philippe-- almost, but there's actually a more succinct way to say it in English. You can talk about "customer-friendliness", or sometimes the expresssion "service with a smile" is used (althuogh it's a bit of a cliché). The adjective "customer-friendly" can be used to talk about "customer-friendly service" or a "customer-friendly approach".

In the case of a restaurant, you could also simply talk about a "friendly atmosphere" or a "welcoming atmosphere".

There are other more loose translations that are also better for other contexts. For example, if it was in an advertisement for your restaurant, where the ultimate aim was to convince more customers to come, you might talk about things such as a "cozy, family atmosphere".

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Permalink Reply by PHILIPPE SAUZEDDE on June 30, 2009 at 5:10am

Hi Neil,
Bonjour !

Thank you very much for those precious explanations .
Now I understand ,perfect. .Merci beaucoup .

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