We mean business

[AL Ranson]

Hello!

I am trying to come up with a neat (short) French translation of "We mean business" and "we are serious about European business".

So far, I've come up with:

"Nous prenons les affaires au serieux"

and

"Les affaires europeenes: nous les prenons au serieux"

 

What do you think?  Any good ideas?

merci beaucoup

al

[lauris]

I'm not sure about the translation of "We mean business".

But for your second sentence, "Les affaires européennes : nous les prenons au sérieux" sounds like a catchphrase for an add to me. You can simply say "Nous prenons les affaires européennes au sérieux".

[Neil Coffey]

I think that's the point -- they want to translate the catchphrase for their ad!

[AL Ranson]

precisement, Neil!   Although actually it's not an ad, it's a line in an internal video we're making. 

Don't suppose anyone knows the same translation in Polish, German, Dutch and Croatian do they? ;)