TRANSLATING PLACE NAMES / TRADUCTION DES TOPONYMES

Some place names are translated :

- Western Europe (AM 86) : l'Europe occidentale

- Eastern Europe (AM 91) : l'Europe orientale

- Northern California (AM 88) : la Californie septentrionale

- Southern California (AM 88) : la Californie méridionale

- Saudi Arabia : l'Arabie séoudite

- the U.S. (AM 85) : les Etats-Unis, les E.U. (avoid les U.S. as in English the U.S. is singular)

- the U.S. population : la population des Etats-Unis

- U.S. consumers and politicians : les consommateurs et les politiciens américains

- the Persian Gulf : le Golfe persique

- New York City schools (US) (AM 84) : les écoles de New York, les écoles newyorkaises

Note : Middleport, N.Y. (US) (AM 85) : Middleport dans l'état de New York

- beautiful Lake Winebago (US) (AM 81) : le beau lac Winebago

- Boston's Appleton Street (US) (AM 82) : la rue Appleton de Boston

Note : at No 10, Downing Street (GB) : au No 10, Downing Street (not translated as this is the official residence of the British Prime Minister)

- the San Diego Freeway (US) (AM 88) : l'autoroute (sans péage) de San Diego

Note : French place names translated into English are to be translated back into French :

- Mount Auxois (AM 92) : le Mont Auxois (its French original designation)

- the Saint-Lazare station : la gare Saint-Lazare (its French original designation)

- the Champs-Elysées roundabout : le rond-point des Champs-Elysées (its French original designation)

Other place names are not translated :

- Newport Beach (US) (AM 88) : Newport Beach (name of a town)

- Long Beach (US) (AM 88) : Long Beach (name of a town)

- South Gate (US) (AM 88) : South Gate (name of a town)

-Times Beach, Mo. (US) (AM 85) : Times Beach dans le Missouri

- Hyde Park (GB) : Hyde Park

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