Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
[que nous puissions déjeuner] ensemble sur place, en tête-à-tête
English translation:
[if we could have lunch] together at the venue, just the two of us
French term
Spain
A cut above the rest in translation...
Native in: English (Variants: Irish, US, UK) 
, Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Standard-Spain)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
ensemble sur place, en tête-à-tête
"Chère XXXXX,
Je me réjouis bien sincèrement que nos entreprises respectives se retrouvent gare de l’Est pour une belle célébration des dix ans d’alleo, le XX juin prochain. Avant les événements officiels et la bilatérale qui vont nous mobiliser, je serais heureuse que nous puissions déjeuner ensemble sur place, en tête-à-tête, aux environs de 13 h 45. Nous pourrions ainsi échanger et préparer l'interview que nous donnons juste après.
Dans cette attente,"
Going into UK English. Thanks in advance
| 4 | have lunch together, just the two of us, |
Jennifer Levey
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| 4 | we can have a one-to-one lunch meeting at the venue |
Francois Boye
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| 4 -2 | ..we can have a private lunch at the venue |
Verginia Ophof
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May 20, 2017 08:45: Nikki Scott-Despaigne changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
May 22, 2017 12:24: Jennifer Levey Created KOG entry
May 22, 2017 21:48: James A. Walsh changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1986376">Jennifer Levey's</a> old entry - "ensemble sur place, en tête-à-tête"" to ""have lunch together, just the two of us,""
May 22, 2017 21:54: James A. Walsh changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/141521">James A. Walsh's</a> old entry - "nous puissions déjeuner ensemble sur place, en tête-à-tête"" to ""have lunch together at the venue, just the two of us""
May 22, 2017 22:04: James A. Walsh changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/141521">James A. Walsh's</a> old entry - "[que nous nous puissions déjeuner] ensemble sur place, en tête-à-tête"" to ""[if we could have lunch] together at the venue, just the two of us""
Non-PRO (3): mchd, writeaway, Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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Proposed translations
Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
have lunch together, just the two of us,
| Plain speak is definitely the way forward here, Robin — thanks! |
Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
United States
An economic geek with social skills
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
we can have a one-to-one lunch meeting at the venue
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Note added at 2 hrs (2017-05-20 01:08:50 GMT)
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Erratum: ONE-ON-ONE instead of one-to-one
| For the record: I totally agree with you about "en tête-à-tête"! |
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mrrafe
: US EN would be one on one, not one to one. UK EN, don't know.
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Sorry for the oversight!
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Jennifer Levey
: "one-ON-one" in en-GB as well.
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sorry for the oversight!
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Simplfy: 'have lunch together (says it all) at the same venue". I don't think it is necessary to seek to translate "en tête-à-tête". It is clear enough.
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I must translate 'en tête-à-tête'
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