Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
professionals
French translation:
professionnels
English term
United States
professionals
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| 4 +3 | professionnels |
Robin Dufaye
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| 4 +1 | des professionnels |
Mireille BOULANGER
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| 4 +1 | professionnels |
Linda Miranda
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| 5 | Les spécialistes/Experts/Techniciens |
Francois Boye
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Jan 4, 2015 22:22: Tony M changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Peter LEGUIE, Victoria Britten, Tony M
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Proposed translations
France
Quality and reliability
Native in: French
Works in: Spanish to French, English to French, French
professionnels
des professionnels
Portugal
Translator since 2013 /FR, ES, IT >PT-PT
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: French to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
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.
Les spécialistes/Experts/Techniciens
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Note added at 1 day19 hrs (2015-01-06 12:43:21 GMT)
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On peut ajouter: "Les gens du métier"
Ce dernier terme est proche du terme "techniciens." Mais il regroupe essentiellement les hommes d'affaires d'une profession, regroupés au sein d'une chambre de commerce, qui ont blanchi sous le harnais !
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Tony M
: Not really in this specific context (it reflects more closely the FR meaning of 'professionnel') — as distinct from 'amateur'; here, it is more 'professional' vs. 'general public', and don't forget in EN it can also mean specifically 'profession libérale'
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"professionnel" as opposed to amateur is mainly a sport concept in French.
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Daryo
: CL5 sounds very optimistic! 'professions libérales' is faaaar more likely to be what is meant ...
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Right! But notice that "professions" is not "professionnels". And the adjective "liberales" had to be added to clarify. In France, when they say "Les professionnels", it is complemented with another noun
(du tourisme, de la banque, de la bourse, etc..)
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Discussion
Who are "les professionnels du tourisme, du spectacle, de la banque, de la bourse, de la viticulture etc...)? These are the business people living off tourism, showbiz, banking, stock market, wine production. In my mind, these people have a specialty (specialistes, experts) and have technical skills (techniciens), which is why there are business people. It is not the other way round.
By the same token, "es professions liberales" are specialized in legal procedures, lawyering, and enforcing due process of the law.
Your 3 suggestions are too restrictive in their individual meanings.
I totally agree that in FR 'professionnel' without further qualification would be misleading; the problem is trying to find a succinct solution that covers all the bases.
Unfortunately, none of the three words you suggested would satisfactorily encompass all that is implied by the word in EN; in fact, even all 3 together would still miss out a very important part of the source text meaning.
As François says, in FR, when we say 'professionnel', it tends to mean (say) an 'artisan' — as distinct from a 'bricoleur'; other kinds of professions are usually further qualified.
However, in EN, although the same distinction does of course exist between 'professional' and 'amateur' (and not only in sport, as François says is the case in FR), when we talk about 'professionals', it is often used to describe a socio-economic group, part at least of which would correspond to people practising a 'profession libérale' in FR; François equally points out that in FR the difference between 'professionnel' and 'profession' as in 'libérale' is important; however, this is only really because, AFAIK, there is no one word in FR for a 'professionnel libéral'! It always seems to require a periphrase...