Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
terreau fondeur
English translation:
nurturing foundation
French term
United Kingdom
BA(Hons) FITI MCIL CL ISO 17100:2015
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
terreau fondeur
A little creativity required here as this is a play on words, 'fondeur' referring to the fact that XXX is the founding company of the Group, and also a 'foundry' company, hence the double-entendre of the adjective 'fondeur' (foundryman, foundry worker and suchlike as well as 'founding').
Any suggestions much appreciated.
TIA
| 1 +2 | nurturing foundation left us by ... fine harvests |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 | founding base/mold/crib |
Hélène Treloar
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| 3 | founding pool/hotbed |
Valerie Scaletta
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| 1 | founding leaven |
Ken McKerrow
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Mar 8, 2008 08:40: suezen changed "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Manufacturing" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Mar 8, 2008 14:20: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing"
Proposed translations
nurturing foundation left us by ... fine harvests
Pushing the boat right out, you could say "The foundry sands from which xxx set us asail will see us return fully laden with gold and riches and fine tapestries, incense and myrrh ..."
"We will time and time again return fully laden to the foundry sands from which XXX set us asail"
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-03-08 00:06:42 GMT)
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Work "CAST off" into the nautical imagery?
Canada
German>English for Law, IP and Business
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
founding leaven
I'm thinking 'founding leaven of xxx will allow us to rise to great heights'
Qc, translation, interpretation, local
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: French to English, English to French
founding base/mold/crib
Italy
language is my key
Native in: English (Variant: UK) , Italian (Variant: Standard-Italy)
Works in: Italian to English, French to English, English to Italian, and 3 more.
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