gent: Les ´gents´ préfèrent l´Asie à la City

[sesquipedalian]

This headline from Le Monde (Les ´gents´ préfèrent l´Asie à la City) is followed by this pull-quote: (Londres voit partir de jeunes banquiers, mais garde des /illegible word/: ses horaires, son droit, sa stabilité.)

What expression could substitute for ´they´in this translation of the headline: ´They prefer Asia to the City´ ? Feel free to translate the headline at will.

Thanks,
Sesquipedalian

 

[Gargamelle]

Gents prefer Asia to the City ("gents" is an English word, which is why it's in quotation marks.)

or "(London's) Young bankers/young gents opt for Asia" or "Asia better than City, say gents"
or "Gentlemen prefer Asia" (I'm trying to be idiomatic and sound like a "Wall Street Journal" or "New York Times" headline.)


Gargamelle

 

[sesquipedalian]

So ´gents´is the English word! The ´Asia better than City, say gents´proposal is a winner. Thanks.

 

[XIII56]

I think it's a play on words : it deals with the Gents but it uses the expression "les gens préfèrent ..." = people prefer ...

 

[Gargamelle]

Yes, it's a play on words, but that gets lost in translation.