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du, de la, des

Je dirige le service du marketing.
 I am head of marketing.

La mise en route de la première ligne.
 The setting up of the first line.

Deux autres ont une formation d'ingénieurs qualifiés dans le traitement des matériaux.
 The other two have been trained as engineers and are qualified to deal with building materials.

le marketingdu marketing
la ligne de la ligne
les matériaux des matériaux

To indicate possession French uses de which becomes du(literally de + le) before a masculine noun and des (literally de + les) before a plural noun (for both masculine and feminine).
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