Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
clefs de lecture
English translation:
keys to an informed reading
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French Foodie
Nov 19, 2006 12:48
17 yrs ago
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French term
clefs de lecture
French to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
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Sunday brain block.
In the past, I have translated this as "make a careful reading of", but I'm not sure here. Brainstorming ideas welcome!
The text is about the creation of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, and this sentence is describing the 40 or so auditors:
Issus de tous les horizons, scientifiques ou non-scientifiques, membres de la société civile, relais d’opinion…, ils acquièrent des « clefs de lecture » concernant les enjeux du développement scientifique et technologique et contribuent, par leurs échanges et leurs débats, à l’élaboration d’une culture commune, enrichie de promotion en promotion.
In the past, I have translated this as "make a careful reading of", but I'm not sure here. Brainstorming ideas welcome!
The text is about the creation of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, and this sentence is describing the 40 or so auditors:
Issus de tous les horizons, scientifiques ou non-scientifiques, membres de la société civile, relais d’opinion…, ils acquièrent des « clefs de lecture » concernant les enjeux du développement scientifique et technologique et contribuent, par leurs échanges et leurs débats, à l’élaboration d’une culture commune, enrichie de promotion en promotion.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +3 | du brainstorming!only that! |
cjohnstone
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| 4 +2 | insight into how to interpret/understand |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 4 | keys to {(proper) understanding}/{informed reading} |
Carol Gullidge
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Proposed translations
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5 mins
cjohnstone
France
France
Native in French
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English
Specializes in field
France
Experience and feel
Native in: French 
, English (Variant: British)
Works in: English to French, French to English
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du brainstorming!only that!
appraisal tools, deciphering keys, better (more in depth)understanding, novel approaches, better tuned understanding or appraisal, ability to grasp, clues to ,more informed perception of... bon si tu arrives à jongler avec ça, tu vas trouver j'espère!!!
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Note added at 6 mins (2006-11-19 12:54:54 GMT)
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Sunday blocks for all of us!!!:)
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Note added at 14 mins (2006-11-19 13:02:43 GMT)
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without contradicting our colleague CMJ trans, I think we need something shorter... that is why tried to give you short ones, but of course you alone can tell, into the bargain I have the feeling that a substantive or noun will be easier to handle
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Note added at 6 mins (2006-11-19 12:54:54 GMT)
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Sunday blocks for all of us!!!:)
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Note added at 14 mins (2006-11-19 13:02:43 GMT)
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without contradicting our colleague CMJ trans, I think we need something shorter... that is why tried to give you short ones, but of course you alone can tell, into the bargain I have the feeling that a substantive or noun will be easier to handle
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Pierre POUSSIN
8 mins
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thks et bonnes langoustines!!!
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| agree |
PFB (X)
: I like "ability to grasp", i.e. they acquire the ability to grasp... (perhaps?)
24 mins
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yes or just get? depends overall colour of text
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| agree |
Mark Nathan
47 mins
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thks
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I went with informed reading in the end, but since both answers had informed, I awarded points according to the most peer agrees. Many thanks to both of you for your help!"
+2
10 mins
insight into how to interpret/understand
the thing that worries me most is how you can have translated this as "make a careful reading of" in the past....
In other words, they are given some of the keys to enable them to read (i.e. interpret or understand) the underlying issues affecting scientific and technical development, etc.
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Note added at 39 mins (2006-11-19 13:27:20 GMT)
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make an INFORMED reading ????
In other words, they are given some of the keys to enable them to read (i.e. interpret or understand) the underlying issues affecting scientific and technical development, etc.
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Note added at 39 mins (2006-11-19 13:27:20 GMT)
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make an INFORMED reading ????
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your help CMJ. I guess wasn't clear in my muddled Sunday writing - when I translated this in the past, the context was not the same, of course! It's just that it was stuck in my brain and I knew I needed something else for this text. Although is "enable them to make a careful reading of the underlying issues" really that worrisome and off the mark??? Maybe I should just go back to bed! Thanks, once again, for your quick response and insight. |
5 hrs
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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24
keys to {(proper) understanding}/{informed reading}
ie pre-reading clues to a more informed reading
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