Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

courant de la littérature

English translation:

one school of thought in the litterature

Added to glossary by Maria Constant (X)
Aug 24, 2005 15:05
19 yrs ago
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French term

courant de la littérature

French to English Marketing Internet, e-Commerce perceived risk on online behaviour
The sentence is "Un courant de la littérature s'est intéresé au comportement de réduction du risque et aux différents réducteurs de risque".

I was thinking of "a litterature trend / trend in litterature has become interested in ..." but I'm not too happy with either of them.

Any ideas ?

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Aug 25, 2005:
It's an article on how online buyers perceive the risks associated with buying on the internet.
RHELLER Aug 24, 2005:
what exactly are you referring to? anti-virus software? internet filtering?

Proposed translations

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French term (edited): courant de la litt�rature
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One school of thought in the literature...

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Maria, re: your proposed translation, I really think you must use *the* literature here, as it appears to refer to a body of academic work in the field of business.
Peer comment(s):

agree Conor McAuley
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agree Philippe Maillard
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agree RHELLER : I would just say "one school of thought" - I don't think literature is required
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neutral Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) : no...the literature is used in real hard science...these are white papers and the like ..
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I'm going on the assumption that this is an academic paper.
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French term (edited): courant de la litt�rature

One trend in (marketing) literature / literature on the subject is to focus on...

Alternatively, "one section of (marketing) literature / literature on the subject now focuses on"...
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French term (edited): courant de la litt�rature

one tendency in the literature has been to examine...

might be another way of phrasing it
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Some writers

the trend among some writers has been too...

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Note added at 2005-08-24 21:41:09 (GMT)
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has been to ( not \'too\')
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agree French Foodie : I like this nice and simple version
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French term (edited): courant de la litt�rature

Some technology experts writing on this subject have dealt with

literature here means the writings on the subject...it is usually used in Science...the literature is a recognized body of work on a particular subject

alternative: Some technology writers or experts

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the ppeople that write on IT are Technology experts

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Un courant de la littérature s'est intéresé au comportement de réduction du risque et aux différents réducteurs de risque".

Some technology experts writing on the subject have shown an interest in risk reduction behavior and various risk-reducing factors.

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This refers to all the White PApers, newsletters, magazine and online articles...technology writers or technology experts

Tchau
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literary wave

"The computer and the Internet are making electronic publication the literary wave
of the future. Electronic publication offers a long list of advantages.."
www.lexiteria.com/glossary

"The huge literary wave of Modernism, which gradually emerged in the United States
in the early twentieth century, articulated a sense of modern life through"
www.term-papers.us/ts/fc/pms66.shtml
Peer comment(s):

neutral Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) : this is way off topic...not the meaning at all...sorry
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