Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
puissance tutélaire
English translation:
sheltering power
Added to glossary by
B D Finch
Sep 20, 2006 08:11
18 yrs ago
French term
puissance tutélaire
French to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
urban planning
"l'Union Soviétique, puissance tutélaire vers laquelle s'est tourné le Vietnam après la guerre..."
(Il s'agit d'un rappel historique des raisons qui ont poussé le Vietnam a se tourner vers l'URSS.)
(Il s'agit d'un rappel historique des raisons qui ont poussé le Vietnam a se tourner vers l'URSS.)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | sheltering power |
B D Finch
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| 3 +3 | protective/guardian/tutelary |
a05
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| 1 | big brother |
Jeffrey Lewis
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Proposed translations
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sheltering power
Though this gets most Google hits in a theological context, it is also used in a secular sense e.g.
"harvest losses or take advantage of the sheltering power of the Capital Gains Refund Mechanism. (CGRM). Hence, the natural turnover rate of Canadian ...
www.canadianfundwatch.com/modules.php?name=News&file=articl... "
"harvest losses or take advantage of the sheltering power of the Capital Gains Refund Mechanism. (CGRM). Hence, the natural turnover rate of Canadian ...
www.canadianfundwatch.com/modules.php?name=News&file=articl... "
Note from asker:
| Interesting. This might work if I can't find anything more precise. Thanks |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+3
10 mins
protective/guardian/tutelary
Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting
Reference:
Note from asker:
| "Puissance" is clearly "power" as in superpower. There's an additional, darker connotation to "tutélaire" which these standard translations miss out though. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Julie Barber
: and puissance? a force maybe...
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or a power
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Céline Débiton
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merci
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Romanian Translator (X)
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6 hrs
Jeffrey Lewis
United States
United States
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academic and scientific translations
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English
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big brother
No explanation needed, I guess.
There's also the stock expression, "tutelary deity", which I think might actually have been intended here, because the North Vietnamese were at one point very attached to the idea of a big brother that would defend them against China, thus conforming to Sun Tzu's "make friends far away" rule.
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Note added at 1 day6 hrs (2006-09-21 14:27:31 GMT)
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Good to know I'm able to offend authorities internationally, not just at home.
The word "tutelary" statistically speaking is still found most often in company with "deity" in English (and I imagine that the original expression is from Greek)
There's also the stock expression, "tutelary deity", which I think might actually have been intended here, because the North Vietnamese were at one point very attached to the idea of a big brother that would defend them against China, thus conforming to Sun Tzu's "make friends far away" rule.
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Note added at 1 day6 hrs (2006-09-21 14:27:31 GMT)
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Good to know I'm able to offend authorities internationally, not just at home.
The word "tutelary" statistically speaking is still found most often in company with "deity" in English (and I imagine that the original expression is from Greek)
Note from asker:
| Really nice thinking! Might be a little strong and critical for the taste of VN authorities here though! :) |
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