Jun 28, 2014 14:46
10 yrs ago
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French term

Politique et action sociales

French to English Social Sciences Education / Pedagogy Course at teacher training college
One of 20 topics in year 3 of a techer training course
Hard to know whether this means politics or policy
Does anyone have a neat formulation?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +8 social policy and action

Discussion

Dominic D Jun 28, 2014:
context I think what is missing from the discussion is what you explained on the other topic that you are in fact translating marks attached to a diploma and not the course itself. Hence the incertitude
Dominic D Jun 28, 2014:
I agree with writeaway I can't really see the translation problem here. I'm sure the context will tell you if it's policy or politics but seeing the topic I can't imagine that it would be politics as it's policy that dictates action.
AllegroTrans (asker) Jun 28, 2014:
Thank you Phil "Social policy and action" seems to fit. "Employment" seems unlikely as this is about infant teaching.
philgoddard Jun 28, 2014:
And "social actions" is a recognised term in sociology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_actions
philgoddard Jun 28, 2014:
Social Here is the curriculum, or a similar one:
https://applicationspub.unil.ch/interpub/noauth/php/Ud/fiche...
philgoddard Jun 28, 2014:
It means policy - that's why there's an s on the end of sociales. However, it's hard to know what "sociales" means - it could be "social", or it could be "employment".
writeaway Jun 28, 2014:
What is/are your own 'neat' suggestion(s) Is there a specific problem here? Is it different because it's Swiss?

Proposed translations

+8
13 mins
Selected

social policy and action

See the discussion box.
Peer comment(s):

agree B D Finch
3 mins
agree writeaway : why not. we aren't being treated to any context and this isn't exactly unusual or hard-to-find terminology. a shot in the dark that has a good chance of hitting the target (maar dat is niet de bedoeling. Wij moeten het krijgen, niet gaan zoeken....)
3 mins
Thanks. We do have the context - I provided it in the discussion entries.
agree Igor Jaramaz
6 mins
agree Verginia Ophof
58 mins
agree Dominic D : here's the context http://www.esede.ch/files/files/politique_et_action_sociales...
1 hr
agree nweatherdon : policy/politics ... often looks easy but isn't.
4 hrs
agree Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
10 hrs
agree Aya G : seems legit, especially if you pay attention to the grammar rules.
4 days
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