Oct 20, 2009 06:52
14 yrs ago
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French term
accompagner chaque talent vers l’excellence
French to English
Bus/Financial
Human Resources
This is the title of the introduction to an energy company's Human Resources policy.
At issue is the word "talent," which refers to the company's skilled employees, with the HR policy intended to maximise the use of their skills.
Thanks for any ideas!
At issue is the word "talent," which refers to the company's skilled employees, with the HR policy intended to maximise the use of their skills.
Thanks for any ideas!
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Oct 20, 2009 07:26: Stéphanie Soudais (X) changed "Term asked" from "Accompagner chaque talent vers l’excellence" to "accompagner chaque talent vers l’excellence"
Proposed translations
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23 mins
Selected
Striving for excellence
As it's a title, I would be quite free with the translation and use something that corresponds to en marketing speech. After all, the details will be given in the body of the text.
Peer comment(s):
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HugoSteckel
: I agree, this reads perfectly naturally and I don't feel there's any loss at all.
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thanks
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agree |
Michel F. Morin
: Right
1 hr
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merci
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agree |
mimi 254
1 hr
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thanks
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agree |
Chris Hall
: Spot on John - catchy and to the point. This is how a title should be.
4 hrs
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thanks
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neutral |
philgoddard
: I can't help feeling you're not being true to the original if you leave out the idea of talent. And "Striving for excellence" is very overused - just try googling it.
8 hrs
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could be; your suggestion is good
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Lianne Wilson
: Agree with Phil that it's better to keep the idea of talent in there somewhere, true to the source.
23 hrs
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thanks for your view
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
26 mins
Develop every skill to maximum benefit
So many possibilities - here's just one
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Note added at 28 mins (2009-10-20 07:21:21 GMT)
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Sorry, I forgot it was a title It needs to be a bit more snappy. Perhaps
Developing skills to maximum benefit, or
Developing skills to maximise benefit
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Note added at 28 mins (2009-10-20 07:21:21 GMT)
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Sorry, I forgot it was a title It needs to be a bit more snappy. Perhaps
Developing skills to maximum benefit, or
Developing skills to maximise benefit
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: But the problem is, here the FR is using 'talent' to mean 'a person (with talent)', rather than 'a skill' per se / Yes, but you're changing it from 'people' to 'ideas'... not sure that works here...?
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I understand what you're saying, Tony, but surely in HR everything is seen as skills - talented people just have a wider range of better skills
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1 hr
Some ideas... (see explanation)
Some HR-style, fairly snappy titles with varying degrees of mild pomposity...
To excellence through our (rising) stars - a play on 'to the stars/excellence through adversity' (per aspera ad astra)
New talent for new excellence
Driving talent towards excellence
The stars of tomorrow for excellence today - possibly the most 'advertising-ish'
Leading our rising stars to excellence
To excellence through our (rising) stars - a play on 'to the stars/excellence through adversity' (per aspera ad astra)
New talent for new excellence
Driving talent towards excellence
The stars of tomorrow for excellence today - possibly the most 'advertising-ish'
Leading our rising stars to excellence
2 hrs
from individual talent to excellence
The idea is developing individual potential to achieve excellence rather than general striving for excellence.
4 hrs
guiding (each of) our staff to realise their full potential
I think that you need to depart a bit from the original, while retaining the idea of valuing and developing the talents of individual employees.
6 hrs
From high potential to high performance
You already have some great ideas here, but I thought I'd add this.
+1
9 hrs
Nurturing talent, achieving excellence
Or developing talent.
Peer comment(s):
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whither has fle
: Hi, a lot ofnice answers here, but as a title this would be my favourite. Cheers.
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