Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
dynamique/peu dynamique
English translation:
active/not very active; static
Added to glossary by
French Foodie
Oct 3, 2005 14:02
18 yrs ago
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French term
dynamique/peu dynamique
French to English
Social Sciences
Geography
maps (economic)
I know there are a myriad of ways of translating this, but I would like your opinion. This appears in the legends of maps, describing cities or industries:
industries dynamiques : chimie, electronique
regions industrielles dynamiques
ville industrielle dynamique, pole de haute technologie
ville peu dynamique, industries traditionelles (acier, chimie)
for dynamique I've thought of booming, thriving, flourishing, properous city/industry (leaning towards prosperous)
And the only thing I can come up with for "ville peu dynamique" is sluggish.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
industries dynamiques : chimie, electronique
regions industrielles dynamiques
ville industrielle dynamique, pole de haute technologie
ville peu dynamique, industries traditionelles (acier, chimie)
for dynamique I've thought of booming, thriving, flourishing, properous city/industry (leaning towards prosperous)
And the only thing I can come up with for "ville peu dynamique" is sluggish.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | active/not very active; static |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| 4 +1 | stagnant |
Josephine79
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| 4 | dynamic/undynamic |
Conor McAuley
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| 4 | high growth / low growth (industries) |
Richard Hedger
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| 4 | lively or buzzing /sleepy |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 3 | progressive/sleepy |
GillW (MCIL)
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| 3 | thriving or important/quiet |
Rachel Fell
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Proposed translations
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14 mins
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active/not very active; static
why not..it works fine..it's the usual Business TErm here
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Note added at 15 mins (2005-10-03 14:17:22 GMT)
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in business, dynamique is merely active...as opposed to inactive..or somewhat active
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Note added at 15 mins (2005-10-03 14:17:22 GMT)
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in business, dynamique is merely active...as opposed to inactive..or somewhat active
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This was an extremely hard question to grade, because all of your suggestions were helpful, and I actually used a combination of them in the different legends: active industries, lively cities, sleepy cities, stagnating industries... a myriad of combinations could work. But I think Jane's answer works best as a blanket term that could cover all instances, and thus is best for the glossary entry. Many thanks to all!"
6 mins
GillW (MCIL)
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progressive/sleepy
although one is not the exact antithesis of the other, they may work. I prefer sleepy to sluggish, but feel that these words are too 'judgemental'. Perhaps even a term such as low-tech might be better.
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9 mins
French term (edited):
peu dynamique
stagnant
Generally applied to water, but my dico. does also allow for other contexts - and gives it as a synonym of sluggish, which I wouldn't use in this context.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tony M
: Possibly 'stagnating' might work better in this specific context?
30 mins
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Thanks Dusty, and of course quite right that it would need to be adapted to fit the sentence.
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23 mins
Conor McAuley
France
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dynamic/undynamic
This works in English too, you know! ;-)
Dynamic - full of energy, active, forward-looking
conservative/progressive
active/inactive
Dynamic - full of energy, active, forward-looking
conservative/progressive
active/inactive
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
RHELLER
: dynamic is good but undynamic is rarely used//just 54 vs 41,000 for sluggish//yes, I saw that after using www.google.co.uk - in the U.S. we use www.google.com - so it is a BE vs AE thing
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Not that uncommon - http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&q=undynamic&meta= // it says 27,000 for undynamic on the Google I use! /// not to mention Google.fr, which I use - strange that the results are different
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7 mins
high growth / low growth (industries)
:)
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Note added at 19 mins (2005-10-03 14:21:28 GMT)
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http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/founders/Industries.html
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Note added at 41 mins (2005-10-03 14:43:03 GMT)
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Article on authorities producing maps indicating high growth employment areas...
http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/led/datatools/onthemap.html
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Note added at 19 mins (2005-10-03 14:21:28 GMT)
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http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/founders/Industries.html
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Note added at 41 mins (2005-10-03 14:43:03 GMT)
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Article on authorities producing maps indicating high growth employment areas...
http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/led/datatools/onthemap.html
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
GillW (MCIL)
: yes, this is the best so far
4 mins
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thank you!
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| disagree |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
: it does n ot mean high growth
6 mins
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1 hr
lively or buzzing /sleepy
ideas
3 hrs
Rachel Fell
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Related KudoZ points
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thriving or important/quiet
if they're to be terms for a map legend...if it's industries dynamiques I think they could be something like important rather than anything more specific; sluggish is good but I don't think it fits so well for this context-?
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