Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Etats généraux du paysage

English translation:

\"think tank on landscape management\" ????

Added to glossary by French2English
Dec 13, 2006 09:49
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French term

Etats généraux du paysage

French to English Social Sciences Geography Town planning/development
I am looking for a good way to translate 'les Etats généraux du paysage' in the passage below. I imagine they are talking about the heads of local government throughout France, or a particular region of France. I am just translating a list of planning/development workshops etc., and sadly no further info on this particular one.

Les Etats généraux du paysage se réuniront à Paris, dans l'enceinte du Conseil économique et social, pour une journée d'études sur le thème "Protégeons et aménageons ensemble le paysage".

Discussion

CMJ_Trans (X) Dec 13, 2006:
according to Eurodicautom it is a "general assembly" - it usually means a meeting of interested parties in a particular field. Political parties have 'états généraux"
French2English (asker) Dec 13, 2006:
good suggestion... ...although I am not sure that 'paysage' here is referring specifically to rural areas...I think it is being used in the more general sense of, simply, 'land'... still thinking about this one...anyway, thanks

Proposed translations

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"think tank on landscape management" ????

Pas facile avec aussi peu de contexte, cependant, pour moi
1/ "Etats-généraux" n'est qu'un titre ronflant pour une conférence, probablement bien ordinaire ;-) Il n'implique pas automatiquement qu'il s'agit d'une instance administrative représentative ou en mesure de prendre des décisions. A la limite cela peut impliquer la présence d'un grand nombre de spécialistes.
2/ "Paysage" indique ici la "beauté du paysage", peut etre la gestion des beautés et du caractère des paysages
Donc : QQChose comme "think tank on landscape management" pourrait etre un bon point de départ, à améliorer.
Peer comment(s):

agree Veronica Coquard
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governing officials of rural areas

Self-explanatory

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Note added at 43 mins (2006-12-13 10:32:59 GMT)
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Another approach might be simply "local and regional governments". Such an expression could include just about any form of representation from these governments.
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convention of practices/standards of landscaping

The convention of practices/standards meets in Paris, under the banner of economic and social advice, for a day of studies on the theme " protection and layout of the whole landscape".
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convention on land use planning

Dans Termium, états généraux = convention
Dans le GDT, l'une des acceptions de "aménagement du territoire" est "land use planning".
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