Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
les initiatives elyséennes
English translation:
presidential initiatives
French term
les initiatives elyséennes
I am considering the following translations:
presidential initiatives
Initiatives coming out of the President's office.
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MatthewLaSon
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| 4 -1 | the efforts made by St.Elysée |
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| 3 -3 | From Elysian Fields/Elysian initiatives |
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Dec 3, 2007 16:22: Emanuela Galdelli changed "Term asked" from "les initiatives elyseennes" to "les initiatives elyséennes"
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Dec 4, 2007 04:20: MatthewLaSon changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/35643">MatthewLaSon's</a> old entry - "les initiatives elyséennes"" to ""presidential strategies/plans/initiatives""
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Proposed translations
presidential strategies/plans/initiatives
You could "initiatives", but I think you could also say "strategies", which "initiatives" seems to mean here.
These seem to be strategies/plans/initiatives of the Sarkozy administration.
Loads of ghits for all three possibilities.
I hope this helps.
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Andrew Levine
: Definitely "the President's initiatives" is best. "Plan" and "strategy" both imply strategies for political gain, "initiative" is more clearly what is meant (i.e. policy proposals)
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Thanks, Andrew! I'm not sure that "strategies" implies political gain.
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Sarah Walls
: Yes, the President's iniatives
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Thanks, Sarah!
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Arleene McFarlane
: 'initiatives' sounds better
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Thanks, Arleene!
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veratek
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Thanks, vera-tech!
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Gacela20
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Thanks, Gacela!
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Ben Gaia
: Or "initiatives emerging from the Presidential Palace" which sounds quite journalese...
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Thanks, Ben! You could indeed say what you've proposed.
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Victoria Porter-Burns
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Thanks, Victoria!
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Cath St Clair (X)
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Thanks, Cath!
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Basile EZENGE
: I agree with the translation provided by Mathew Lawson. Elysée refers to the office of the president of France as much as Downing street refers to the Office of the British Prime Minister.
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Thanks, EZENGE!
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From Elysian Fields/Elysian initiatives
it depends on what is read between the lines of the article...
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Andrew Levine
: Obviously if they are talking about the PResident of France they do not mean the Elysian Fields! Neither one of these is approp. in English
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thanks for your comments
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Karen Stokes
: Clearly a reference to the French president given the context.
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thanks for your comments
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Richard Nice
: !!!
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the efforts made by St.Elysée
Morepver, it sounds much more English. Like the efforts made by Westminster.
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Karen Stokes
: No, I'm sorry, this does not sound much more English. You could say "by the Elysée Palace" if you wanted to but I think the reference would be lost on many English readers. Why avoid the word 'presidential'?
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Richard Nice
: !!!!
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Basile EZENGE
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