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francês: générosité (here)

inglês translation: prosperity






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REGISTRO DE GLOSSÁRIO (DERIVADO DA PERGUNTA ABAIXO)
francês termo ou frase:générosité (here)
inglês tradução:prosperity
Digitado porClaire Cox
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Traduções de francês para inglês [PRO]
Social Sciences - Economia / Employment growth
francês termo ou frase: générosité (here)
Still on my business growth article....

I'm not sure how to translate "générosité" in this context:

Pour chacun des 3 modèles, la croissance de l’entreprise peut être théoriquement expliquée par neuf variables liées au(x) caractéristique(s) du créateur (niveau d’éducation, âge, genre, nationalité, entourage familial, …), six variables liées au(x) caractéristique(s) de la firme (taille, âge, ressources financières), une variable liée à la stratégie (étendue du marché) et une variable liée à l’environnement (la **générosité** du secteur d’appartenance).

I don't think generosity works in the same way in English as I don't think they're talking about how much the sector gives back to the community as such - but I may be wrong.

Here's another example of its use:

La **générosité** de l’environnement et, en particulier le taux de croissance sectoriel est, de loin, la variable environnementale dont l’influence sur la croissance a été la plus étudiée par les travaux empiriques. En principe, une croissance de l’industrie permet aux
entreprises existantes de ne pas nécessairement être déforcées par la prise de parts de marché par de nouveaux entrants et diminue, de ce fait, la probabilité d’une riposte de la part des premières.

Any suggestions very gratefully received.

Many thanks
Claire Cox
Reino Unido
Nota(s) de/para quem perguntou
juliebarba: 18:10 Mar 28, 2007: I think that they are talking about the state/'health' of any particular given sector......(ie growth, decline etc).....a hospitable environment...but can't think of a good translation yet!
Paul Cohen: 15:14 Mar 29, 2007: I totally agree with juliebarba: 'générosité' refers to the 'health' or 'growth' of a given sector. Something with 'growth' would be appropriate.

prosperity / prosperous
Explicação:
Service sector shows split in prosperity
12/12/2005

A deep split has emerged in the service sector, as business and professional services firms thrive while consumer-oriented companies struggle, a new survey reveals.

The latest sector reading from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and Grant Thornton shows that market, management and legal services firms have led the business and professional services sub-sector to its fastest rate of growth since the survey began in November 1998.

The survey found that a balance of 39% saw the value of business rise over the last three months, way above analysts' predictions of 10%.

http://www.startups.co.uk/Service_sector_shows_split_in_pros...

Providing a Positive Business Environment
Without a sound and prosperous business environment, Government lacks the resources to tackle important issues such as education, affordable housing and research into alternative energy.

http://www.smallbusinesshawaii.com/2006/Nov2006-4.html

A positive business environment isn't bad either!

You could use different words for the two examples that you have given.
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juliebarba
Reino Unido
Nota do consulente para o respondente
Many thanks to everyone for all your suggestions; who would have thought that such an innocent-sounding word could generate so many different interpretations? I was tempted by Paul's growth dynamics, but this piece is so jargin-ridden that I felt they would have used "dynamique de croissance" had the meant that. "Dynamisme" did indeed come up somewhere along the line. I therefore went with Julie's "prosperity" in the end - I think it neatly encompasses both favourable conditions (thanks Guy!) and the general feel of the sector.
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RESUMO DE TODAS AS INGLÊS TRADUÇÕES SUGERIDAS (INFORMAÇÕES ABAIXO)
4 +3(economic or commercial) favorability
Guy Bray
4 +2opportunitiescadmio
4benevolence/openness
rousselures
3profitablity / growth dynamics
Paul Cohen
3competitiveness
emekadavid
3prosperity / prosperous
juliebarba
3(good) nature
Francis MARC
3benevolence, or less literally and maybe better, idoneity or suitability
Lia Fail
3disposable income of client base
Charles Hawtrey
2(great) potential
Jonathan MacKerron


  

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(good) nature


Explicação:
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Francis MARC
Lituânia
Falante com língua materna: francês
Pontos PRO na categoria: 16

Comentários dos colegas sobre esta resposta (e respostas do respondente)
neutro juliebarba: I don't think you can use this when it is in relation to the "l’environnement"; because it suggests choice which isn't applicable
1 hora
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8 mins   confiança: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 acordo entre colegas (geral): +2
opportunities


Explicação:
suggestion

sector opportunities

cadmio
Portugal
Falante com língua materna: português

Comentários dos colegas sobre esta resposta (e respostas do respondente)
concordo suezen: yes, I was thinking along the lines of size but opportunities is much better
6 mins
  -> Thanks Suezen

concordo Sylvia Smith
20 mins
  -> Thanks Sylvia
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benevolence, or less literally and maybe better, idoneity or suitability


Explicação:
My suggesions:-)

Lia Fail
Espanha
Especialista no campo
Falante com língua materna: inglês
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13 mins   confiança: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
benevolence/openness


Explicação:
It's a form of altruism, which you could also use...

rousselures
Canadá
Falante com língua materna: francês, inglês
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1 hora   confiança: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 acordo entre colegas (geral): +3
(economic or commercial) favorability


Explicação:
i.e., offering conditions favorable to growth, growth-friendly

Guy Bray
Estados Unidos
Trabalha no campo
Falante com língua materna: inglês

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concordo juliebarba
11 mins

concordo Sophieanne: Closest to the French, to my opinion...
54 mins

concordo Jacqui Audouy
2 horas
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(great) potential


Explicação:
another take

Jonathan MacKerron
Alemanha
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1 hora   confiança: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
prosperity / prosperous


Explicação:
Service sector shows split in prosperity
12/12/2005

A deep split has emerged in the service sector, as business and professional services firms thrive while consumer-oriented companies struggle, a new survey reveals.

The latest sector reading from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and Grant Thornton shows that market, management and legal services firms have led the business and professional services sub-sector to its fastest rate of growth since the survey began in November 1998.

The survey found that a balance of 39% saw the value of business rise over the last three months, way above analysts' predictions of 10%.

http://www.startups.co.uk/Service_sector_shows_split_in_pros...

Providing a Positive Business Environment
Without a sound and prosperous business environment, Government lacks the resources to tackle important issues such as education, affordable housing and research into alternative energy.

http://www.smallbusinesshawaii.com/2006/Nov2006-4.html

A positive business environment isn't bad either!

You could use different words for the two examples that you have given.


juliebarba
Reino Unido
Falante com língua materna: inglês
Pontos PRO na categoria: 8
Nota do consulente para o respondente
Many thanks to everyone for all your suggestions; who would have thought that such an innocent-sounding word could generate so many different interpretations? I was tempted by Paul's growth dynamics, but this piece is so jargin-ridden that I felt they would have used "dynamique de croissance" had the meant that. "Dynamisme" did indeed come up somewhere along the line. I therefore went with Julie's "prosperity" in the end - I think it neatly encompasses both favourable conditions (thanks Guy!) and the general feel of the sector.
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competitiveness


Explicação:
from my reading, the article is referring to the three kinds of env. every business can be blessed with for growth:
monopolistic
oligopolistic
competitive
i think with the third, your growth means u have to take note of other players, you're not the major player in the market, so their generosity in giving u a market share by direct or indirect mean coould......

emekadavid
Nigéria
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22 horas   confiança: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
profitablity / growth dynamics


Explicação:
A late entry.

I agree that "favorability" is very close to the French. But the word seems a bit vague for a business context - at least for readers of English!

I would prefer a more straightforward and dynamic term. This appears to be an academic article that makes reference to empirical work, so you need a concrete, objective and measurable variable, which serves as a yardstick of the "health" of a given sector.

Potential and opportunities are also good solid business words suggested by my colleagues here, but these terms tend to point to future possibilities, not to the current health of a business sector.

It all boils down to how much money can be earned in a given industry or area of business - and how quickly that sector can grow. I don't think it has to do with how much the sector can give back to the community, Claire. Look at the section again on "une croissance de l'industrie" - the article is referring to conditions that enhance growth.

"Growth dynamics" would be another possibility (see below) - as in the "growth dynamics of a sector".

We're moving quite a distance away from the original meaning of "générosité" - but we're moving in the right direction.


Sentença(s) de exemplo:
  • Manufacturing profitability kept pace with service-sector profitability until 1997, when sterling re-bounded from its mid-1990s' lows.
  • It is important to understanding the structure of an industry and the key players operating within it: growth dynamics and the potential of a sector as well as sector profitability.
Paul Cohen
Groenlândia
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22 horas   confiança: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
disposable income of client base


Explicação:
The term to use depends on the general context. This way of expressing it is especially used in the retail sector.

Charles Hawtrey
Reino Unido
Falante com língua materna: inglês
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