Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
axe transversal
English translation:
overarching theme
Added to glossary by
Anna Kiff
Sep 1, 2006 07:51
17 yrs ago
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French term
axe transversal
French to English
Social Sciences
International Org/Dev/Coop
From a text presenting the institute's strategic guidelines, talking about the different areas/topics that will be examined over the next year:
"Suite à un exercice collectif de concertation, un axe transversal et cinq thèmes ont été identifié.
1) Axe transversal :
Les nouveaux acteurs de la régulation mondiale
2) Thèmes:
Gouvernance mondiale
Libéralisation du commerce
Entreprises et biens publics
Changement climatique
Ressources naturelles"
Can't find a good way of putting this. Thanks!
"Suite à un exercice collectif de concertation, un axe transversal et cinq thèmes ont été identifié.
1) Axe transversal :
Les nouveaux acteurs de la régulation mondiale
2) Thèmes:
Gouvernance mondiale
Libéralisation du commerce
Entreprises et biens publics
Changement climatique
Ressources naturelles"
Can't find a good way of putting this. Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+1
15 mins
Tom Bishop
Native in English
Technical and commercial translations
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
overarching theme
"The overarching theme for 2005 is Civil Society and Social Justice"
http://www.4istrapac.com/abstract_submission_form.pdf
"The proposed research topics are situated in the overarching theme: “Understanding Change at the Poles”."
http://www.ipy.org/development/ideas/national/idea122.pdf
"The Overarching Theme also includes a number of ‘internal’ projects, essential to the core work of New Deal."
http://www.bndfc.co.uk/about-us/theme-groups/overarching/
"The overarching theme you decide upon will inform the manner in which you organize the rest of your content. This theme is analogous to the thesis of an academic essay, though it's often less explicitly stated."
http://www.essayedge.com/law/essayadvice/course/lthree_overa...
http://www.4istrapac.com/abstract_submission_form.pdf
"The proposed research topics are situated in the overarching theme: “Understanding Change at the Poles”."
http://www.ipy.org/development/ideas/national/idea122.pdf
"The Overarching Theme also includes a number of ‘internal’ projects, essential to the core work of New Deal."
http://www.bndfc.co.uk/about-us/theme-groups/overarching/
"The overarching theme you decide upon will inform the manner in which you organize the rest of your content. This theme is analogous to the thesis of an academic essay, though it's often less explicitly stated."
http://www.essayedge.com/law/essayadvice/course/lthree_overa...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for your help"
-1
52 mins
core subject
**core subject and five sub-themes/topics. **
"Subject" gives more of an idea of centrality and dominant issue than do "theme" or "topic".
"The topics have biotechnology as the core subject and may cover themes such as ... document written in "layman's language" on the topic to be discussed. ...
www.fao.org/Biotech/pract.asp"
"File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
subject area (see Table 1) the TF Member will. establish and supplement the core subject and. topic (subtopic) areas to be covered within the ...
www.wca-infonet.org/iptrid/infonet/info/cg/wca_infonet_repo... "
"Subject" gives more of an idea of centrality and dominant issue than do "theme" or "topic".
"The topics have biotechnology as the core subject and may cover themes such as ... document written in "layman's language" on the topic to be discussed. ...
www.fao.org/Biotech/pract.asp"
"File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
subject area (see Table 1) the TF Member will. establish and supplement the core subject and. topic (subtopic) areas to be covered within the ...
www.wca-infonet.org/iptrid/infonet/info/cg/wca_infonet_repo... "
Reference:
http://www.fao.org/Biotech/pract.asp
http://www.wca-infonet.org/iptrid/infonet/info/cg/wca_infonet_report_cgm1999.pdf
Peer comment(s):
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Marc Glinert
: I maintain that 2) are not sub-topics of 1)
4 mins
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See my note above to Tom Bishop.
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Tom Bishop
: This appears to be putting the cart before the horse. A core subject is a constituent of something larger. "Transversal" implies something relatively extensive (or overarching).
1 hr
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54 mins
Marc Glinert
Native in English
20 years in financial services
Native in: English
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
general theme
All-embracing would be a more precise but uglier alternative.
1 hr
cross direction or management
comme il s'agit de "nouveaux acteurs de la régulation mondiale"
5 mins
one main central topic and five sub-topics
one way out
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-09-01 10:26:08 GMT)
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LEITMOTIV - with a central theme as leitmotif
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-09-01 10:26:08 GMT)
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LEITMOTIV - with a central theme as leitmotif
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
suezen
13 mins
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| disagree |
Marc Glinert
: MIsleading CMJ. 2) are not sub-topics of 1)
43 mins
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well I rather think they are
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+2
1 hr
cross-disclipinary focus/theme
Just a suggestion since the 'cinq themes' cover economics, government and business
and you wouldn't lose the meaning of 'transversal' quite so much
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-09-01 11:46:34 GMT)
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To CMJ's comment - I don't think it's a rare formulation, in fact 'cross-disciplinary' is quite a buzz word in the era of interdiscliplinary studies etc but I take your point more to mean that 'axe transversal' is a just a fancy-sounding but commonly used expression for 'overarching/general theme' and in that case getting rid of the word 'theme' for the specific topics might solve the problem. Overarching theme and five subtopics, for example.
and you wouldn't lose the meaning of 'transversal' quite so much
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-09-01 11:46:34 GMT)
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To CMJ's comment - I don't think it's a rare formulation, in fact 'cross-disciplinary' is quite a buzz word in the era of interdiscliplinary studies etc but I take your point more to mean that 'axe transversal' is a just a fancy-sounding but commonly used expression for 'overarching/general theme' and in that case getting rid of the word 'theme' for the specific topics might solve the problem. Overarching theme and five subtopics, for example.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Charlie Bavington
: I quite like cross-disciplinary, possibly "topic"?
13 mins
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Thank you, Charlie
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CMJ_Trans (X)
: I'm sure this is a fine translation but would any English-speaker write it spontaneously? I doubt it !
2 hrs
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Thanks CMJ, see my note above
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| agree |
cmwilliams (X)
: I prefer this option to 'overarching'
5 hrs
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Thank you cmwilliams!
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Jeffrey Lewis
: cross-cutting is accepted in this area - since this is more scholarly, cross-disciplinary is a good find
15 hrs
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Thank you Jeffrey!
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Francis Marche
: Sorry. The French original does not read "inter-disciplinaire", for some good reasons. Cross-disciplinary should be reserved for this word. "Transversal" is nothing but "cross-cutting"
2 days 12 hrs
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Merci Francis, I appreciate your feedback.
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2 days 13 hrs
Francis Marche
France
France
Native in French
&
English
Specializes in field
France
36 years experience on 4 continents
Native in: French , English
Works in: English to French, French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
15
cross-cutting strategy
"cross-cutting issue" or "cross-cutting thrust" or "cross-cutting policy"
Some cross-cutting issues:
CROSS-CUTTING ISSUE FOR MANAGING GLOBALIZATION RELATED TO TRADE AND TRANSPORT: PROMOTING DRY PORTS AS A MEANS OF SHARING THE BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION WITH INLAND LOCATIONS. (Item 4 of the provisional agenda). Note by the secretariat ...
www.unescap.org/cmg/2006/CMG3-I/English/CMG3-I_1E.pdf
Health as a cross-cutting issue in Dialogues on Water for Food and the Environment. Report of an International Workshop, jointly organized by WHO and InWEnt (Capacity Building International), Amman, Jordan, 15-18 December 2003 ...
www.who.int/entity/water_sanitation_health/resources/wsh040...
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/afpro/harare/areas/...
Under the 6th Country Programme (2003-2005) of UNFPA, gender is treated as a cross cutting issue in all the three ... Gender is a cross-cutting issue and the RH sub-programme aims at contributing to increased availability of quality RH ...
www.unfpa-bangladesh.org/php/gender_issue_6.php
considered a cross cutting issue and suggests some potential areas for an inquiry. SPICe. briefing. 19 June 2003 ... Waste is another cross cutting issue, across the. domestic, industrial and public sectors. ...
www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/briefings-03/s...
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Note added at 2 days13 hrs (2006-09-03 21:47:50 GMT)
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or "cross-cutting approach". "Cross-cutting" is a generic term for a lot of things: policy, approach, strategy, issue, etc. that covers a wide range of contexts. Cross-disciplinary is a more specific term that would be irrelevant to "les nouveaux acteurs de la régulation mondiale" (new stakeholders in global regulation)
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