to think outside the box

French translation: sortir des sentiers battus

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English term or phrase:	to think outside the box
French translation:	sortir des sentiers battus
Entered by:	Florence Evans

09:45 May 27, 2004

English to French translations [PRO]
Management

English term or phrase: to think outside the box

We’ve always been good at innovation and we do recognize as we go forward into the future, innovation is going to be more and more important to the long-term success of XXX and our ability to continue to develop and have a sustainable competitive advantage. We’ve got to have the ability to continue to think outside the box, to continue to provide new and innovative products and processes to our customers to continue to meet and exceed their expectations in the future.

Florence Evans KudoZ activity Questions: 858 (2 open) (2 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 726
Local time: 16:44

sortir des sentiers battus

Explanation:
suggestion

Selected response from:

Agnès Flandin
France
Local time: 16:44

Grading comment

Merci beaucoup.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +9

sortir des sentiers battus

Agnès Flandin

3 +2

une réflexion non-orthodoxe

Conor McAuley

3 +1

avoir des "pensees originales"

RHELLER

avoir de grandes idées

Mark Edmundson

Answers

5 mins confidence:

avoir de grandes idées

Explanation:
To Think Big

I know "to think outside the box" means to think outside of the normal spectrum of ideas so perhaps this would work?

Mark Edmundson
Local time: 15:44
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

sortir des sentiers battus

Explanation:
suggestion

Agnès Flandin
France
Local time: 16:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Merci beaucoup.

55 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

une réflexion non-orthodoxe

Explanation:
Highly creative and unconservative.

Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 16:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

avoir des "pensees originales"

Explanation:
capacité d'avoir des "pensees originales"

"think outside the box" means thinking differently than before about the same subject, given the same environment

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 08:44
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 40

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