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13:46 Jun 10, 2009

English to French translations [PRO]
Journalism

English term or phrase: fixer

Bonjour,

savez-vous ce que signifie "fixer" dans la phrase suivante ?

"I put a call into one of our fixers to see if she can track them down and arrange a meeting."

La personne qui parle est un journaliste qui fait une enquête dans un pays étranger.

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Local time: 08:43

French translation:indic

Explanation:
Cela reprend le ton familier et les journalistes comme les policiers ont leurs indics.
Qui donnent des tuyaux ou arrangent des rendez-vous.
Et en général ils ont le sens de la combine ou de la magouille.

Selected response from:

Beila Goldberg
Belgium
Local time: 08:43

Grading comment

C'est le sens le plus proche je pense, même si c'est un peu familier. Merci !
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Summary of answers provided

médiateur

Isabel Vidigal

indic

Beila Goldberg

combinard

Emilie Griveau

guide-interprète

Tony M

correspondant

Euqinimod

Summary of reference entries provided
Le fixer	Joco

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

9 mins confidence:

médiateur

Explanation:
WordNet 2.0

fixer

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Noun
1. someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
(synonym) influence peddler
(hypernym) important person, influential person, personage

Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fixer

Isabel Vidigal
Brazil
Local time: 05:43
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

11 mins confidence:

correspondant

Explanation:
Just a guess.

Euqinimod
Local time: 08:43
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 20

13 mins confidence:

guide-interprète

Explanation:
as suggested by GDT in a context of journalism; however, once again, this is quite a narrow meaning, which may or not apply in your exact context (does it involve any foreign connection?)

A 'fixer' is just someone a bit like a secretary who organizes / arranges things — often, but not always, working in the field.

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Note added at 17 minutes (2009-06-10 14:04:07 GMT)
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Well, yes, I see upon re-reading your question that it does involve a 'foreign connection' — so I assume this 'fixer' is someone in the foreign country who speaks the language and so is in a position to organize things. In which case, this suggestion might well be just what you need...

Tony M
France
Local time: 08:43
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

56 mins confidence:

combinard

Explanation:
équivalent du R&C

peut être trop familier et dépend du contexte.

Emilie Griveau
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:43
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

indic

Beila Goldberg
Belgium
Local time: 08:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 17

Grading comment

C'est le sens le plus proche je pense, même si c'est un peu familier. Merci !

Reference comments

54 mins peer agreement (net): +1

Reference: Le fixer

Reference information:
Tout est affaire de contexte.

Reference: http://livre.fnac.com/a1611169/Sacco-Le-negociateur

Joco
Canada
Native speaker of:

French

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PRO (4): Stéphanie Soudais, FX Fraipont, Isabel Vidigal, Euqinimod

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