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French translation: des vies connectées, branchées

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English term or phrase:	switched-on lives
French translation:	des vies connectées, branchées
Entered by:	FX Fraipont

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10:22 Nov 28, 2011

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Marketing - Marketing / Market Research

English term or phrase: switched-on lives

With citizens leading increasingly connected, switched-on lives, local and central government must rise to the challenge of serving their population in effective and personalized ways

tradax KudoZ activity Questions: 514 (12 open) (6 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 56
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des vies connectées, branchées

Explanation:
un peu la même idée que connectées - you need to be have your computer or mobile switched on and connected

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FX Fraipont
Belgium
Local time: 16:29

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4 +3

des vies connectées, branchées

FX Fraipont

4 +1

vies actives

GILLES MEUNIER

des vies branchées, au sens figuré [comme au sens propre]

Isabelle Brucher

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switched-on living

kashew

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9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

des vies connectées, branchées

Explanation:
un peu la même idée que connectées - you need to be have your computer or mobile switched on and connected

FX Fraipont
Belgium
Local time: 16:29
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 350

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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

29 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

vies actives

Explanation:
avec des citoyens menant des vies de plus en plus connectées et actives

pour garder l'image 'sous tension'

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 16:29
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 449

6 days confidence:

des vies branchées, au sens figuré [comme au sens propre]

Explanation:
Grand Robert & Collins 2011:

switch on
1 intransitive verb
a /Electricity, Electronics/ ▶ allumer
/Radio/, /Television/ ▶ allumer le poste
b
■ to switch on automatically [heater, oven etc] : s'allumer tout seul or automatiquement

2 separable transitive verb
[+ gas, electricity] ▶ allumer
[+ water supply] ▶ ouvrir
[+ radio, television, heater] ▶ allumer, ▶ brancher
[+ engine, machine] ▶ mettre en marche
■ to switch on the light : allumer (la lumière)

■ his music switches me on [langage très familier] : sa musique me branche [langage familier]

■ ***to be switched on***
***figurative use [langage très familier]; “up-to-date”: être branché [langage familier] | être dans le vent or à la page***

[by drugs] planer [langage familier]
[sexually] être excité

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=> je pensais à "branché" au sens figuré, au sens de "dans le vent, à la page".

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connect [kə'nekt]

1 transitive verb

a “join: gen”; [person]
[+ machine] ▶ connecter (to : à)
[+ plug] ▶ brancher (to : sur)
/Technical/
[+ pinions] ▶ embrayer
[+ wheels] ▶ engrener
[+ pipes, drains] ▶ raccorder (to : à)
[+ shafts etc] ▶ articuler, ▶ conjuguer
/Electricity, Electronics/; [+ two objects] ▶ raccorder, ▶ connecter

■ to connect [something] to the mains : brancher [quelque chose] sur le secteur
■ to connect [something] to earth /Electricity, Electronics/ : mettre [quelque chose] à la terre or à la masse
■ we haven't been connected yet [to water, electricity etcservices] : nous ne sommes pas encore reliés or branchés | nous n'avons pas encore l'eau (or l'électricité etc)

b /Telecommunications/
[+ caller] ▶ mettre en communication (with [somebody] : avec [quelqu'un])
[+ telephone] ▶ brancher

■ we're trying to connect you : nous essayons d'obtenir votre communication
■ I'm connecting you now : vous êtes en ligne | vous avez votre communication
■ connected by telephone ([person, place]) : relié par téléphone (to, with : à)

c “associate” ▶ associer (with, to : à)

■ I always connect Paris with springtime : j'associe toujours Paris au printemps
■ I'd never have connected them : je n'aurais jamais fait le rapport entre eux
See also connected

d “form link between”
[road, railway] ▶ relier (with, to : à)
[rope etc] ▶ relier, ▶ rattacher (with, to : à)

■ the city is connected to the sea by a canal : la ville est reliée à la mer par un canal

2 intransitive verb

a “be joined”
[two rooms] ▶ être relié, ▶ communiquer
[two parts, wires etc] ▶ être connectés or raccordés

b [coach, train, plane] ▶ assurer la correspondance (with : avec)
■ this train connects with the Rome express : ce train assure la correspondance avec l'express de Rome

c ✰ “hit”
■ to connect with the ball [golf club etc] : frapper la balle
■ my fist connected with his jaw ✰ : je l'ai touché à la mâchoire
d [two people] ▶ se comprendre
■ to connect with [somebody] : communiquer avec [quelqu'un]

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connected [kə'nektɪd] adjective

a [in general] ▶ lié

■ these matters are not connected at all : ces affaires n'ont aucun lien or rapport entre elles
■ these two things are connected in my mind : les deux sont liés dans mon esprit

■ to be connected with
“be related to” être allié à | être parent de
“have dealings with” être en contact or en relation avec
“have a bearing on” se rattacher à | avoir rapport à

■ people connected with education : ceux qui ont quelque chose à voir avec le monde de l'éducation
■ he is connected with many big firms : il a des contacts avec beaucoup de grandes entreprises | il est en relation avec beaucoup de grandes entreprises
■ his departure is not connected with the murder : son départ n'a aucun rapport or n'a rien à voir avec le meurtre
■ he's very well connected
“of good family” il est de très bonne famille | il est très bien apparenté
“of influential family” sa famille a des relations

b [languages] ▶ affin formal language, ▶ connexe
/Botany/, /Law/ ▶ connexe
figurative use
[argument] ▶ logique
[talk, oration] ▶ suivi

■ (closely) connected professions : des professions fpl connexes
■ a (properly) connected sentence : une phrase correctement construite
■ connected speech /Linguistics/ : la chaîne parlée

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=> les gens sont en relation les uns avec les autres et donc ils sont branchés (au figuré), dans le vent.

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=> des vies branchées, au propre et au figuré (?)

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Grand Robert de la langue française, sous "propre":

Sens propre : sens d'un mot considéré comme antérieur aux autres (logiquement ou historiquement). ➙ Littéral.

Ex.: Distinction du sens propre et de la métaphore.

***Au sens figuré comme au sens propre. ***

Le sens propre de motif.

Insignifiant au sens propre du mot.

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Isabelle Brucher
Belgium
Local time: 16:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 16

Reference comments

5 hrs

Reference: switched-on living

Reference information:
http://www.switchedonliving.com/rv/info-698.html

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Note added at 5 heures (2011-11-28 15:53:57 GMT)
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Seems "achieving peak performance and optimum well-being" is the thing.

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Note added at 5 heures (2011-11-28 15:55:54 GMT)
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= bien-être et performance

kashew
France
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 27

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