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il cultive des positions tranchees

English translation: he adopts an uncompromising/firm stance

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French term or phrase:	il cultive des positions tranchees
English translation:	he adopts an uncompromising/firm stance
Entered by:	Grantslations

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16:17 Jun 22, 2006

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French term or phrase: il cultive des positions tranchees

This in a newspaper article about a media mogul in the following context:
Friends with the Bush Family, xxxxxxxx, leading him to oppose sb. (he is known for being an outspoken critic of the latter) .

I am finding it difficult to find a suitable phrase which flows in this article. Can anybody help?

Grantslations KudoZ activity Questions: 34 (1 open) (4 without valid answers) Answers: 0
Local time: 22:25

he sees things in black and white/takes a cut-and-dried view of things

Explanation:
Would be helpful to see the relevant bit of the French text.

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Note added at 7 mins (2006-06-22 16:24:28 GMT)
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Or "adopts/takes an uncompromising stance/stand".

Selected response from:

John Peterson
Local time: 22:25

Grading comment

This is more along the lines of what I was trying to find myself and stays true to the source text. I also like Julie's idea of clear-cut and hard-line with it too...
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

he sees things in black and white/takes a cut-and-dried view of things

John Peterson

4 +1

He adopts

juliebarba

as a friend of... he does nothing by halves

xxxCMJ_Trans

he tends to take clear-cut positions

Jeffrey Lewis

He is known for his blunt/downright positions

Najib Aloui

he is a specialist in hard-line positions

Laurel Clausen

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5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

he sees things in black and white/takes a cut-and-dried view of things

John Peterson
Local time: 22:25
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

Grading comment

This is more along the lines of what I was trying to find myself and stays true to the source text. I also like Julie's idea of clear-cut and hard-line with it too...

Notes to answerer

Asker: Oops sorry! Here you are: ...ami de la famille Bush, il cultive des positions tranchées qui l’ont amené à s’opposer durement au président...

8 mins confidence:

he is a specialist in hard-line positions

Explanation:
or a hard-liner...

Laurel Clausen
United States
Local time: 14:25
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

38 mins confidence:

He is known for his blunt/downright positions

Explanation:
.

Najib Aloui
Local time: 22:25
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French

44 mins confidence:

as a friend of... he does nothing by halves

Explanation:
...

xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 23:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 89

Notes to answerer

Asker: agree with juliebarba

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

He adopts

Explanation:
to adopt is good for 'cultiver' as it's often used for politics - to adopt a stance / position

There are lots of other good suggestions here as to what could come next:

he adopts clear-cut positions

he adopts hard-line stances etc

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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-06-22 18:20:08 GMT)
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ps: I also like LB's 'uncompromising'....

juliebarba
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 14

Notes to answerer

Asker: I like your idea of clear-cut and hard-line since these are true to the original however am only able to award points once so I think it fair to give them to John for coming up with "to adopt..." first

32 mins confidence:

he tends to take clear-cut positions

Explanation:
US journalistic cliché. There's no real cognate for "cultiver" in this context but since there's no example given (or maybe there is later) that indicates that a number of his issue positions are expressed in clear language that doesn't allow for the usual fudging.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-06-22 18:29:44 GMT)
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This probably has to do with the idea that GWB needs to get out of the "echo chamber" of beni-oui-ouis and talk to a member of the reality-based community...what is "sb."?

Jeffrey Lewis
United States
Local time: 17:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: sb = somebody. Looking back my original explanation of context wasn't terribly clear was it?!

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