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English translation: peacemaker

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French term or phrase:	un homme de paix
English translation:	peacemaker
Entered by:	Richardson Lisa

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14:33 Mar 22, 2010

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Social Sciences - Anthropology

French term or phrase: un homme de paix

Hi all, still with my ethnic groups...

'Le village comprenait des prêtres et un homme de paix dont le rôle était d’éviter que la compétition pour devenir chef de village ne tourne à l’affrontement.'

all ideas gratefully received ...TIA Lisa

Richardson Lisa KudoZ activity Questions: 33 (2 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 53 France
Local time: 18:00

peacemaker

Explanation:
Conciliator.
Peacemaker seems better suited to this context.

Selected response from:

Sangro
Local time: 19:00

Grading comment

thanks sangro
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +7

peacemaker

Sangro

peacemonger

xxxCarruthers

4 +1

A man of peace

Tony.J.A.@DT

3 +2

peace weaver

Lucy-Jane Michel

moderator

kashew

mediator

Anaviva

an arbitrator

Sébastien GUITTENY

Summary of reference entries provided

In many African contexts:

Gilla Evans

Answers

6 mins confidence:

un homme de paix (see context) mediator

Explanation:
An option

Anaviva
Spain
Local time: 18:00
Native speaker of:

English

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

un homme de paix (see context)

peacemaker

Explanation:
Conciliator.
Peacemaker seems better suited to this context.

Sangro
Local time: 19:00
Native speaker of:

English,

Romanian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks sangro

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

un homme de paix (see context) A man of peace

Explanation:
There's even a noble prize reference for that title

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Peace

And it's used by many authors to describe that type of individual

Tony.J.A.@DT
Local time: 12:00
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French

10 mins confidence:

un homme de paix (see context) moderator

Explanation:
* One that moderates, as: a. One that arbitrates or mediates. b. One who presides over a meeting, forum, or debate.

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Note added at 13 minutes (2010-03-22 14:46:52 GMT)
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Minds are like parachutes - they function best when open.
Posted by Tribal Moderator

kashew
France
Local time: 18:00
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

22 mins confidence:

an arbitrator

Explanation:
Hope this helps.

Sébastien GUITTENY
France
Local time: 18:00
Native speaker of:

French

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

un homme de paix (see context) peace weaver

Explanation:
or peace-weaver, or peace-maker...

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Note added at 11 minutes (2010-03-22 14:44:17 GMT)
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Peace-weaver would be my personal preference - possibly coloured by a love for Anglo-Saxon poetry! - although traditionally referring to a woman...I love the image, though, and would delight in being able to slip it into a translation!

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Note added at 27 minutes (2010-03-22 15:00:17 GMT)
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I think it would, and I have to admit to an aversion to peacemaker as it sounds too similar to pacemaker! At the end of the day it really depends on the tone you want to give your text, doesn't it? I think peace-weaver sounds a bit more 'ethnic', but as I mentioned, I have a personal bias! ;-))

Lucy-Jane Michel
France
Local time: 18:00
Native speaker of: English

Notes to answerer

Asker: I think this sounds wonderful, but I forgot to say that the context is an African ethnic group. I'm not sure that it will work in this context?

40 mins confidence:

peacemonger

Explanation:
all ideas gratefully received, as you said

xxxCarruthers
Native speaker of:

English

Reference comments

32 mins

Reference: In many African contexts:

Reference information:
for instance
"When a man had a son or a daughter old enough to be circumcised, he was elevated into another council called the council of peace (kiama kĩa mataathi). On entering this council the man was now a man of peace and no longer of the warrior class.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikuyu"

Also in the Americas
http://www.jstor.org/pss/2844522

and Asia
http://www.jstor.org/pss/2801540

Gilla Evans
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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Changes made by editors

Mar 22, 2010 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
Term asked	un homme de paix (see context) => un homme de paix

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