cheville ouvrière
English translation: key force
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| 13:56 Oct 15, 2001 |
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|  Selected response from: Daphne Theodoraki Sweden Local time: 07:55 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | Key person |
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| 4 +1 | backbone |
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| 4 +1 | the thriving force behind... |
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| 4 +1 | linchpin |
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| 4 +1 | driving force |
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| 5 | additional comments |
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| 4 | plays a key role |
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| 4 | right-hand person, workhorse??? |
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| 3 +1 | anchorPERSON |
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| 4 | Central figure |
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| 3 | keynote speaker OR anchorman |
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5 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Key person Explanation: ??? Maybe someone else has a better idea... |
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8 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1backbone Explanation: I think that this is what I would use. |
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9 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1the thriving force behind... Explanation: that's my contribution! have a good night's rest! |
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12 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1linchpin Explanation: Termium gives a number of possibilities. I think I like their "linchpin" best: English:Translation Problems Language Problems linchpin s EX - They are the linchpins of the industry and in some case the most affluent. (Ottawa Citizen, 19.6.72, p. 48) s 1976-06-19 Reference: http://www.termium.com |
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14 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1driving force Explanation: It's hard to tell without more context but if the person being referred to is responsible for both inspiration and implementation, this might work. ("Thriving force" got me to "driving force.")If the person's role was more limited, perhaps "workhorse" would do. |
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17 mins confidence:
plays a key role Explanation: Another suggestion from the Oxford-Hachette ... yyy, who plays a key role in the conference. But all of the above suggestions are good! Regards Mary -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2001-12-14 12:18:44 (GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Testing! |
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33 mins confidence:
right-hand person, workhorse??? Explanation: Sorry Julia, perhaps it is all wrong take care paola l m |
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41 mins confidence:
additional comments Explanation: I think all of the ideas are fine (well, perhaps we'll overlook the possibilities of "thriving force ;-)). The key person, the mainspring, the linchpin (I like that!) Just make sure whatever you choose that it doesn't trivialize the role of the person in the end. |
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41 mins confidence:
keynote speaker OR anchorman Explanation: Just another couple of ideas into the melting-pot! |
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44 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1anchorPERSON Explanation: OOPS ! SORRY! |
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55 mins confidence:
Central figure Explanation: An other suggestion |
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