French: ancrage théoriqueEnglish translation: sound theoretical basis 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | ancrage théorique | | English translation: | sound theoretical basis | | Entered by: | Claire Cox |
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Social Sciences - Economics / Employment growth | | French term or phrase: ancrage théorique | Still on my business growth article.
Le phénomène de croissance a déjà fait couler énormément d’encre. Néanmoins, la plupart des travaux qui lui sont consacrés manquent cruellement d’**ancrage théorique**. C’est pourquoi la première section de cette communication sera consacrée au développement du modèle théorique qui sera utilisé pour analyser causalement la croissance. Outre ce manque de références théoriques, de nombreux travaux empiriques se limitent à l’analyse de l’impact d’un nombre limité de types de variables.
I have been translating this as "theoretical depth", but I can't help feeling that must be a more descriptive solution out there which mirrors the French "ancrage" better. I've toyed with foundations, but don't think that's quite right. Can anyone come up with a better suggestion?
Many thanks as ever. |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseClaire Cox: 11:41am Mar 30, 2007: Marc - re making it harder than it is: you should see the rest of the article! Sometimes you just get bogged down in gobbledegook.....
Claire Cox: 11:47am Mar 30, 2007: I agree that "sound theoretical basis" works in the negative context, i.e. manquent de, but I also have it in a positive sense, e.g.
L’originalité de cette communication repose donc sur son ancrage théorique, la diversité des types de variables étudiées, ses données et le traitement statistique choisi.
and I think that's what has thrown me - although the more I think about it, the addition of "sound" probably makes it work here too
John Peterson: 12:21pm Mar 30, 2007: All they are saying, it seems to me, is that many previous studies have lacked a (sound) theoretical basis - too "empirical" - and that this study remedies this (e.g. the theory can be tested statistically and isn't just simple correlations or whatever)
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| | theoretical foundations | Explanation:
theoretical foundations sounds absolutely fine to me, but if you don't like this option Claire, try:
(lack) a sound theoretical basis
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Note added at 2 days20 hrs (2007-04-02 07:33:58 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks Claire |
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Marc Glinert
France
| Note from asker to answererMany thanks to you both - this is just what I was looking for, but couldn't drag from the recesses of my tired brain. The addition of "sound" makes it!
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The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +3