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English translation: social ladder

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French term or phrase:	ascenceur social
English translation:	social ladder
Entered by:	cc in nyc

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17:54 Jan 20, 2012

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French term or phrase: ascenceur social

Phénomène de "déclassement" : l'ascenseur social français en panne
L'éducation, un ascenseur social ?

cebou KudoZ activity Questions: 5 (none open) Answers: 1
Local time: 13:32

social ladder

Explanation:
That's what it sounds like to me.

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Note added at 12 mins (2012-01-20 18:06:54 GMT)
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Here are some references:

Main Entry: social ladder
Part of Speech: n
Definition: the hierarchical structure of a society; also called [ social scale ]
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/social ladder

"Social Ladder Forms Early in Life"
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/climbing-social-la...

"The Social Ladder"
http://www.feverbee.com/2011/01/the-social-ladder.html

"Down the Tube? Up the Social Ladder"
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/11/tube-...

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-01-20 19:16:05 GMT)
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Perhaps, for l'ascenseur social français en panne": "down the French social ladder" ;-)

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cc in nyc
Local time: 07:32

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4 +4

social ladder

cc in nyc

4 +3

social ladder

Emiliano Pantoja

social escalator

rkillings

upward social mobility/ social upward mobility/ social elevator

pooja_chic

Discussion entries: 5

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

social ladder

Explanation:
to climb up the social ladder

Emiliano Pantoja
Local time: 13:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

social ladder

cc in nyc
Local time: 07:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 111

Grading comment

thanks

1 day1 hr confidence:

upward social mobility/ social upward mobility/ social elevator

Explanation:

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wbs/research/irru/ywesrc/s...
In this context, another noteworthy concept has been used by authors such as Louis
Chauvel (2000) or Camille Peugny (2009): ‘déclassement’ reflect the idea of being
‘downgraded’. The concept encapsulates an inter-generational dimension in that with equal or
better qualifications than their parents, young people are not accessing equal employment
conditions. The aspirations that were formed around there being some upward social mobility
(the famous social elevator or “ascenseur social”) are not being fulfilled. This of course
brings in its wake strong feelings of social injustice.
http://econpapers.repec.org/article/caireofsp/reof_5f096_5f0...
http://www.kbs-frb.be/publication.aspx?id=247140&LangType=10...
http://www.historianhouse.us/FlimFiction/cohen_affaire
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/business/worldbusiness/26i...
http://www.jobmob-and-famlives.eu/papers/JFW_06-01_Widmer_Sc...

pooja_chic
Local time: 17:02
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

2 days12 hrs confidence:

social escalator

Explanation:
You have to climb a ladder to rise, but on an escalator (or a lift) you merely get on and ride. The metaphor here is not hierarchy but the means of moving people up it.

The ~3k Ghits for "social escalator" are probably more germane to this context (social policy, "instrument of social mobility") than the ~900k Ghits for "social ladder".

rkillings
United States
Local time: 04:32
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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