French: dynamique/peu dynamiqueEnglish translation: active/not very active; static 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | dynamique/peu dynamique | | English translation: | active/not very active; static | | Entered by: | French Foodie |
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Social Sciences - Geography / maps (economic) | | French term or phrase: dynamique/peu dynamique | I know there are a myriad of ways of translating this, but I would like your opinion. This appears in the legends of maps, describing cities or industries:
industries dynamiques : chimie, electronique
regions industrielles dynamiques
ville industrielle dynamique, pole de haute technologie
ville peu dynamique, industries traditionelles (acier, chimie)
for dynamique I've thought of booming, thriving, flourishing, properous city/industry (leaning towards prosperous)
And the only thing I can come up with for "ville peu dynamique" is sluggish.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions. |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseRita Heller: 3:12pm Oct 3, 2005: sluggish is the best answer! -
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| | active/not very active; static | Explanation:
why not..it works fine..it's the usual Business TErm here
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Note added at 15 mins (2005-10-03 14:17:22 GMT)
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in business, dynamique is merely active...as opposed to inactive..or somewhat active |
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Jane Lamb-Ruiz
United States
| Note from asker to answererThis was an extremely hard question to grade, because all of your suggestions were helpful, and I actually used a combination of them in the different legends: active industries, lively cities, sleepy cities, stagnating industries... a myriad of combinations could work. But I think Jane's answer works best as a blanket term that could cover all instances, and thus is best for the glossary entry. Many thanks to all!
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| progressive/sleepy
Explanation:
although one is not the exact antithesis of the other, they may work. I prefer sleepy to sluggish, but feel that these words are too 'judgemental'. Perhaps even a term such as low-tech might be better.
| GillW
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of:  English
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9 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 |
| peu dynamique stagnant
Explanation:
Generally applied to water, but my dico. does also allow for other contexts - and gives it as a synonym of sluggish, which I wouldn't use in this context.
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14 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 |
| active/not very active; static
Explanation:
why not..it works fine..it's the usual Business TErm here
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Note added at 15 mins (2005-10-03 14:17:22 GMT)
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in business, dynamique is merely active...as opposed to inactive..or somewhat active
| Jane Lamb-Ruiz
United States
Native speaker of: English, Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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| Note from asker to answerer| This was an extremely hard question to grade, because all of your suggestions were helpful, and I actually used a combination of them in the different legends: active industries, lively cities, sleepy cities, stagnating industries... a myriad of combinations could work. But I think Jane's answer works best as a blanket term that could cover all instances, and thus is best for the glossary entry. Many thanks to all! |
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| dynamic/undynamic
Explanation:
This works in English too, you know! ;-)
Dynamic - full of energy, active, forward-looking
conservative/progressive
active/inactive
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