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11:43 Feb 10, 2007 |
French to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Human Resources / consultancy | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Claire Chapman Local time: 09:26 | ||||||
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4 +3 | employee benefits...(see explanation) |
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4 +1 | team building |
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4 | business engineer |
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2 | applied social sciences/social engineering |
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2 | just a comment.. |
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1 | team development skills |
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applied social sciences/social engineering Explanation: definitions I have for "social engineering"= 1. applied social science; management humankind in accordance with their place and role in society; practical application of sociological doctrine to specific social problems 2. the application of sociological principles to specific social problems. 3. management of human beings in accordance with their place and function in society : applied social science |
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just a comment.. Explanation: As I'm sure you know, apart from "social" in the English sense as an adjective for English "society", the French word "social" *can* refer to "societe" in French sense of "company". So, "sociale" *can* therefore be variously translated as "company" (as an qualifier), "corporate", "employment" (as a qualifier) and so on. I would suspect this is probably the meaning here. "Engineering" seems to be gaining ground in French - I've seen "ingenieur d'affaires" a couple of times lately when "account manager" is the meaning. And of course, "engineer" in French generally is not necesssarily limited to blokes with big spanners :-) In the context, I wonder whether it might mean "employment policy" of some kind. For example, offering advice on applying legislation about employment of the disabled. Just a thought. No time to investigate further, I'm afraid... |
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employee benefits...(see explanation) Explanation: I was looking for this just the other day. There is a reference in the Kudos section I think, and then by searching on the internet, I came up with "employee benefits" - ie the consulants advise on the package of benefits the company offers its staff. Employee benefits consultants/consultancy in Google brings up loads of references.... |
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