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haute presidence

English translation: distinguished chairmanship


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French term or phrase:haute presidence
English translation:distinguished chairmanship
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French term or phrase: haute presidence
The "colloque se tiendra sous la haute présidence de Monsieur xx", does this simply indicate that he will chair the meeting or is there a different meaning ?

Thanks in advance
Dianne Holmes Brown
France
Local time: 20:48
distinguished chairmanship
Explanation:
my take

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Note added at 32 mins (2006-03-24 09:55:53 GMT)
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sorry-forgot to add the refs:

The Europe - Asia Meeting (ASEM) - Asia-Europe Business Forum II ...
... and the Asia-Europe Business Conference (AEBC) held in Jakarta, Indonesia under the distinguished chairmanship of Mr. Aburizal Bakrie in July 1997, ...
europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/asem/min_other_meeting/bf2.htm

Keynote Address by HE Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia ...
... with so many notable intellectuals gathered 1n this room under the distinguished Chairmanship of the Director-General of UJNESCO Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura. ...
portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=32075&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-03-24 10:26:15 GMT)
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sorry-forgot to add the refs:

The Europe - Asia Meeting (ASEM) - Asia-Europe Business Forum II ...
... and the Asia-Europe Business Conference (AEBC) held in Jakarta, Indonesia under the distinguished chairmanship of Mr. Aburizal Bakrie in July 1997, ...
europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/asem/min_other_meeting/bf2.htm

Keynote Address by HE Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia ...
... with so many notable intellectuals gathered 1n this room under the distinguished Chairmanship of the Director-General of UJNESCO Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura. ...
portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=32075&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
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writeaway
Belgium
Local time: 20:48
Grading comment
Thanks a lot to you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +7distinguished chairmanship
writeaway
3 +3honorary presidency
Francis MARC


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers

28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
honorary presidency


Explanation:
dans ce contexte ça semble équivalent à présidence d'honneur (pour nommer la personnalité éminente qui est mise en avant)

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 21:48
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 220

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MDI-IDM
1 min

agree  IC --: Just as simple as that...!!
23 mins

agree  Assimina Vavoula
28 mins
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
distinguished chairmanship


Explanation:
my take

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Note added at 32 mins (2006-03-24 09:55:53 GMT)
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sorry-forgot to add the refs:

The Europe - Asia Meeting (ASEM) - Asia-Europe Business Forum II ...
... and the Asia-Europe Business Conference (AEBC) held in Jakarta, Indonesia under the distinguished chairmanship of Mr. Aburizal Bakrie in July 1997, ...
europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/asem/min_other_meeting/bf2.htm

Keynote Address by HE Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia ...
... with so many notable intellectuals gathered 1n this room under the distinguished Chairmanship of the Director-General of UJNESCO Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura. ...
portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=32075&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-03-24 10:26:15 GMT)
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sorry-forgot to add the refs:

The Europe - Asia Meeting (ASEM) - Asia-Europe Business Forum II ...
... and the Asia-Europe Business Conference (AEBC) held in Jakarta, Indonesia under the distinguished chairmanship of Mr. Aburizal Bakrie in July 1997, ...
europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/asem/min_other_meeting/bf2.htm

Keynote Address by HE Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia ...
... with so many notable intellectuals gathered 1n this room under the distinguished Chairmanship of the Director-General of UJNESCO Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura. ...
portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=32075&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

writeaway
Belgium
Local time: 20:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 518
Grading comment
Thanks a lot to you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  IC --: Just as simple as that...!! (I think all of three answers share same meaning, they are all very good variants! I agree with you all, it's up to asker to choose her fency one.
21 mins
  -> but you've agreed with 3 totally different answers.

agree  suezen: www.dfat.gov.au/media/ speeches/foreign/1997/geneva_c.html - 19k www.fao.org/docrep/meeting/007/B0217E/B0217E12.htm - 33k
28 mins

agree  Amy Williams
53 mins

agree  MikeGarcia
1 hr

agree  Dr Sue Levy
1 hr

agree  xxxdf49f
1 hr

agree  Sandra Petch: I'm jumping late on the bandwagon;just to say this is a great suggestion!
6 hrs
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