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English translation: round table discussion

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13:24 Jan 12, 2006

French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Management

French term or phrase: tour de table

Quelle est la meilleur façon de traduire "tour de table"?
Contexte:
Réunion de travail hebdomadaire en entreprise - Département Ressources Humaines (15 participants) avec en autre à l'ordre du jour:
"Compte rendu de la réunion de direction puis tour de table. (i.e. temps laissé à chacun pour s'exprimer)"

Rien à voir avec de domaine bancaire. Je cherche un terme général.
D'avance merci.

DIANE ROUX KudoZ activity Questions: 42 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 29
Local time: 13:12

English translation:round table discussion

Explanation:
this is what I always use

Selected response from:

mwatchorn
Local time: 12:12

Grading comment

Thanks for your help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +6

round table discussion

mwatchorn

3 +6

round table

Sandra Petch

4 +3

floor time

French Foodie

5 +1

brainstorming

Miranda Joubioux

frank discussion

Maya Jurt

free speaking time for each participant in turn

iol

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

round table discussion

Explanation:
this is what I always use

mwatchorn
Local time: 12:12
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks for your help.

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

floor time

Explanation:
While I think round table could work here, another way of handling the translation would be to remove the part in brackets and say something along the lines of "and then all participants will be given some floor time"

Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce Events
Plus, all who attend are given floor time to introduce themselves and tell everyone
a little about their business. New employees or representatives of ...
www.stocktonchamber.org/events/events.htm - 28k - 11 Jan 2006 - Cached - Similar pages

French Foodie
Local time: 13:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

brainstorming

Explanation:
this is commonly used for meetings!

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given that the word is explained by what's in brackets, this term can be used here. Personally, I don't like "round table", which implies something terribly formal. It would be better to say something like each person takes it in turns to make comments, to keep it less formal.

Miranda Joubioux
Local time: 13:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

3 mins confidence:

frank discussion

Explanation:
one possibility

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Note added at 11 mins (2006-01-12 13:36:05 GMT)
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In fact "tout de table is use in English, and quite a lot.
Check with Google.
Here is an example:
Tour de table of the panellists followed by panel discussions. Summary conclusions
and recommendations drawn by the moderator. See also the video ...
www.coe.int/T/E/human_rights/media/Links/Events/ForumStbgSe... - 58k
Maybe: "tour de table presentation"

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Note added at 31 mins (2006-01-12 13:55:35 GMT)
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"round table" (table ronde) refers to King Arthurs and his knights. Today, it means a conference for discussion or deliberation by several participants (Webster). It is not a time allotted at a reunion or conference to allow a frank discussion.

Maya Jurt
Local time: 13:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German,

French

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

round table

Explanation:
One suggestion

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Note added at 32 mins (2006-01-12 13:56:53 GMT)
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A completely different take:
"Minutes from/Summary of the management meeting followed by comments from the floor/from participants

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Note added at 38 mins (2006-01-12 14:02:39 GMT)
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Or maybe not, having read Charlie's insightful comment "Could just be a chance for participants to give brief report on activity in their depts."
Amazing how these little things can get the brain buzzing...!!

Sandra Petch
Local time: 13:12
Native speaker of:

English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Tortola

3 mins

-> Thanks!

neutral

Maya Jurt: Not really. See: http://forum.wordreference.com/archive/index.php?t-55686.htm...

10 mins

-> Your link says "It isn't unusual to hear a discussion called a round table."

agree

Charlie Bavington: given that the precise meaning is described in brackets. Usually, a round table is "table ronde" where all participants are deemed equal, can speak as & when, etc. But I think it's OK here.

14 mins

-> Thanks Charlie!

agree

Ghina: I think it's better than round table discussion in THIS context because it's mentioned that (i.e. temps laissé à chacun pour s'exprimer). Not discussion, but just round table. This is my opinion.

1 hr

-> Thanks Tanya, discussion does imply interaction whereas I think the idea here is just a few words from each person.

agree

zaphod: Having a round table. Common term. Good trans.

1 day1 hr

-> Thanks a lot Zaphod!

agree

PB Trans

1 day23 hrs

agree

1045

21 days

5 hrs confidence:

free speaking time for each participant in turn

Explanation:
I don't see any other way to translate the idea. ONe (rare) example of an expression being shorter in French than in English. Yet, I may be wrong...

iol
Local time: 13:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French

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