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animer une equipe, une reunion

English translation: coordinate a team, run a meeting

14:21 Sep 13, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management
French term or phrase: animer une equipe, une reunion
to chair would seem too formal,
to conduct may be better...?
to coordinate? be incharge of ?
oversee?
they do not give the same sense of "animer" in French. is there something better?
Thanks for your help
daa
Local time: 01:53
English translation:coordinate a team, run a meeting
Explanation:
or chair a meeeting

just a few more ideas....
Selected response from:

Sara Freitas
France
Local time: 01:53
Grading comment
it seems to be as close as one can get.... Thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +10lead a team, a meeting
Michael Powers (PhD)
4 +4coordinate a team, run a meeting
Sara Freitas
4 +3lead
IanW (X)
5 +2to lead a team and run meetings
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
4 -1to organize/to liven up a team/a meeting
swisstell


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
lead a team, a meeting


Explanation:
Mike :)

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Note added at 1 min (2004-09-13 14:23:00 GMT)
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context and Oxford Business French Dictionary

Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 19:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
0 min
  -> Thank you, Gilles - Mike :)
agree  RHELLER: "conduct/ be in charge of" a meeting is also good
1 min
  -> Thank you, Rita - Mike :)
agree  Sara Freitas
4 mins
  -> Thank you, Sara - Mike :)
agree  Aisha Maniar
5 mins
  -> Thank you, Aisha - Mike :)
agree  Michel A.: Yes, even to run (for a meeting)
6 mins
agree  sarahl (X): yes, animer is one of those PC words, they decided that diriger sounded military. summer-camp-sounding animer isn't ruffling any feathers. :-)
24 mins
agree  translatol
1 hr
agree  Jenelle Davenport
2 hrs
agree  Neil Allen: I had wondered about this one myself! Yes, this sounds good.
2 hrs
agree  Adriana Adarve (X)
12 hrs
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
lead


Explanation:
I think "lead" works well here - or perhaps "to lead a team" but to "oversee" a meeting

IanW (X)
Local time: 01:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sara Freitas
4 mins
agree  Michel A.
5 mins
agree  writeaway: lead a team, but I think it's more 'run' for a meeting
19 mins
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
to organize/to liven up a team/a meeting


Explanation:
to organize is much more conservative, in my view, than to liven up.
Therefore, it really depends on your context.


    La Rousse
swisstell
Italy
Local time: 01:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Sara Freitas: I disagree with "liven up"--I think that "coordinate" is about as far as you can go with animer in a meeting or business context
2 mins
neutral  writeaway: agree with Sara-has nothing to with 'livening up' (animating). that would be more in an entertainment context.
23 mins
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
coordinate a team, run a meeting


Explanation:
or chair a meeeting

just a few more ideas....

Sara Freitas
France
Local time: 01:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
it seems to be as close as one can get.... Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michel A.: sounds excellent
1 min
  -> Thanks!
disagree  swisstell: "animer" and run are not the same thing
10 mins
  -> Tell it to Collins Fr-Eng. What else do you do at a meeting other than run/lead/chair etc...?
agree  writeaway: :-) most idiomatic
11 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  df49f (X): aussi "moderate a meeting" - autre possibilité mais forcément vraiment mieux que "run"!
51 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Jenelle Davenport: this is most "real life"
2 hrs
agree  Aisha Maniar: I like "chair" a meeting :-)
3 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
to lead a team and run meetings


Explanation:
again. in the field of HR and on RESUMES, English goes for actions verbs OVER nouns...

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Note added at 2 hrs 33 mins (2004-09-13 16:55:16 GMT)
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Grammar and STYLE of English sentences...please :)

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: muy bien tambien :-)
17 mins
agree  df49f (X)
51 mins
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