prospective
English translation: forward planning
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|  Selected response from: Helen D. Elliot (X) Canada Local time: 00:36 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | forward planning |
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| 5 | Course of action |
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| 4 | foreward thinking |
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| 4 | planning, strategy |
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| 4 | prospect (of) |
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| 3 | brain-storming |
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28 mins confidence: 
foreward thinking Explanation: Just something that popped into my head, Julia. I prefer communication for "échange". For me "dialogue" seems too restrictive. Good luck! Alix |
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37 mins confidence:
planning, strategy Explanation: Don't know if either will work in the fuller context, but these are GDT inspired and may help. As to the first one, "échange", I'm going to stick my neck out, as I quite like "exchange" in fact. It's simple, and the two-way process involved is clear. |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1forward planning Explanation: I agree with Julia that *prospective* immediately calls to mind the idea of "forward thinking". There is *réflexion prospective* (forward thinking) or the adjective *prospectif* (forward-looking), but I really think the term goes beyond the "thinking" to the research and planning stage. They mean forecasting here, doing the research and planning in an insightful, forward-looking way, inherent to the process. The tracking, observation, and analysis mentioned in the second bullet lead me in this direction. It may also be a false lead, but I can't help but think of "prospecting" in the English sense of exploring or examining. I've also come a cross a few interesting terms in Termium: French:Organizations and Administrative Units Division de la prospective s English:Organizations and Administrative Units Futures Research Division s 1976-06-19 French:Telephone Services Organization Planning prospective s FEM French:Telephone Services Organization Planning prospective s FEM French:Management Theory gestion prospective s CORRECT,FEM DEF - Application de techniques d'exploration du futur à la gestion. s French:Management Theory gestion prospective s CORRECT,FEM DEF - Application de techniques d'exploration du futur à la gestion. s French:Naval Forces prospective de la marine s FEM OBS - Prospective: Ensemble de recherches concernant l'évolution future de l'humanité et permettant de dégager des éléments de prévision. s English:Naval Forces navy planning s OBS - Prospective des sciences et techniques - Scientific and technical planning s 1991-12-30 French:Economic Planning futurologie s prospective s English:Economic Planning future science s futures research s future planning s 1980-05-14 French:Ecology prospective environnementale s English:Ecology advance environmental planning s 1983-10-20 I agree with Nikki on *échange*. It's simply "exchange." |
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2 hrs confidence:
prospect (of) Explanation: Three quotes from the Oxford English Dictionary: I. 1. a. The action or fact of looking forth or out, or of seeing to a distance; the condition (of a building, or station of any kind) of facing or being so situated as to have its front in a specified direction; outlook, aspect, exposure. 7. A scene presented to the mental vision, esp. of something future or expected; a mental vista. 8. a. A mental looking forward; consideration or knowledge of, or regard to something future. Now, one from Collins Cobuild: 2. A prospect is something that you expect or know is going to happen. |
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4 hrs confidence:
Course of action Explanation: Hope this helps |
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12 hrs confidence:
brain-storming Explanation: I would have translated "echange" as "sharing" and "prospectives" as brain-storming, from the definitions given. |
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