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l'esprit de décision

English translation: decisiveness


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:l'esprit de décision
English translation:decisiveness
Entered by: Andy Tolle
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- Include in personal glossary

15:28 Sep 8, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Psychology
French term or phrase: l'esprit de décision
A few sample sentences:

-> Après quelques semaines de pratique quotidienne, on sera émerveillé par l'augmentation de l'esprit de décision et la compréhension plus facile des textes et des problèmes.
-> En quelques semaines, l'action sur l'attention, la mémoire, l'esprit de décision, la compréhension est évidente.
Andy Tolle
Belgium
Local time: 20:54
decisiveness
Explanation:
decisiveness
Selected response from:

mohanv
India
Local time: 00:24
Grading comment
Thanks for the reply.

For this translation, this seems to be my best option.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3decision-making ability / capacity
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
4decisive attitudemargaret caulfield
3decisiveness
mohanv
Summary of reference entries provided
liz askew

  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
decision-making ability / capacity


Explanation:
:)

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 20:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for this suggestion. I appreciate your contribution. For my particular case, the suggested 'decisiveness' seems to be the best translation. The reason why I say this (speaking from the mechanic viewpoint this translation is about): From what I can tell: everyone has the ability to make decisions; the capacity seems to rely on the amount this ability is used and trusted. Regardless of ability and usage of it (capacity), enhancing the decision-making process would make the person more 'decisive' in the end. Since the emphasis in this translation is on improving the final net result, 'decisiveness' seems to grasp the most of it.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sébastien Ricciardi
6 mins
  -> Merci, Sébastien:)

agree  veratek
24 mins
  -> Thanks vera-tech:)

neutral  writeaway: convincing explanation. how did you arrive at ability or capacity?
33 mins

agree  Marcelo Gonçalves: Sure!
35 mins
  -> Thank you very much, Marcelo
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
decisiveness


Explanation:
decisiveness


    Reference: http://www.dnd.ca/somalia/vol2/v2c15f.htm
    Reference: http://www.dnd.ca/somalia/vol2/v2c15e.htm
mohanv
India
Local time: 00:24
Native speaker of: Native in TamilTamil
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks for the reply.

For this translation, this seems to be my best option.
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
decisive attitude


Explanation:
My option here!

margaret caulfield
Local time: 20:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for the help Margret! I appreciate it.

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Reference comments


5 mins
Reference

Reference information:
Applied Psychology: Rome 1958 - Google Books Result
by Horst Gundlach, International Association of ... - 1998 - Psychology - 741 pages
En outre l'esprit de décision, décision parfois instantanée au cours d'une opération difficile, lorsque quelque accident survient et qu'il y faut parer sans ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0415172233...

Amazon.co.uk: Nuno's review of Blink: The Power of Thinking ...
Still, despite acknowledging the importance of instantaneous decision making, the authors bet on a balance between intuition and reasoned deliberation, ...
www.amazon.co.uk/review/R12PH85A26VQSI - 106k - Cached - Similar pages

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&as_q=psychology decisio...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 18
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thanks for the references, liz!

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