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English translation: hive/hub of (social) activity; social hub


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French term or phrase:pôle de vie
English translation:hive/hub of (social) activity; social hub
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
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11:20 Mar 22, 2008
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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Town planning
French term or phrase: pôle de vie
"De véritables pôles de vie se sont développés autour des gares qui sont des lieux exemplaires en matière d’intermodalité et d’activité commerciale, ce qui fait des Japonais les plus grands utilisateurs de train au monde."

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Eutychus
Local time: 23:44
hive/hub of (social) activity; social hub
Explanation:
perhaps like a commercial centre, or something like that. At least, the gist is that it's created not only a lot of business and activity, but it's also a good place to spend time - perhaps lots of bars and restaurants, nice shops, etc

The New Social HubThe New Social Hub. Loker Commons revitalization spurs social activities in student center. By Debra Bradley Ruder. Gazette Staff ...
www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/1997/02.13/TheNewSocialHub.html - 12k - Cached - Similar pages

A Sensible Decision On Pollok Park (from The Herald )[/quote] -Iain A D Mann Last week a fire in the same developer's premises close by in Ashton Lane came close to destroying the most important social hub ...
www.theherald.co.uk/features/letters/display.var.2096777.0.... - 55k - Cached - Similar pages

Press Releases - Artist's impressions show East Dunbartonshire's ...This leads into the main social hub which is the focal point of the school. ... At the end of the block housing the social hub, is the internal sports ...

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Carol Gullidge
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Local time: 22:44
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hub was the word I needed, thanks.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +7hive/hub of (social) activity; social hub
Carol Gullidge
4 +1what others have saidxxxBourth
3urban hub
Andreas THEODOROU
3I fear it may be something ghastly like "lifestyle clusters"xxxCMJ_Trans


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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
hive/hub of (social) activity; social hub


Explanation:
perhaps like a commercial centre, or something like that. At least, the gist is that it's created not only a lot of business and activity, but it's also a good place to spend time - perhaps lots of bars and restaurants, nice shops, etc

The New Social HubThe New Social Hub. Loker Commons revitalization spurs social activities in student center. By Debra Bradley Ruder. Gazette Staff ...
www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/1997/02.13/TheNewSocialHub.html - 12k - Cached - Similar pages

A Sensible Decision On Pollok Park (from The Herald )[/quote] -Iain A D Mann Last week a fire in the same developer's premises close by in Ashton Lane came close to destroying the most important social hub ...
www.theherald.co.uk/features/letters/display.var.2096777.0.... - 55k - Cached - Similar pages

Press Releases - Artist's impressions show East Dunbartonshire's ...This leads into the main social hub which is the focal point of the school. ... At the end of the block housing the social hub, is the internal sports ...



Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:44
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PRO pts in category: 23
Grading comment
hub was the word I needed, thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AAQuintyne: the first thing that came to mind was "hub"
10 mins
  -> thanks Alana!

agree  Andreas THEODOROU: "hub of activity" gets my vote
12 mins
  -> thanks Andy!

agree  fourth: Got it in 3!
27 mins
  -> thanks, fourth!

neutral  xxxCMJ_Trans: IMHO it is the station that is the hub. Here they are talking about what has developed around it - nuance, no?
1 hr
  -> IMHO the whole area can be a hub or a centre or a heart of a communuty, not just the station itself, but also what surrounds it, even if that makes the hub rather bigger!

agree  Victoria Burns:
2 hrs
  -> thanks, Victoria!

agree  Katarina Peters
3 hrs
  -> thanks Katarina!

agree  xxxalizestarfir
7 hrs
  -> thanks alize!

agree  cmwilliams
9 hrs
  -> thanks cmwilliams!
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
urban hub


Explanation:
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Andreas THEODOROU
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I fear it may be something ghastly like "lifestyle clusters"


Explanation:
that have developed round stations which are both hubs and interchange points...

xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 23:44
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PRO pts in category: 68

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  cmwilliams: I certainly hope not!
7 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
what others have said


Explanation:
Sonoda Hidehiro has pointed out that the JAPANESE TERMINAL STATION SERVES A DUAL FUNCTION, first in transportation as a TERMINAL AND TRANSFER POINT for travelers, and second as an ASSEMBLAGE OF URBAN FACILITIES FOR SHOPPING, DINING, AND OTHER CONSUMPTION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES. Sonoda goes on to suggest that the latter role of a station as a FOCUS OF "LEISURE" CANNOT BE FOUND IN THE TRAIN STATIONS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES, leading him to the conclusion that the role of a terminal station as an ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT is not a necessarily outgrowth of the station's primary role as a center of transportation, but rather a DEVELOPMENT UNIQUE TO JAPAN
http://www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/cpjr/folkbeliefs/muraka...

Sayonara.

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23. Sonoda Hidehiro , "'Majime na' sakariba no seiritsu: taaminaru bunka no rekishi-teki ichi" [Establishment of a "serious" entertainment district: the historical stature of culture around terminal stations], Inoue Tadashi, ed., Toshi no fookuroa (Tokyo: Domesu Shuppan, 1988), 179.

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I actually have my doubts about the logic of your writer. I would really be surprised if the Japanese take trains BECAUSE they have all this stuff round their stations; rather the stuff is there because they take the trains. Really that different from what we see in European cities, where you have traditionally had bars and restaurants and red-light districts around stations, and now increasing numbers of other commercial and cultural facilities?

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More on why the Japanese take trains at http://www.jrtr.net/jrtr36/pdf/ap54_han.pdf

xxxBourth
Local time: 23:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 42

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  xxxCMJ_Trans: all that is changing now, you know.....
53 mins

agree  Britaly: Doesn't this just mean that the Japanese use trains because its more practical to have everything in the same place?
1 hr
  -> I suspect even the Japanese use trains to get from A to B. The fact that B coincides with a restaurant or a cinema is secondary. The COULD walk or drive. Facilities are where stations are because people take trains, not vice versa, surely.
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