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piste de réflexion

English translation: avenue worth exploring


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French term or phrase:piste de réflexion
English translation:avenue worth exploring
Entered by: Joshua Wolfe
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17:44 Jan 24, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Public health research
French term or phrase: piste de réflexion
CONTEXT: A grant application written by a social service agency for funding of a project on preventing aggression in adolescence and adulthood through early-childhood education.

I have come across 'piste de réflexion' many times and haven't been able to develop the perfect translation.

So far, I have come up with "Areas for consideration" and "food for thought" (but the latter is too informal for this text).

SENTENCE: ...mettre en évidence des pistes de réflexion pour améliorer toutes interventions et démarches subséquentes en lien avec le déploiement futur du projet...
Joshua Wolfe
Local time: 15:01
avenues worth exploring
Explanation:
the way forward/line of approach/new ways of thinking...
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Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:01
Grading comment
Thank-you, Marian
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +9avenues worth exploring
Marian Vieyra
3 +4ideas to explore
Natasha Dupuy
4avenue for thoughtxxxBourth
3present/bring forth ideas to develop in order toMatthewLaSon
3guideline
kashew
3Food for thought
Verginia Ophof


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
avenues worth exploring


Explanation:
the way forward/line of approach/new ways of thinking...

Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:01
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank-you, Marian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Natasha Dupuy: oops, just saw this after posting my second suggestion!
1 min
  -> Thanks, Natasha

agree  cc in nyc: avenues for exploration
39 mins
  -> Thanks, cc

agree  Tony M
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Tony M

agree  Jim Tucker: w/cc: avenues for exploration
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Jim

agree  xxxBourth: It's a big step from piste, or "dirt track", to avenue, but we in English have delusions of grandeur.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Bourth

agree  Philippa
14 hrs
  -> Thanks, Philippa

agree  mimi 254
15 hrs
  -> Thanks, mimi 254

agree  Gilla Evans
15 hrs
  -> Thanks, Gilla

agree  Dominique Broady
16 hrs
  -> Thanks, Dominique
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
ideas to explore


Explanation:
A suggestion

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or avenues to explore?

Natasha Dupuy
France
Local time: 21:01
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Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Tony!

agree  CKSTraductions
13 hrs

agree  mimi 254
15 hrs

agree  Dominique Broady
16 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
guideline


Explanation:
*or principles

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Note added at 17 minutes (2011-01-24 18:02:12 GMT)
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"lines of thought" is better!

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Note added at 18 minutes (2011-01-24 18:03:01 GMT)
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or "attitudes to"...

kashew
France
Local time: 21:01
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Food for thought


Explanation:
highlight the ideas put forward

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 13:01
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: But as Asker has already said, this is far too informal in register for his context.
1 hr
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
avenue for thought


Explanation:
even.

It succeeds in providing many AVENUES FOR THOUGHT. ...
www.amazon.co.uk › ... › Economics › Labou

This white paper looks to the future and offers a number of AVENUES FOR THOUGHT. Manpower Worktrends Survey (november 2005) ...
https://candidate.manpower.com/.../04_ SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gLI28zT0tvA0sDFzdDA0930...

Not trying to hijack the thread, just open some more AVENUES FOR THOUGHT. L2W - I see you recommend the Infinity sub quite often. ...
www.highdefforum.com › General Chit Chat › Speakers & Surround Sound

The stories of ghosts and superstitious sayings had opened up AVENUES FOR THOUGHT, and he reasoned that if everything must die, and if there is a heaven and ...
christianbookshelf.org/byrum/the.../chapter_x_a_contrast.htm

"Educating Rita in this fine production opens up AVENUES FOR THOUGHT and analysis, or one can just sit back and enjoy the story, the laughs and the vivid ...
www.festivalantigonish.com/reviews.html

Such AVENUES FOR THOUGHT will help you determine your tolerance to risk. Whatever your answers, the important thing is to be comfortable with your choices ...
www.dfsinvestmentinsurance.ca/en/.../prepare-your-meeting.a...

Or maybe, you want to create a certain specific feeling, give the user a certain experience, or open up AVENUES FOR THOUGHT and discussion. ...
wp.wpi.edu/.../planning-a-successful-multimedia-project-in-6-easy-steps/

Plus another 7,600 such on Google.


xxxBourth
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
present/bring forth ideas to develop in order to


Explanation:
Hello,

I see what you mean here: this is a more all-encompassing term in Fremcj that often needs some "refining" in English (more specific term to fit context)

[PDF] RTSOPS 2010File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
We next present some ideas to develop in order to achieve valuable positive results on scheduling self-suspending tasks: Particular task characteristics. ...
https://www.cs.york.ac.uk/ftpdir/reports/2010/YCS/.../YCS-20...


I hope this helps.

MatthewLaSon
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