travailler moins, mieux, et autrement

English translation: work smarter, not harder

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French term or phrase:travailler moins, mieux, et autrement
English translation:work smarter, not harder
Entered by: Jocelyne S

19:06 Oct 25, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
French term or phrase: travailler moins, mieux, et autrement
Any suggestions on how to render this in English?

From the section on self-production in a book on radical environmentalism:
C’est reconnaître que la gestion directe de la production, que peut illustrer la formule « Travailler moins, mieux et autrement », offrirait de multiples avantages.

Thanks in advance,
Jocelyne.
Jocelyne S
France
Local time: 14:41
work smarter, not harder
Explanation:
this was popular a few years ago... still has lots of hits
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Rachel Vanarsdall
Local time: 09:41
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Thank you to all of your for your suggestions!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +10work smarter, not harder
Rachel Vanarsdall
4 +3work less, more efficiently and differently
Gayle Wallimann
3 +4work differently: less but smarter
Francis MARC
4 +1change the way you work; work less and more effectively
frenchloki (X)


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
work less, more efficiently and differently


Explanation:
One suggestion. I don't think that it needs to be complicated.

Gayle Wallimann
Local time: 14:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  suezen: or more effectively and in a different way
2 mins

agree  chaplin: il y là une philosophie est-ce que travailler mieux implique plus ou est-ce une meilleure qualité de vie
2 hrs

agree  Sandra C.
19 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
work differently: less but smarter


Explanation:
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Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 15:41
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): yes that is a good marketing answer!
48 mins

agree  Elizabeth Lyons: Less is more here; succinct and elegant.
58 mins

agree  Clare Macnamara
1 hr

agree  eileengreen
2 hrs
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +10
work smarter, not harder


Explanation:
this was popular a few years ago... still has lots of hits

Rachel Vanarsdall
Local time: 09:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you to all of your for your suggestions!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters: Sounds good!
3 mins

agree  Sylvia Smith: my thoughts exactly!
16 mins

agree  Nathalie Bendavid
25 mins

neutral  frenchloki (X): I like it, but it doesn't deal with "autrement", and as it's a book on radical environmentalism... autrement is probably the most important idea in the phrase
26 mins

agree  Paige Stanton (X): I think smarter can encompass "autrement"
1 hr

agree  michael10705 (X)
1 hr

agree  Charlie Bavington: Absolutely. My understanding of the 'smarter' part was always that one should change the way one works (i.e. autrement) and in so doing, would probably end up working less. So yup, this is it :-)
2 hrs

agree  RHELLER: good one :-)
4 hrs

agree  Georges Tocco
5 hrs

agree  Sara Freitas
11 hrs

agree  LJC (X): nice and snappy
14 hrs
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
change the way you work; work less and more effectively


Explanation:
Just another way of saying the same thing

frenchloki (X)
Local time: 14:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chaplin
1 hr
  -> Thanks Ségolène

neutral  Charlie Bavington: Indeed it is another way, but if I read this (as a BE speaker), I would merely think "hmm, OK, but why didn't the author just say 'work smarter not harder' ? " Smarter = less + more effectively, IMVHO :-)
2 hrs
  -> I agree that it sounds a lot better - just offering an option
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