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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Comportements de loisirs

English translation:

(Positive) recreational habits

Added to glossary by Catharine Cellier-Smart
Sep 14, 2011 14:25
13 yrs ago
French term

Comportements de loisirs

French to English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. PEST analysis / social environment
SOCIAL
 Comportements de loisirs
 Lois du travail favorable
 Main d’oeuvre disponible
 Système social favorable
 Nombre de touristes croissants
 Diaspora revenant et investissant au pays

As you can see, this comes in a list of social attributes for a certain country/island. Any suggestions on how best to translate 'comportements de loisirs'? Unfortunately no further context is available.

Thanks,
David
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 (Positive) recreational habits
4 +2 leisure time behaviour or behaviour in leisure time
3 +3 Laid-back or leisurely atmosphere
4 +1 Leisure opportunities
4 Leisure behaviour
3 leisure patterns
Change log

Sep 19, 2011 12:36: Catharine Cellier-Smart Created KOG entry

Discussion

Ellen Kraus Sep 14, 2011:
Hi David; the problem is that the term asked for does not convey or insinuate what you want to express, i.e. how do people send their leisure time. the only way out of the dilemma might be to translate :leisurely-like behaviour, yet I find it hard to believe that this is meant here.
Parrot Sep 14, 2011:
I'd plump for "leisure behaviour" (hence agree with Ellen) if it had to do with the question "how" (do they spend their leisure time).
David Howard (X) (asker) Sep 14, 2011:
Hi Ellen, Thanks for your proposed entry. The only thing is that 'Leisure time behaviour' doesn't really express what the behaviour is like, which is what I'm struggling to convey in English. It's the sense that the local population enjoy their leisure time, they're laid back etc
David Howard (X) (asker) Sep 14, 2011:
More context found... Les comportements sociologiques démontrent leurs propensions aux loisirs, à la culture ainsi qu’à la consommation lors des temps libres.

Proposed translations

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(Positive) recreational habits

this term seems like the odd one out in the list, while the other items are "favorable" or "croissant" this is just a statement. so if translating literally it would just be "recreational habits" IMO, but I think that here you need to add something to it, hence my suggestion of positive.
HTH

"The recreational habits of middle-class Americans at the turn of the century indicated all of the following... "
http://millionairemonopoly.blogspot.com/

"Oakendell's founders believe that developing positive recreational habits helps keep the mind and body healthy. "
http://oakendell.org/Recreation.html
Peer comment(s):
agree sporran
10 hrs
thank you
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Catharine, I feel this is the closest in terms of describing how the population enjoy their leisure time/activities."
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Leisure opportunities

Entries on the list are evidently designed to attract visitors/investors. Opportunities is suitably vague and has the advantage of being something offered rather than something the sought-after individuals would have to do!
Peer comment(s):
agree John Detre
9 hrs
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4 mins

leisure time behaviour or behaviour in leisure time

see respective google entries

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www.persee.fr/web/revues/.../estat_0336-Les comportements de loisirs des Français. # Pour étudier la pratique des
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agree Barbara Cochran, MFA
4 mins
agree kashew
5 mins
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4 hrs

Leisure behaviour

Free time and leisure participation: international perspectives - Google Books Result
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0851996205...Grant Cushman, Anthony James Veal, Jiri Zuzanek - 2005 - Business & Economics - 298 pages
The 1967 survey on the Leisure Behaviour of the French People took place during the last three months of the year, with a random sample of 6637 persons. ...

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Persée : Les comportements de loisirs des Français
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www.persee.fr/web/revues/.../estat_0336-1454_1973_num_51_1_...
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Les comportements de loisirs des Français. # Pour étudier la pratique des loisirs, intensité et fréquence, on a choisi d'interroger directement un échantillon ...

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Growing Older: Tourism and Leisure Behaviour of Older Adults Cabi ...
www.amazon.co.uk › ... › Speciality Travel › OAP Travel - Cached
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Growing Older: Tourism and Leisure Behaviour of Older Adults Cabi Publishing: Amazon.co.uk: I. Patterson: Books.
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Understanding Casual-leisure Information Behaviour
www.cs.swan.ac.uk/~csmax/csm49/casual-leisure-book-chap.pdf
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behaviour can change in casual-leisure scenarios compared to well ... casual-leisure information behaviour and should influence how research in this area, as ...
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Psychological ... - Full list of modules (The University of Manchester)
courses.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/module.html?... - Cached
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To provide an understanding of the conditions that contribute to leisure behaviour, characteristics of leisure behaviour and implications of leisure behaviour. ...
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Arkenford - ArkLeisure
www.arkenford.co.uk/web/products/arkleisure/ - CachedSimilar
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They are both poor predictors of discretionary choices like holidays and leisure behaviour. ArkLeisure® replaces these approaches by understanding how ...
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Laid-back or leisurely atmosphere

I wonder if you might get away with "laid-back / leisurely atmosphere" as I don't think this is really about leisure time per se.

We generally don't talk about countries' "behaviour", which is why I've suggested "atmosphere".

HTH,
Jocelyne

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"Leisure behaviour" certainly exists and can be used in a sociological context, but I really don't think you can use it to describe a country/island.

If you want to stick with the "leisure behaviour" idea, you'll have to add some qualifiers to show that you're talking about the population and not the island itself, IMO.

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"Leisure-oriented" is another suggestion which is ambiguous enough to stand alone in describing a country or be used alongside "population" if you want to go that route.
Peer comment(s):
agree Simo Blom
36 mins
Thank you.
agree reeny : leisurely atmosphere
1 hr
Thanks Reeny.
agree Jenni Sheppard
1 hr
Thanks Jenni.
disagree liz askew : This is not the meaning.
4 hrs
agree Yvonne Gallagher
5 hrs
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1 day 17 hrs

leisure patterns

i.e. patterns of behavior that determine a locale specific attitude towards leisure time.
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