French term
avoir coeur
This refers to a culinary event described in an annual report. I've never seen avoir coeur before. Do you think they mean avoir à coeur?
| 4 +4 | Yes |
David Hayes
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| 4 | have their heart set on |
Verginia Ophof
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| 4 -2 | perform work by feeling |
Salih YILDIRIM
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Sep 24, 2013 14:28: GILLES MEUNIER changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): David Hayes, Yvonne Gallagher, GILLES MEUNIER
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Proposed translations
France
Traductions soignées et fiables
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English
Yes
| agree |
FlyHi
: I wholeheartedly agree (pun intended).
3 hrs
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| agree |
AllegroTrans
4 hrs
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| agree |
B D Finch
7 hrs
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| disagree |
Salih YILDIRIM
: "Yes" does not mean what is asked by the Asker but reply to affirm what is explained by the same.
9 hrs
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| agree |
Tony M
: I think this is a very plausible assumption.
1 day 7 hrs
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| agree |
Vicci Le Gro (X)
254 days
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United States
Meticulous, scrupulous, curious work!
Native in: Turkish (Variant: Standard-İstanbul ) 
Works in: Turkish to English, English to Turkish, French to Turkish, and 1 more.
perform work by feeling
| disagree |
David Hayes
: This does not seem to be what is meant at all
16 hrs
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| disagree |
Tony M
: Apart from the fact that would be a highly original translation of the source text (which is itself open to question), it doesn't even seem to me to fit logically in with the rest of the meaning.
1 day 6 hrs
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Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
have their heart set on
to take it to heart
B. phr (à cœur) avoir à cœur de faire = to be intent on doing prendre qch à cœur = to take sth seriously
| neutral |
B D Finch
: I think "have their heart set on" is considerably stronger than " avoir à cœur" and "to take it to heart" means something entirely different.
4 hrs
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| neutral |
Tony M
: I agree with BDF's comment; although in some situations perhaps one might stretch the meaning this far, I don't think it would sit very naturally in EN in this particular context. And 'to take it to heart' does indeed mean something quite different again.
1 day 3 hrs
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Discussion
"Fam., Avoir coeur, Avoir le coeur au métier, Travailler avec zèle, avec ardeur; affectionner ce qu'on fait, ce qu'on doit faire. On dit de même Avoir coeur ou avoir le coeur à l'ouvrage."
http://www.mediadico.com/dictionnaire/definition/coeur
So it does seem to exist without the "à", but means the same thing, so not an issue. :-)