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pilier de communauté

English translation: upstanding member of the community

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:pilier de communauté
English translation:upstanding member of the community
Entered by: RHELLER

04:50 Jan 21, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
French term or phrase: pilier de communauté
Un pilier important de notre communauté a disparu. Il nous a tous aidés par son savoir et son intelligence. Il a fini par succomber sous les flèches de ses assaillants.
arwen
upstanding member of the community
Explanation:
pillar is also correct

... To be eligible for nomination an individual must: be a resident of Ontario,; be an upstanding member of the conservation community,; ...
www.ontarionature.org/news/template.php3?n_code=145

AllWords.com - Dictionary, Guide, Community and More
... Example: an upstanding member of society: Thesaurus: upright, moral, principled, honest, ethical, incorruptible, honourable, trustworthy, stalwart. ...
adams.allwords.com/word-upstanding.html
Selected response from:

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 17:16
Grading comment
Thank you very much. This one fit best.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +10pillar of the community
Susana Galilea
5 +3a pillar of the community
moya
5 +1pillar of the community
Jeanne Zang
4 +2upstanding member of the community
RHELLER
5 +1a valuable person/an asset to this community
sarahl (X)
5Community leader
Alex Zelkind (X)


  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +10
pilier de communauté
pillar of the community


Explanation:
Pillars of the Community Program
... consistent. An exciting aspect of this program is that you receive
definite benefits by becoming a pillar of the community. You ...
www.rsibaltimore.com/pillarprogram.htm - 12k - Cached - Similar pages

Pillar of the Community wearing no
... Apparently this “pillar of the community”, and I am not kidding, she is a Portage
County Board member and substitute high school teacher in Stevens Point ...
www.8bm.com/diatribes/volume01/diatribes022/ diatribes426-450/diatribes434.htm - 18k - Cached - Similar pages


Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 18:16
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 319

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jeanne Zang: You beat me to it!
0 min
agree  moya: and me!
3 mins
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne
20 mins
agree  Valentini Mellas
1 hr
agree  Jean-Luc Dumont
1 hr
agree  Anita Milos
3 hrs
agree  EJP
3 hrs
agree  John Speese: agree, and it's also (almost) a title of a play by Henrik Ibsen
7 hrs
agree  LJC (X)
8 hrs
agree  roneill
21 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pillar of the community


Explanation:
personal knowledge

Jeanne Zang
United States
Local time: 19:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 51

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean-Luc Dumont: she added references too :-)
1 hr
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
pilier de communauté
a pillar of the community


Explanation:
oxford

moya
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 25

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean-Luc Dumont: she added references too :-)
1 hr
  -> totally agree, thanks anyway
agree  Anita Milos
3 hrs
  -> thanks Anita
agree  roneill
21 hrs
  -> thanks Ronat
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pilier de communauté
upstanding member of the community


Explanation:
pillar is also correct

... To be eligible for nomination an individual must: be a resident of Ontario,; be an upstanding member of the conservation community,; ...
www.ontarionature.org/news/template.php3?n_code=145

AllWords.com - Dictionary, Guide, Community and More
... Example: an upstanding member of society: Thesaurus: upright, moral, principled, honest, ethical, incorruptible, honourable, trustworthy, stalwart. ...
adams.allwords.com/word-upstanding.html

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1582
Grading comment
Thank you very much. This one fit best.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rene_teews: very fitting alternative.
8 hrs
  -> merci Rene!
agree  sousou: yes, to me this is the most appropriate alternative.
1 day 9 hrs
  -> merci bien!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a valuable person/an asset to this community


Explanation:
on peut donner des noms ?

sarahl (X)
Local time: 16:16
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 1306

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rene_teews: himitsu dayo!
7 hrs
  -> chigau yo! teews san ga shinmannanode reinohito shiranai.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Community leader


Explanation:
...

Alex Zelkind (X)
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 31
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