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English translation: outline, overview
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| 18:19 Jun 20, 2006 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Management / Training | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Nikki Scott-Despaigne Local time: 05:58 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | A series of 'stations'/stages/levels |
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| 5 | training ladder |
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| 4 | outline, overview |
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| 3 | track record |
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| Chemin de Fer (in this context) track record Explanation: *** |
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13 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| Chemin de Fer (in this context) A series of 'stations'/stages/levels Explanation: It's a metaphor. If you keep with the "railroad train", then you have a point of departure, and various 'stations' on the way to the 'destination', which is the completion of training. The more usual way to represent this would be with a ladder - I don't know if this would be acceptable, but each rung or step of the ladder would be like the 'stations' on the track. You could say it's a road or highway instead of a train track. Or, it could just be a flight of stairsteps, each of which corresponds to a different part of the training. The point is to provide a graphic representation of progress toward a goal. The little engine that could! |
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| Chemin de Fer (in this context) training ladder Explanation: The client's explanation of the imagery of the two rails with sleepers is equivalent to the imagery of a ladder. This is a recognised term in education and training. See for example iwanet website below: "BENEFITS TO EMPLOYERS "Helps identify employees with proven initiative, dedication and knowledge Increases morale by giving employees a sense of direction and continued growth "Creates a training ladder ..." and ACUC training ladder on 2nd web reference. Reference: http://iwanet.org/profdevel/ Reference: http://www.acuc.es/nivel.htm |
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| Chemin de Fer (in this context) outline, overview Explanation: I've met this term in marketing and communication contexts where it has been used to describe a general overview of what is being required, a plan, a summary, a set of instructions. It is quite a general term and depending on the context a number of options are open. "Outline" is one possibility among a whole range of others. "Ch de fer" also used in computing to describe the thumbnails, which provide an outline/overview of the whole file... |
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