Maitre d'oeuvres sociales

English translation: Director of social works

17:27 Sep 16, 2017
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
French term or phrase: Maitre d'oeuvres sociales
Can anyone translate ""Maitre d'oeuvres sociales in English


Eu égard aux nombreux sujets de divergences et aux tensions sociales qu’ils ont créés, des tentatives de médiation sociale suivantes ont été menées :
- Le maitre d’œuvre sociale en l’occurrence l’ONG MSA a tenté une médiation sociale sans suite. Elle est aujourd’hui considérée par les populations comme défaillante dans sa mission. De plus sa mission est arrivée à terme.
Dr EC
Local time: 22:53
English translation:Director of social works
Explanation:
Maitre d'Oeuvre can be like the head manager of contractors or otherwise managing numerous loci of responsibilities (especially in a construction contract, right?). It seems a little odd to use for the context.

Also, it seems to suggest that the location populations (where it is that they are referring to) have much awareness of the NGO in general and this person in particular, whereas for almost all scales and breadths of NGO activity it would be going quite far to say "considérée par les populations comme défaillante". A translation of the position/title of (maitre d’œuvre sociale) that would be more considerate of that, in the context of the translation, could be better.
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4social works contractor
Francois Boye
3 +1project manager in charge of employee relations
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
2Director of social works
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Director of social works


Explanation:
Maitre d'Oeuvre can be like the head manager of contractors or otherwise managing numerous loci of responsibilities (especially in a construction contract, right?). It seems a little odd to use for the context.

Also, it seems to suggest that the location populations (where it is that they are referring to) have much awareness of the NGO in general and this person in particular, whereas for almost all scales and breadths of NGO activity it would be going quite far to say "considérée par les populations comme défaillante". A translation of the position/title of (maitre d’œuvre sociale) that would be more considerate of that, in the context of the translation, could be better.

nweatherdon
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social works contractor


Explanation:
my take

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My translation is inspired by the concept of 'works contract'

A works contract is an agreement which is a mixture of service or labour and transfer of goods. Under a works contract the contractor agrees to do certain job in execution whereof, certain goods are transferred to the contractee. Thus, an agreement of building construction, manufacture, processing, fabrication, erection, installation, repair or commissioning of any movable or immovable property, is a works contract. In relation to a works contract only that part of consideration which represents transfer of property in the goods involved in execution of the works contract, shall be taxable.

Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 16:53
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project manager in charge of employee relations


Explanation:
A suggestion in line with my discussion section entry.

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Posted just as one of the previous answers was selected.

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I realize that the "maître" is in charge of "oeuvreS socialeS". Unless it is a typo, the plural is quite important in the meaning.

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Other elements that may help for understanding:
https://www.societe.com/societe/comite-entreprise-msa-oeuvre...

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http://vendee.anefa.org/cossa-85/le-cossa-85-cest-quoi

Qu'est-ce que le COSSA 85 ?
Créé en janvier 2002 par l’AVEFA, le Comité d'Oeuvres sociales des salariés agricoles de la Vendée est, en pratique, une sorte de comité d’entreprise dont l’objectif est de faciliter l’accès aux loisirs et à la culture des salariés agricoles et leur famille en leur permettant de bénéficier de multiples avantages sociaux (chèques-vacances, chèques-culture, chèques-cadeau pour un évènement familial, dîner-spectacle de fin d’année…).

Ces avantages sont semblables à ceux proposés aux salariés des grandes entreprises dans le cadre des comités d’entreprises. En 2016, près de 2 000 salariés bénéficient des avantages proposés par le COSSA 85 !

​Il fonctionne à partir d’une cotisation sur salaire de 0,4% de la masse salariale prélevée par la M.S.A sur les employeurs de la production agricole appartenant à l’une des conventions collectives concernées puis reversée à l’AVEFA :

Arboriculture
ETA
CUMA
Horticulture/Pépininières
Maraîchage
Polyculture/Elevage/Viticulture
L’intégralité de la masse financière ainsi prélevée permet de financer diverses actions sociales au profit des salariés agricoles qui ont adhéré au COSSA 85.

En 2014, un site entièrement dédié au COSSA 85 a été créé : www.cossa85.fr

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Note: even if the meaning in agreement with my additional notes/posts here, then the term "social" still desrbies something relating to the employees.


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Do ignore my waffle about plural. There is no plural in the original context cited. I took the plural lead from the term posted, which is different from the term in the body of the source text. Which is the typo???

Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 21:53
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  writeaway: well, as least this will be here to guide/help those seeking a translation in the future. /still good to have an alternative posted
2 mins
  -> I may not be right though. Within the context of an ONG, the plural "oeuvres sociales" could be describing someone in charge of the work of a social/charitable nature. However, it can still be to do with e'ee relations, as in comité d'oeuvres soc above.
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