Le Chef Dorchestre Thãƒâ©orie De Son Art English Translation

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French term or phrase: le chef d'orchestre English language translation: driving strength

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French to English language translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / l'Exposition « Un ciel, un monde – Cerfs-volants »
French term or phrase: le chef d'orchestre This requires some creativity as a literal translation doesn't work, here is the context: Vice-président de la Fédération Internationale de cerf-volant et organisateur des Rencontres Internationales de Berk-sur-mer, Gérard Clément possède une collection rare de plus de 500 pièces, constituée depuis plus de 20 ans. Il est le chef d'orchestre de la Maison du cerf-volant à Paris et transmet sa passion en organisant des ateliers et des expositions en France et en Europe. Il est également fifty'auteur de plusieurs ouvrages sur le sujet the Maison du cerf-volant is a sort of specialist kite store, here is the link: http://www.lamaisonducerfvolant.com/Cerf-volant.asp?pid=ane,0,... Many thanks in advance	Christina Fonthes (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 8 (none open) Answers: 0 Local time: 07:44
driving force Explanation: * -------------------------------------------------- Annotation added at ane heure (2012-05-ten 10:27:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://world wide web.heritage.com/manufactures/2012/05/07/dexter_leader/ne...	Selected response from: kashew France Local time: 08:44
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Summary of answers provided
4 +vi	driving force	kashew
4 +ii	He orchestrates	Benjamin Hall
4 +2	the human who pulls all the strings	Colin Rowe
3 +3	He runs	Cécile Gaultier
v	The conductor	Salih YILDIRIM
iv	Ringmaster	Rowena Fuller (X)
4	head upwardly, leads, in his capacity every bit caput of...	Nikki Scott-Despaigne
four	The Brains - or - The Boss	MartinPorto
4	the manager	bigmimi
4	mastermind	Kiwiland Acquit
3	the creative energy	Wolf Draeger
3	he pilots	katsy
iii	primary orchestrator/orchestrator-in-chief	Alison MacG
three	owner	bishan sharma
iii	orchestra leader	Katarina Peters

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Wolf Draeger South Africa Change metaphors 11:58 May 11, 2012 "Chef d'orchestre" is non a suitable metaphor for the manager of an online store. There may exist scope to ameliorate on the French here. Automated update in 00:

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Ringmaster Explanation: At that place'southward just no mode you tin call him the 'conductor' but the idea has a sure flourish, that 'ringmaster' could well reflect - while in French he would control his wild globe of kites with a usher's baton, why not have him cracking the whip in english language :-)	Rowena Fuller (X) France Local time: 08:44 Native speaker of: English
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He runs Explanation: Changing the noun into a verb? "He runs the..."
Peer comments on this respond (and responses from the answerer) Benjamin Hall:   -> I agree with you. But the thought of a verb instead of a noun is good I think. And yous suggested a few and some of them fit fine. Thank y'all!
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He orchestrates Explanation: It keeps the original meaning. Synonyms: suit, blend, compose, concert, coordinate, harmonize, integrate, manage, present, put together, score, gear up, symphonize, synthesize, unify     Reference: http://thesaurus.com/browse/orchestrate
Peer comments on this respond (and responses from the answerer) writeaway:   -> No a "chef d'orchestre" doesn't orchestrate, simply "to orchestrate" tin can mean to organise something in the style of a chef d'orchestre. In that location is the nuance. Besides, can't the structure be inverse in order to convey a significant?
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the man who pulls all the strings Caption: :-) the kite strings, naturally! Alternatively: "He pulls all the strings..." "He is the driving force behind..."	Colin Rowe Germany Local time: 08:44 Works in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
Peer comments on this respond (and responses from the answerer) writeaway:   -> This could indeed be useful for precisely that reason – if there is a play on words elsewhere in the translation, that is impossible to render for some reason, this might recoup. Air-conditioning @ KILTEDf (X):   -> Many thank you!
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chief orchestrator/orchestrator-in-master Caption: I wonder if you lot might become away with this? As an aisde, according to this quote from the man himself, information technology's really the wind that's in control: Pendant une semaine, la ville vit au gré des conditions atmosphériques. « Le vent est le chef d'orchestre », confirme le directeur artistique Gérard Clément. http://berck.ville.orange.fr/cgi/ensemble_diaporama.php?port... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at i hour (2012-05-x ten:01:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- typo - aside	Alison MacG Britain Local time: 07:44 Native speaker of: English
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head up, leads, in his chapters equally caput of... Caption: Play effectually with the give-and-take order and the natural harmony will rising above it all! ;-) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at ten hrs (2012-05-10 eighteen:31:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Whatever the final choice is here, I think there is cipher extravagantly poetic about the choice of "chef d'orchestre" which is used fairly often in journalistic French. In keeping with the spirit of the original, the register of the English should not be overly flowery or dramatic either.
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the artistic energy Caption: Maybe the original "chef d'orchestre" is not a metaphor well suited to the context; after all, an orchestra is a complex arrangement requiring enormous skill and competence to manage; one can't really compare that to running an online shop... I call up kashew'south "driving force" retains the figurative element, just is perhaps more suited to a large organization/corporation. Does "creative energy" convey the sense of "existence the brains behind the functioning" that the original seems to intend?	Wolf Draeger Southward Africa Local fourth dimension: 08:44 Works in field Native speaker of: English language PRO pts in category: 7
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