Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
personne publique
English translation:
public figure
French term
United Kingdom
Qualified Teacher of French and Spanish
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
personne publique
One of the aspects to be taken into account is the relationship between the interviewer and interviewee. I'm not quite sure what "personne publique" means in this context. Obviously not a celebrity and presumably not a public corporation.
Personnes en relation
Avec qui la personne se trouve :
manager, dirigeant, personne publique, personnalité du passé, parent, ami, client, partenaires sociaux, acheteurs, etc.
| 3 +11 | public figure |
polyglot45
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| 3 | general public |
Verginia Ophof
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| 3 -1 | member of the public |
Desdemone (X)
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Non-PRO (2): writeaway, Chris Hall
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Proposed translations
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
public figure
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Constantinos Faridis (X)
: corretto
17 mins
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Laurel Clausen
37 mins
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Chris Hall
53 mins
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Solen Fillatre
1 hr
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cnchaar
2 hrs
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Catherine Jan (X)
2 hrs
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Rachel Fell
2 hrs
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margaret caulfield
3 hrs
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Jean-Claude Gouin
: Comme de raison ...
5 hrs
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Stephanie Ezrol
7 hrs
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Catherine Gilsenan
7 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
general public
member of the public
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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-01-07 01:09:28 GMT)
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Sorry, it was in the left hand column - just needed clicking on:
http://termium.com/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=&inde...
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Chris Hall
: Your reference does nothing to support your answer. It says "No records were found. Please try again".
2 hrs
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It was in the left hand column - just needed clicking on:http://termium.com/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=&inde...
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Discussion
While we're on the subject, what does "personnalité du passé" mean?