strong leadership

French translation: la ferme autorité

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English term or phrase:strong leadership
French translation:la ferme autorité
Entered by: FX Torrentz

16:55 Aug 24, 2011
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Art/Literary - History
English term or phrase: strong leadership
À propos de la petite ville de Crema à partir du milieu du XVe siècle, quand elle est passée sous la domination de la République de Venise :

"It was governed by a Venetian patrician with the title of 'Podestà' or 'Rettore', who had control over all matters in the town, whether civil, military or criminal. It is presumably a testimony both to the conscientious agricultural and commercial activities of Crema's people, ***and to the strong leadership of its successive governors***, that the town remained a centre of comparative peace and prosperity for so many years."

L'emploi du mot "leadership" n'est pas une option, bien entendu. Idéalement, il me semble, il faudrait trouver une expression qui s'applique à la fois aux capacités/qualités de leader des différents gouverneurs et à l'étendue de leurs pouvoirs. Merci pour votre aide.
Mehdi Caps
Local time: 09:26
l'autorité solide
Explanation:
Une autre suggestion qui me semble convenir.

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L'exemple se trouve p.63 dans l'ouvrage de Louis Chaigne: La Vendée</I> cité en référence.
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4 +3l'autorité solide
FX Torrentz
4la main de fer
emiledgar
4les qualités de chef des puissants gouverneurs successifs
Stefan Hart de Keating
3ferme direction
Johanne Bouthillier
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Leadership style
kashew

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ferme direction


Explanation:
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Johanne Bouthillier
Canada
Local time: 02:26
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la main de fer


Explanation:
They were fully in charge.

emiledgar
Belgium
Local time: 08:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: I don't have a native speaker's insight, of course, but this seems to me to have a negative connotation ('ruled with an iron hand' in EN) which would be unwanted here (leadership being a positive quality!)
5 hrs
  -> In my experience this is not a negative expression in French.
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
l'autorité solide


Explanation:
Une autre suggestion qui me semble convenir.

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Note added at 31 mins (2011-08-24 17:26:28 GMT)
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L'exemple se trouve p.63 dans l'ouvrage de Louis Chaigne: La Vendée</I> cité en référence.

Example sentence(s):
  • <i><b>« Vers l\'an 1030, un affaiblissement de la monarchie fait surgir les seigneurs féodaux, dont l\'autorité se substitue, de gré ou de force, à celle des anciens fonctionnaires. » </b></i>

    Reference: http://books.google.com/books?id=V_KTp-gGqvMC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4...
FX Torrentz
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agree  GILLES MEUNIER: ou sous la ferme autorité de
27 mins
  -> Tout à fait. Merci Gilles.

agree  enrico paoletti
21 hrs
  -> Thank you Enrico!

agree  Savvas SEIMANIDIS
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Merci Savvas.
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les qualités de chef des puissants gouverneurs successifs


Explanation:
ou

les qualités de chef que les puissants gouverneurs successifs démontraient


Stefan Hart de Keating
Mauritius
Local time: 10:26
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Reference comments


2 hrs
Reference: Leadership style

Reference information:
Leadership style is the manner and approach of providing direction, implementing plans, and motivating people. Kurt Lewin (1939) led a group of researchers to identify different styles of leadership. This early study has been very influential and established three major leadership styles. The three major styles of leadership are (U.S. Army Handbook, 1973):

Authoritarian or autocratic
Participative or democratic
Delegative or Free Reign

Although good leaders use all three styles, with one of them normally dominant, bad leaders tend to stick with one style.

kashew
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Asker: Hehe, interesting. Thanks, Kashew.

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