levier

English translation: the mainspring

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French term or phrase:levier
English translation:the mainspring
Entered by: Euqinimod (X)

22:04 Feb 19, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
International Org/Dev/Coop
French term or phrase: levier
Il s'agit d'une organisation qui fête ses xxx années d'existence.
Elle se présente et parle de l'éducation en disant :

mobiliser pour l’éducation, levier du développement humain, convaincue que l’éducation change le monde.
Isabelle Barth-O'Neill
Local time: 09:10
the mainspring
Explanation:
Suggestion.
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Euqinimod (X)
Local time: 10:10
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5the mainspring
Euqinimod (X)
5catalyst
ShopForWords
3 +1engine
Marco Solinas
4driving force
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
4springboard
Alidad Vassigh (X)


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
engine


Explanation:
You can stay close to the text by saying something like "to leverage human development", or you can take a little liberty and say: ..., engine of human development,...

I think they really meant the latter.

Marco Solinas
Local time: 01:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you !!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  rkillings: But they didn't mean an engine, they meant a lever. One long enough to move the world, as Archimedes promised.
9 hrs

agree  Alidad Vassigh (X)
1 day 13 hrs
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
the mainspring


Explanation:
Suggestion.

Euqinimod (X)
Local time: 10:10
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 16
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ShopForWords: This sounds ok to me.
20 mins

agree  Pablo Strauss: I think this is a very nice fit to the sentence.
4 hrs

agree  Stephanie Ezrol
13 hrs

agree  Evans (X)
18 hrs

agree  AllegroTrans
22 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
catalyst


Explanation:
This fits into the context, or mainspring as Euquinimod suggests.

ShopForWords
Local time: 10:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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driving force


Explanation:
the riving force behind ...

Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 10:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
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1 day 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
springboard


Explanation:
might be an option, if we're flexible with terms:

"education, the springboard of human development"



Alidad Vassigh (X)
Local time: 10:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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