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courant de la littérature

English translation: one school of thought in the litterature

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French term or phrase:courant de la littérature
English translation:one school of thought in the litterature
Entered by: Maria Constant (X)

15:05 Aug 24, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Internet, e-Commerce / perceived risk on online behaviour
French term or phrase: courant de la littérature
The sentence is "Un courant de la littérature s'est intéresé au comportement de réduction du risque et aux différents réducteurs de risque".

I was thinking of "a litterature trend / trend in litterature has become interested in ..." but I'm not too happy with either of them.

Any ideas ?
Maria Constant (X)
Local time: 08:52
One school of thought in the literature...
Explanation:
One option...

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Note added at 38 mins (2005-08-24 15:43:18 GMT)
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Maria, re: your proposed translation, I really think you must use *the* literature here, as it appears to refer to a body of academic work in the field of business.
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Sara Freitas
France
Local time: 08:52
Grading comment
I really liked your suggestion the best. Thank you and everybody else very much !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3One school of thought in the literature...
Sara Freitas
4 +1Some writers
CMJ_Trans (X)
5Some technology experts writing on this subject have dealt with
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
4One trend in (marketing) literature / literature on the subject is to focus on...
Lakshmi Iyer
4literary wave
Kalyani Menon
3one tendency in the literature has been to examine...
Philip Taylor


Discussion entries: 2





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
courant de la littérature
One school of thought in the literature...


Explanation:
One option...

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Note added at 38 mins (2005-08-24 15:43:18 GMT)
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Maria, re: your proposed translation, I really think you must use *the* literature here, as it appears to refer to a body of academic work in the field of business.


    Reference: http://www.eeibs.com/abstracts_magazines.htm
Sara Freitas
France
Local time: 08:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I really liked your suggestion the best. Thank you and everybody else very much !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Conor McAuley
53 mins
agree  Philippe Maillard
12 hrs
agree  RHELLER: I would just say "one school of thought" - I don't think literature is required
23 hrs
neutral  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): no...the literature is used in real hard science...these are white papers and the like ..
2 days 23 hrs
  -> I'm going on the assumption that this is an academic paper.
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
courant de la littérature
One trend in (marketing) literature / literature on the subject is to focus on...


Explanation:
Alternatively, "one section of (marketing) literature / literature on the subject now focuses on"...


Lakshmi Iyer
France
Local time: 08:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
courant de la littérature
one tendency in the literature has been to examine...


Explanation:
might be another way of phrasing it

Philip Taylor
Local time: 07:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Some writers


Explanation:
the trend among some writers has been too...

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Note added at 2005-08-24 21:41:09 (GMT)
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has been to ( not \'too\')

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 08:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  French Foodie: I like this nice and simple version
1 hr
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
courant de la littérature
Some technology experts writing on this subject have dealt with


Explanation:
literature here means the writings on the subject...it is usually used in Science...the literature is a recognized body of work on a particular subject

alternative: Some technology writers or experts

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Note added at 2 hrs 2 mins (2005-08-24 17:07:47 GMT)
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the ppeople that write on IT are Technology experts

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Note added at 2 hrs 4 mins (2005-08-24 17:09:22 GMT)
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Un courant de la littérature s'est intéresé au comportement de réduction du risque et aux différents réducteurs de risque".

Some technology experts writing on the subject have shown an interest in risk reduction behavior and various risk-reducing factors.

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Note added at 2 hrs 5 mins (2005-08-24 17:10:13 GMT)
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This refers to all the White PApers, newsletters, magazine and online articles...technology writers or technology experts

Tchau

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
literary wave


Explanation:
"The computer and the Internet are making electronic publication the literary wave
of the future. Electronic publication offers a long list of advantages.."
www.lexiteria.com/glossary

"The huge literary wave of Modernism, which gradually emerged in the United States
in the early twentieth century, articulated a sense of modern life through"
www.term-papers.us/ts/fc/pms66.shtml

Kalyani Menon
India
Local time: 12:22
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): this is way off topic...not the meaning at all...sorry
2 days 11 hrs
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