Feb 8, 2017 08:20
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French term

suscite

Non-PRO French to English Social Sciences Management relations between shareholders and clients
Can anyone translate suscite in English (instigates?) Thanks

Suscite les idées, challenge les autres, se laisse challenger sur des points de vues...
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Feb 8, 2017 08:27: Terry Richards changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

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Non-PRO (3): mchd, Rob Grayson, Terry Richards

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Discussion

Philippa Smith Feb 8, 2017:
How do we know why? There could be any number of perfectly good reasons. I occasionally have to translate into French, for various reasons, and certainly need advice on terms. And I think we all get the point of your comments, we are simply offering alternative viewpoints.
I'm not sure what "napping-changing" is, but if it means "nappy-changing", and that's how you see the forum, or at least certain questions, would it not be simpler to just not answer them?
B D Finch Feb 8, 2017:
@polyglot Certainly very long, but not quite "endless". However, there would be a danger in a non-native-speaker of English simply choosing a word by shutting their eyes and sticking a pin in a thesaurus entry. They could end up choosing "spawn". :) This neatly illustrates why one should endeavour to translate only into one's mother tongue.
polyglot45 Feb 8, 2017:
thesaurus again prompt, spawn, fuel, trigger, foster, awaken, breed, the list is endless

Proposed translations

1 hr
Selected

creates ideas, brings ideas to life

just think of the English verb to resuscitate (bring back to life, reanimate)

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Note added at 1 Stunde (2017-02-08 09:23:01 GMT)
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or:" brings forth creative ideas"
Peer comment(s):

neutral B D Finch : "Susciter" does not mean "to resuscitate".
1 hr
I only wanted to remind the asker of the English verb resuscitate (REANIMER in French) after all the French verb susciter is part of it. but that´s definitely not saying that the two words are identical!Is it really so difficult for you to understand me?
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "TX"
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1 hr

generate

As in "generate ideas".

It's a little hard to know without more context, but this to me sounds like a description of a role that needs to be played, and that the "suscite" is about the ability to generate/trigger ideas in other people.
Peer comment(s):

agree B D Finch : This is the most likely to fit the (vague) context.
2 hrs
Thanks Barbara!
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2 hrs
French term (edited): susciter

to give rise to

This is one of many solutions I suspect you would find in a dictionary.
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6 hrs

engender

Another option.
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