Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
Poli di Competitività
English translation:
Clusters/Polis/Centres for Competitiveness
Added to glossary by
Juliette Scott
Jul 16, 2008 13:32
15 yrs ago
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Italian term
Poli di Competitività
Italian to English
Bus/Financial
Economics
"E' stato lanciato un nuovo evento, xxxx, dedicato all'incontro e scambio fra Parchi e Distretti Scientifico-Tecnologici, Poli di Competitività, Centri di Ricerca e Innovazione."
My provisional first draft translation:
"communication and information exchange between science and technology parks, competitive centres and research and innovation centres"
Obviously "competitive centres" is not on at all (neither will I consider any "poles"). They are a French phenomenon.
"François Fillon annuncia di aver “libellizzato” insieme ad un comitato interministeriale di pianificazione e di competitività dei territori (Ciact) cinque nuovi poli di competitività che si aggiungeranno ai 66 già scelti nel 2005 per rafforzare la posizione della Francia in materia di innovazione. I poli di competitività si occupano di mettere in comunicazione e di associare le imprese, le università, i centri di formazione e le unità di ricerca pubbliche e private. Il governo di Dominique de Villepin aveva riconosciuto nel luglio 2005 66 poli impegnandosi a investirvi 1,5 miliardi di euro tra il 2006 e il 2008 (...). (tratto da: ”Le Trait d´Union” di luglio-agosto 2007, rivista della Camera di Commercio Italiana per la Francia di Marsiglia)."
http://www.assocamerestero.it/Info/ViewAffare.asp?ID_PaesePl...
Anybody know of existing translations, maybe from French to English?
My provisional first draft translation:
"communication and information exchange between science and technology parks, competitive centres and research and innovation centres"
Obviously "competitive centres" is not on at all (neither will I consider any "poles"). They are a French phenomenon.
"François Fillon annuncia di aver “libellizzato” insieme ad un comitato interministeriale di pianificazione e di competitività dei territori (Ciact) cinque nuovi poli di competitività che si aggiungeranno ai 66 già scelti nel 2005 per rafforzare la posizione della Francia in materia di innovazione. I poli di competitività si occupano di mettere in comunicazione e di associare le imprese, le università, i centri di formazione e le unità di ricerca pubbliche e private. Il governo di Dominique de Villepin aveva riconosciuto nel luglio 2005 66 poli impegnandosi a investirvi 1,5 miliardi di euro tra il 2006 e il 2008 (...). (tratto da: ”Le Trait d´Union” di luglio-agosto 2007, rivista della Camera di Commercio Italiana per la Francia di Marsiglia)."
http://www.assocamerestero.it/Info/ViewAffare.asp?ID_PaesePl...
Anybody know of existing translations, maybe from French to English?
Proposed translations
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Jul 21, 2008 17:00: Juliette Scott Created KOG entry
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Juliette Scott
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
Over 20 years of satisfied clients
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Italian to English
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Clusters/Polis/Centres for Competitiveness
I worked on an EU project for 5 years about exactly this !! We had LONG discussions about the right name, but in the end they chose (depending on the nationality !): clusters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_cluster
Or Polis from a Finnish concept:
http://www.futuresconference.fi/2006/presentations/ws04-tera...
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/innovation/innovating/in...
Or at worst:
Centre for Competitiveness
http://www.cforc.org/aboutus.htm
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Which boxes ? I'm confused.
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And yes, the French regional government contributed (financially) to the project I was working on. Not sure if that answers your question though.
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If you want the French option, choose cluster. It's official !
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Ah ! Light has dawned. The boxes we are typing into !!! (Sorry to be dense)
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The French even used cluster in French. With a little accent of course ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_cluster
Or Polis from a Finnish concept:
http://www.futuresconference.fi/2006/presentations/ws04-tera...
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/innovation/innovating/in...
Or at worst:
Centre for Competitiveness
http://www.cforc.org/aboutus.htm
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Note added at 57 mins (2008-07-16 14:30:05 GMT)
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Which boxes ? I'm confused.
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Note added at 58 mins (2008-07-16 14:31:10 GMT)
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And yes, the French regional government contributed (financially) to the project I was working on. Not sure if that answers your question though.
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Note added at 59 mins (2008-07-16 14:32:00 GMT)
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If you want the French option, choose cluster. It's official !
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-07-16 14:32:57 GMT)
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Ah ! Light has dawned. The boxes we are typing into !!! (Sorry to be dense)
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-07-16 14:34:37 GMT)
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The French even used cluster in French. With a little accent of course ;)
Note from asker:
| Il governo di Dominique de Hi Juliette, are these the same ones as these: "Villepin aveva riconosciuto nel luglio 2005 66 poli impegnandosi a investirvi 1,5 miliardi di euro tra il 2006 e il 2008"? |
| These boxes are so small. The ones I am translating are specifically the ones subsidised by the French government. |
| Love the "little" accent :)) |
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Comment: "Thanks Juliette"
5 mins
Raffaella Panigada
Switzerland
Switzerland
Native in Italian
Switzerland
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Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian to English, and 1 more.
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competitiveness/competitivity hubs
Does this sound like a (bad...) translation?
Walloon clusters : Nutrition Cluster : co-operation with the ...
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Nutrition Cluster : co-operation with the Competitiveness hub Wagralim. The Hub Wagralim and the Nutrition Cluster have decided to work together from now on ...
agroval.clusters.wallonie.be/federateur/en/news/wagralim-nutrition-co-operation.html - 16k - Copia cache - Pagine simili - Salva risultato
The P.A.S.S Competitiveness Hub in Grasse: a perfume of opening ...
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The P.A.S.S Competitiveness Hub in Grasse : a perfume of opening and innovation. With 3500 employees working in 82 companies, a turnover of € 700 M, ...
www.ambitions-sud.net/n58/n58en-grasse-pass.htm - 20k - Copia cache - Pagine simili - Salva risultato
[PPT]
African Global competitiveness HUB Meeting Accra Ghana, March 3-5 ...
Formato file: Microsoft Powerpoint - Versione HTML
African Global competitiveness HUB Meeting Accra Ghana, March 3-5 USAID/VEGA-Ethiopia AGOA+ Program Addis Alemayehou Chief of Party ([email protected]) ...
www.afr-sd.org/AGCI/Docs/Export Business Development - Addi...
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"Centers/centres" instead of "hubs" gets many hits:
Competitiveness centre definition
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A competitiveness centre is the combination in a given geographical area of companies, training centres and public and private research centres working ...
www.francetelecom.com/en_EN/innovation/partnerships/competi... - 28
Industrial Engineering - Global Competitiveness Centre
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The Global Competitiveness Centre in Engineering (GCC). The GCC was established in 1997 in an alliance with more than 25 Industry partners to address the ...
www.ie.sun.ac.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=... - 24k -
Walloon clusters : Nutrition Cluster : co-operation with the ...
- [ Traduci questa pagina ]
Nutrition Cluster : co-operation with the Competitiveness hub Wagralim. The Hub Wagralim and the Nutrition Cluster have decided to work together from now on ...
agroval.clusters.wallonie.be/federateur/en/news/wagralim-nutrition-co-operation.html - 16k - Copia cache - Pagine simili - Salva risultato
The P.A.S.S Competitiveness Hub in Grasse: a perfume of opening ...
- [ Traduci questa pagina ]
The P.A.S.S Competitiveness Hub in Grasse : a perfume of opening and innovation. With 3500 employees working in 82 companies, a turnover of € 700 M, ...
www.ambitions-sud.net/n58/n58en-grasse-pass.htm - 20k - Copia cache - Pagine simili - Salva risultato
[PPT]
African Global competitiveness HUB Meeting Accra Ghana, March 3-5 ...
Formato file: Microsoft Powerpoint - Versione HTML
African Global competitiveness HUB Meeting Accra Ghana, March 3-5 USAID/VEGA-Ethiopia AGOA+ Program Addis Alemayehou Chief of Party ([email protected]) ...
www.afr-sd.org/AGCI/Docs/Export Business Development - Addi...
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Note added at 8 mins (2008-07-16 13:41:31 GMT)
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"Centers/centres" instead of "hubs" gets many hits:
Competitiveness centre definition
- [ Traduci questa pagina ]
A competitiveness centre is the combination in a given geographical area of companies, training centres and public and private research centres working ...
www.francetelecom.com/en_EN/innovation/partnerships/competi... - 28
Industrial Engineering - Global Competitiveness Centre
- [ Traduci questa pagina ]
The Global Competitiveness Centre in Engineering (GCC). The GCC was established in 1997 in an alliance with more than 25 Industry partners to address the ...
www.ie.sun.ac.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=... - 24k -
Note from asker:
| Whether it is bad translation or just bad taste in English, makes little difference, it is precedents I am looking for. Thanks Raff. |
| Thanks for the help Raff |
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9 mins
Susanna Garcia
Native in English
parole, parole, parole
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Works in: Italian to English, French to English, English, and 1 more.
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enterprise centres
Fits context and is probably the closest equivalent
Note from asker:
| Do you have any links or references for this Susanna? Why not an "enterprise hub"? |
| Thanks for the help Susanna |
31 mins
Gad Kohenov
Israel
Israel
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Israel
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, Hebrew
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Centres of competitive activity
One more possibility.
Note from asker:
| Thanks for help Desert fox |
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Umberto Cassano
Italy
Italy
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Italy
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competitive clusters
If you're heading towards the "french phenomenon", the following link gets as closer as possible to the whole concept, I believe
http://www.industrie.gouv.fr/poles-competitivite/brochure-en...
What is a competitive cluster?
A joint theme-based initiative for a given geographic area
A competitive cluster is an initiative that brings together companies, research centers and educational institutions in order to develop synergies and cooperative efforts.
Other cluster partners may include local and national authorities and services catering to cluster members.
HTH
http://www.industrie.gouv.fr/poles-competitivite/brochure-en...
What is a competitive cluster?
A joint theme-based initiative for a given geographic area
A competitive cluster is an initiative that brings together companies, research centers and educational institutions in order to develop synergies and cooperative efforts.
Other cluster partners may include local and national authorities and services catering to cluster members.
HTH
Note from asker:
| Hi Umberto, I think Juliette just clipped you with the answer. |
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