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English translation: from local to global

10:22 May 18, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / slogan
French term or phrase: de la ville à la planète
A possible context: "Je sais situer mon milieu de vie dans un environnement plus large (de la ville à la planète)".

Actually, the phrase is to be used for an international conference on local governments, so I need something easily grasped on sight. Thanks for your brainstorms :D
Parrot
Spain
Local time: 10:23
English translation:from local to global
Explanation:
Fits in with 'think local, act global' slogan.
Selected response from:

Susanna Garcia
Local time: 09:23
Grading comment
Wonderful suggestions, thanks to all of you! I'm taking this as "easy to handle" in the course of several texts.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6from local to global
Susanna Garcia
4from the city (scale) to the world (scale)
Muriel FINETIN
3the bigger picture
polyglot45
3from a small town to the whole planet
Sara Brown
3our place in the world (community)
Carol Gullidge
3my town, my planet
Susan Nicholls


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
from local to global


Explanation:
Fits in with 'think local, act global' slogan.

Susanna Garcia
Local time: 09:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Wonderful suggestions, thanks to all of you! I'm taking this as "easy to handle" in the course of several texts.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Didier A.: You were quicker than me! I wanted it for a quickly grasped formula, but my computer blocked!
20 mins
agree  Diane de Cicco
38 mins
agree  Helen Shiner
44 mins
agree  definitions
1 hr
agree  Sandra Petch: Yes, this immediately came to mind on seeing the question!
3 hrs
agree  Anne McConnell
8 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the bigger picture


Explanation:
since this is brainstorming...

polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 22
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from the city (scale) to the world (scale)


Explanation:
or: scaling up from the city to the world
Because it deals with environment, it may be a good idea to keep the concepts of "city" and "world" unchanged.

Muriel FINETIN
France
Local time: 10:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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from a small town to the whole planet


Explanation:
from a small town to the whole planet

Sara Brown
Argentina
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
our place in the world (community)


Explanation:
this seems to fit into the context, with or without "community"

Lots of g-hits, for what it's worth:

our place in the worldOUR PLACE IN THE WORLD (Introductory statement by THE HON. ... be in a better position to do all this as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. ...
www.dfa.gov.ph/archive/speech/albert/fpo26jan.htm - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
Torah Community Connections | World Council for Torah Education ...The World Council of Torah Education is in the process of developing a program ... of this issue for our percetion of ourselves and our place in the world. ...
www.moreshet.net/oldsite/worldcouncil/ed_holocaust.htm - 21k - Cached - Similar pages
Revista Envío - Our Place in the WorldOur Place in the World. As candidates queue up for next year's municipal election ..... The business leaders represented in the Supreme Council of Private ...
www.envio.org.ni/articulo/2090 - 46k - Cached - Similar pages
Council for a Community of DemocraciesOur Place in the World: Experience says Iraq Will Resist ... James R. Huntley is former president of the Atlantic Council of the United States. ...
www.ccd21.org/news/iraq_resist.htm - 18k - Cached - Similar pages
Project for Public Spaces (PPS) | Our place in the worldOur place in the world. In praise of streets, parks, squares, coffeeshops, .... which was formed in response to the city council's plans to ban people from ...
www.pps.org/info/ppsnews/our_place - 41k - Cached - Similar pages

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
my town, my planet


Explanation:
Variation on the theme. Is the "from..to.." structure really necessary? Could use "whether" or "be it...", but it's not very catchy. Hmmm. Quite like the idea of keeping it personal: "my".

Susan Nicholls
Local time: 18:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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