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The Cloud may have the Computing, but the River has the Data.

French translation: L\'informatique peut être dans le nuage, mais les données forment un fleuve

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English term or phrase:The Cloud may have the Computing, but the River has the Data.
French translation:L\'informatique peut être dans le nuage, mais les données forment un fleuve
Entered by: Lucile Lunde

15:27 Feb 18, 2011
English to French translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - IT (Information Technology)
English term or phrase: The Cloud may have the Computing, but the River has the Data.
The Cloud may have the Computing, but the River has the Data.

How would you translate this header? What is meant for the second part is: "the River of data that flows between organizations and their partners which can be tapped for power and profit.

Thanks!
Lucile Lunde
Local time: 05:49
L'informatique peut être dans le nuage, mais les données forment un fleuve
Explanation:
"Organizations around the world are busy extolling, exploring or arguing with the notion of Cloud Computing, but there is another metaphor that may grow in importance as Cloud Computing matures — the River of data that flows between organizations and their partners which can be tapped for power and profit."
http://blogs.gxs.com/radkoj/2010/09/the-cloud-may-have-the-c...

"4 juin 2009... se retrouvera donc aux confluents de 2 fleuves : la Seine qui nous borde depuis toujours, et dorénavant un fleuve de données numériques. ..."
http://www.saintpierre-express.fr › geek
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FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 13:49
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Dommage que je ne puisse partager les points car j´ai choisi de traduire par "L´informatique peut être dans le nuage, mais c´est dans le fleuve que circulent les données". Merci à tous !
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2Si les nuages détiennent bien l'intelligence informatique, c'est dans la rivière que...
Marie-Pascale Wersinger
3 +1L'informatique peut être dans le nuage, mais les données forment un fleuve
FX Fraipont (X)
3Le nuage est à l'informatique ce que le fleuve est aux données
Jocelyne Cuenin


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
short sentence
L'informatique peut être dans le nuage, mais les données forment un fleuve


Explanation:
"Organizations around the world are busy extolling, exploring or arguing with the notion of Cloud Computing, but there is another metaphor that may grow in importance as Cloud Computing matures — the River of data that flows between organizations and their partners which can be tapped for power and profit."
http://blogs.gxs.com/radkoj/2010/09/the-cloud-may-have-the-c...

"4 juin 2009... se retrouvera donc aux confluents de 2 fleuves : la Seine qui nous borde depuis toujours, et dorénavant un fleuve de données numériques. ..."
http://www.saintpierre-express.fr › geek

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 13:49
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 1148
Grading comment
Dommage que je ne puisse partager les points car j´ai choisi de traduire par "L´informatique peut être dans le nuage, mais c´est dans le fleuve que circulent les données". Merci à tous !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eric Le Carre
2 hrs
  -> merci
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
short sentence
Si les nuages détiennent bien l'intelligence informatique, c'est dans la rivière que...


Explanation:
Si les nuages détiennent bien l'intelligence informatique c'est dans la rivière que circule tout le flux de richesse des données

Just a suggestion to open the debate!

Marie-Pascale Wersinger
Local time: 13:49
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mehdi Caps: À simplifier peut-être mais c'est bien l'idée, je pense.
14 hrs
  -> thanks!
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
22 hrs
  -> thanks! :)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the cloud may have the computing, but the river has the data.
Le nuage est à l'informatique ce que le fleuve est aux données


Explanation:
Ou encore :
Des données fleuve pour un nuage d'informatique

Jocelyne Cuenin
Germany
Local time: 13:49
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: I think that rather turns the overall meaning of the phrase the wrong way round.
8 mins
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