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qui se retranscrit sur LinkedIn ou Facebook

English translation: that is mapped onto ...

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French term or phrase:qui se retranscrit sur LinkedIn ou Facebook
English translation:that is mapped onto ...
Entered by: B D Finch

15:37 Oct 24, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Internet, e-Commerce / social networking
French term or phrase: qui se retranscrit sur LinkedIn ou Facebook
Hi

Here is the sentence:

"Un réseau social c'est d'abord un 'social graph', cette empreinte digitale de nos relations aux autres qui se retranscrit sur LinkedIn ou Facebook."

That comes up on LI or FB?

Thanks!
Sandra Petch
Local time: 15:06
that is mapped onto ...
Explanation:
In the sense of something existing elsewhere being mapped onto these social networking sites.
Selected response from:

B D Finch
France
Local time: 15:06
Grading comment
Thank you Barbara. I'm hesitating between this and "feeds into LinkedIn and Facebook."

Interesting article here:
http://www.economist.com/node/9990635
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2shown/reflected/expressed/recorded
philgoddard
3 +1that is mapped onto ...
B D Finch
4inscribed on...
Lara Barnett
3projected onto
Joshua Pepper
3which re-emerges on / is replicated on / LinkedIn or Facebook
Mark Radcliffe


Discussion entries: 2





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
projected onto


Explanation:
One solution.

Joshua Pepper
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
that is mapped onto ...


Explanation:
In the sense of something existing elsewhere being mapped onto these social networking sites.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 15:06
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 30
Grading comment
Thank you Barbara. I'm hesitating between this and "feeds into LinkedIn and Facebook."

Interesting article here:
http://www.economist.com/node/9990635

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Shiner: I think I would prefer 'as mapped out on LinkedIn'./I think the mapping out is important here, since it gives a sense of the interconnecting 'strands' of the network.
26 mins
  -> Thanks Helen. The reason I prefer "mapped onto" is that the snippet of source text provided seems to indicate that the "empreinte digitale" starts out somewhere other than Facebook and LinkedIn, however, it isn't very clear.
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
shown/reflected/expressed/recorded


Explanation:
There are lots of ways you could translate this - take your pick.

I think 'social graph' might be an instance of a foreigner misusing an English phrase, and I'd be tempted to leave it out. You could say something like:

A social network is essentially a digital footprint of our relationships with others as expressed on LinkedIn or Facebook.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Phil. Social graph is a bona fide term and concept. Tons of web pages, e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_graph http://www.internetactu.net/2007/09/28/comprendre-le-graphe-social/


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
13 mins
  -> Thanks, Tony. Sandra: I stand corrected!
agree  Christine Poulin
10 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
inscribed on...


Explanation:
"inscribe  

verb (used with object), -scribed, -scrib·ing.
1. to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
2. to mark (a surface) with words, characters, etc., especially in a durable or conspicuous way.
3. to write, print, mark, or engrave (words, characters, etc.).
4. to enroll, as on an official list."

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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-10-24 17:58:06 GMT)
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Before the days of internet, but the same meaning:
"A copy below of the deeds of the divine Augustus, ... and of the money which he spent for the state and Roman people, INSCRIBED ON two bronze pillars, which are set up in Rome."
http://classics.mit.edu/Augustus/deeds.html

Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:06
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
which re-emerges on / is replicated on / LinkedIn or Facebook


Explanation:
Another couple of suggestions.

Mark Radcliffe
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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