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attitude perçue

English translation: perceived attitude

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French term or phrase:attitude percue
English translation:perceived attitude
Entered by: Lara Barnett

21:08 Jul 10, 2012
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - Business/Commerce (general) / Presentation on business skills training
French term or phrase: attitude perçue
The context is a list of suggestions about improving business skills training:

"Aller plus loin sur la formation commerciale (attitude percue, gestion du temps, remplir les objectifs,...)"

At a guess I thought that the translation for this would be something on the lines of "perceived behaviour" (which might be too scientific for UK English) or "performance" (which seems to lack some of the idea), so I am sure there must be a more common phrase used for this.
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:57
perceived attitude
Explanation:
We don't have enough context to know what the attitudes are to (and this may not be your fault), but that doesn't matter. I don't see any point in translating this phrase except with its exact English equivalent.
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philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +7perceived attitude
philgoddard
4perceived behavior
Timothy Rake
4impression
Wolf Draeger
3Projected attitude
jmleger
3professionalism
Verginia Ophof


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
attitude percue
Projected attitude


Explanation:
Just a thought.

jmleger
Local time: 10:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Clarissa Hull: "percue" is on the part of the receiver not the emitter
18 mins
  -> It's two sides of the same coin. If it's projected, it's perceived. You don't have to be literal.
agree  Wolf Draeger: The wording is a bit heavy, but the idea is correct.
1 hr
neutral  B D Finch: "Projected" is deliberate, whereas a person's perceived attitude might not be what they want to convey and might not even be their real attitude.
1 hr
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
attitude percue
perceived behavior


Explanation:
or alternately, if that sounds too "scientific" try "conduct"

Timothy Rake
United States
Local time: 08:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
attitude percue
impression


Explanation:
Attitude perçue = the impression the employer makes on his superiors; the skill to be taught is how to give the right impression.

The idea is to contrast an employee's self-perceived behaviour to the impression s/he actually makes, with the latter being the most important (it's not how you think you come across that matters, it's how others think you come across).

Useful, but a little condescending, if you ask me :-)

Example sentence(s):
  • Advanced professional skills ([making the right] impression, time management, fulfilling objectives).

    Reference: http://tunisiano.tunisiaforum.net/t2065-composants-7-et-8-de...
Wolf Draeger
South Africa
Local time: 17:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 27
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
attitude percue
perceived attitude


Explanation:
We don't have enough context to know what the attitudes are to (and this may not be your fault), but that doesn't matter. I don't see any point in translating this phrase except with its exact English equivalent.

philgoddard
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 295
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch
7 mins
agree  Kévin Bernier
21 mins
agree  Sophie Raimondo
41 mins
agree  cc in nyc
2 hrs
agree  sporran
4 hrs
agree  Richard Nice
5 hrs
agree  Evans (X)
13 hrs
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
attitude percue
professionalism


Explanation:
At work, perception matters. Someone with talent, skill and ability may not be taken seriously if he or she is un-groomed, disheveled or dressed inappropriately.

Example sentence(s):
  • professionalism is an attitude. ... about how you are perceived by your peers and associates;

    Reference: http://accountantorpartner.com/2010/02/03/how-do-you-define-...
Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 09:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 48
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