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ouvrir la réflexion

English translation: to open a debate

15:21 Feb 9, 2013
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / A term related to the European Union
French term or phrase: ouvrir la réflexion
Les discussions ont par ailleurs démontré la nécessité d'ouvrir la réflexion sur le rôle des institutions dans le développement économique, et la nécessité de recourir à une approche...

Merci d'avance!
Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 20:05
English translation:to open a debate
Explanation:
I'd rather give this interpretation....

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Note added at 10 ore (2013-02-10 01:27:32 GMT)
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That's ok for me but I have only expressed my personal view. Saying: "How can you say so? You're not a native speaker", sounds a bit offensive.
Selected response from:

Caterina Passari (X)
Italy
Local time: 19:05
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6to reflect upon
jmleger
4 +2give consideration to
kashew
3 +3to open a debate
Caterina Passari (X)
4extend the scope of their/our reflection
veratek
4consider
Jenn Mercer
5 -1to initiate the debate on
Salih YILDIRIM


  

Answers


24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
to reflect upon


Explanation:
Keep it simple.

jmleger
Local time: 12:05
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
9 mins
  -> Thx!
agree  veratek
22 mins
  -> Thx!
agree  Bertrand Leduc
45 mins
  -> Thx!
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
15 hrs
  -> Merci!
agree  Carole Choquette
23 hrs
  -> Merci, Mme la comptable.
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne
1 day 2 hrs
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
give consideration to


Explanation:
*

kashew
France
Local time: 19:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
2 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  veratek
15 mins
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
extend the scope of their/our reflection


Explanation:
extend the scope of their/our reflection - it depends who is speaking, otherwise the "their/our" won't work

have a discussion on
promote a debate on
raise specific issues for consideration


veratek
Brazil
Local time: 14:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
consider


Explanation:
There is no need to use three or four words when English has a perfectly nice verb for this situation.

Jenn Mercer
United States
Local time: 13:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
to open a debate


Explanation:
I'd rather give this interpretation....

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Note added at 10 ore (2013-02-10 01:27:32 GMT)
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That's ok for me but I have only expressed my personal view. Saying: "How can you say so? You're not a native speaker", sounds a bit offensive.

Caterina Passari (X)
Italy
Local time: 19:05
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!
Notes to answerer
Asker: In fact I wrote this as a temporary answer. I think it will be my final choice


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter LEGUIE
20 mins
agree  Louisa Tchaicha
1 hr
agree  AllegroTrans: yes, good to see asker giving context
2 hrs
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
to initiate the debate on


Explanation:
My definition would be in this way!

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 13:05
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Kim Metzger: http://translate.google.com/#fr/en/ouvrir la réflexion
1 hr
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