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pôle de rassemblement

English translation: social hub

00:09 Feb 14, 2013
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Tourism & Travel / Golf
French term or phrase: pôle de rassemblement
Le golf et ses infrastructures et espaces verts demeurent des pôles de rassemblement tant citoyen qu’économique très fort dans les régions.
NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 03:53
English translation:social hub
Explanation:
As in the following link;

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"The game of golf is hugely enjoyable and immensely rewarding both to learn and to play. But membership of Newtonmore Golf Club is not exclusively about golf. Our club is a major social hub for Newtonmore, Speyside, the Upper Spey Valley, and much of Badenoch & Strathspey."

Selected response from:

Jane F
France
Local time: 09:53
Grading comment
As Daryo stated, there was another qualifier, so I ended up with social and economic hubs. Thanks to all, have a lovely weekend.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6social hub
Jane F
4 +1gathering spots
Jenn Mercer
4gathering hub
Elsa Chesnel
4hub of community
John Holland
3gathering areas
Daryo
3meeting place
Wolf Draeger
4 -2rallying point
Salih YILDIRIM


  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
gathering areas


Explanation:
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Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: somehow sounds unnatural, reminds me of places where prople have to gather in the event of fire
7 hrs
  -> I was aware of the unfortunate association with "gathering areas" in case of emergency evacuation; from what I could find it's still also used to mean simply "places for meeting/congregating". Not a perfect option, agree on that.
neutral  Sheila Wilson: meeting areas or areas of interaction, but I agree with AT about gathering
8 hrs
  ->  Probably too unusual, but "areas of interaction" sounds fine, especially given the bit ".... qu’économique" that everyone seems to be forgetting (myself included) - it's got to agree with that also.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
gathering hub


Explanation:
Pôle : "Ce qui dirige, fixe, comme fait le pôle." Dictionaire le
Littré.
Hub: "the focal point" Collins Dictionnary

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Better definition for "Pôle" yet: "ce qui attire l'attention, centre d'intérêt".

Example sentence(s):
  • 1798 centre a 'Gathering' hub
  • Kitchen.....gathering hub

    Reference: http://www.independent.ie/regionals/enniscorthyguardian/news...
    Reference: http://pinterest.com/amymoss1/kitchen-gathering-hub/
Elsa Chesnel
Canada
Local time: 00:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: sounds rather unnatural
6 hrs
  -> Unusual, yes.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hub of community


Explanation:
"Pôle" can be translated as "cluster," "center" or even "hub." See:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_(économie)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_cluster

I think "hub" is nice here, because it evokes the image of a central point where things connect - like a "rassemblement."

And, there are examples of "hub of community" being used to describe a place where people come together for various activities including but definitely not limited to commercial exchange:

From http://hubsofcommunity.net/ :
"The other day I visited an area restaurant. And what I saw was community. An area business bringing people together. And as I left I gave serious thought to what I had been mulling for weeks, months, even years. What I began to see were 'hubs of community.'"

From http://www.communitycalendars.org/ :
"The aim of the project was to further the role of Public libraries as hubs of community resources and information. By managing their own community events calendars, public libraries are finding new and innovative ways to support the arts, culture, and heritage sectors."

From http://www.thanksgiving.org/aboutus/history.html :
"In 1964, four Dallas businessmen started to fill a void in the city. They thought back to the great centers of the Ancient World with its squares, hubs of community, gathering around places devoted to spirit and worship, and to all that takes humans beyond themselves."

More here: https://duckduckgo.com/?q="hubs of community"

Finally, the phrase has been used when describing golf clubs, See:

From http://www.kincardinegolfclub.com/ :
"Kincardine Golf Club has a very active membership and is a hub of community activity."

From http://www.nationalclub.org/advocacy/national_golf_day_2011/ :
"Golf clubs provide a vital community service in offering a place to recreate and socialize, serving as a hub of community social interaction."



John Holland
France
Local time: 09:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: sounds clumsy, but "community hub" might work
1 hr
  -> Thanks. Perhaps it would seem a bit less clumsy to you as an adjective: "hubs of community activity" or "hubs of community social interaction," as in the examples above that describe golf clubs.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
social hub


Explanation:
As in the following link;

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Note added at 8 hrs (2013-02-14 08:46:54 GMT)
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"The game of golf is hugely enjoyable and immensely rewarding both to learn and to play. But membership of Newtonmore Golf Club is not exclusively about golf. Our club is a major social hub for Newtonmore, Speyside, the Upper Spey Valley, and much of Badenoch & Strathspey."




    Reference: http://www.newtonmoregolf.com/application-golf-membership-sp...
Jane F
France
Local time: 09:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
As Daryo stated, there was another qualifier, so I ended up with social and economic hubs. Thanks to all, have a lovely weekend.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans
2 hrs
  -> thanks Allegro Trans
agree  Carol Gullidge
2 hrs
  -> thanks Carol
agree  Sheila Wilson
3 hrs
  -> thanks Sheila
agree  writeaway
3 hrs
  -> thanks writeaway
agree  Verginia Ophof
10 hrs
  -> thanks Verginia
agree  Wolf Draeger
1 day 7 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
gathering spots


Explanation:
Gathering spots sounds more natural to me in this case.

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A few examples of usage in the wild:

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130126/METRO/301260351
http://pinterest.com/livelocal/favorite-gathering-spots/

Jenn Mercer
United States
Local time: 03:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: "spots" sounds rather unnatural
4 hrs
  -> Fair enough. I added a few examples above.
agree  Yolanda Broad: It has a natural ring to me.
22 hrs
  -> thanks :)
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
rallying point


Explanation:
Imho

http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=pôle de rassemble...

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 03:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Kim Metzger: Machine translations are notoriously unreliable. http://translate.google.com/#fr/en/pôle de rassemblement Please explain the purpose of your reference.
1 min
disagree  AllegroTrans: Agree with KM & your reference and "imho" explain nothing
2 hrs
agree  Yolanda Broad: Sounds good.
6 hrs
disagree  Cetacea: Agree with KM & your reference and "imho" explain nothing
16 hrs
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1 day 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
meeting place


Explanation:
Maybe it's superfluous to add yet another option, but...:-)

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Or get together.

Example sentence(s):
  • Golf courses and clubhouses are a favourite meeting place not only of businesspeople, but also ordinary citizens in the regions.
  • Regional golf courses and clubhouses are places where both businesspeople and ordinary citizens love to meet.
Wolf Draeger
South Africa
Local time: 09:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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