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la sortida individual

English translation: individual initiative

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Catalan term or phrase:la sortida individual
English translation:individual initiative
Entered by: Comunican

18:37 Jun 5, 2008
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
Catalan term or phrase: la sortida individual
Really struggling to make sense of this.

The context:

"La flexibilització de les regulacions laborals ha implicat que moltes persones acabin la seva vida laboral quan encara són físicament aptes, mentre que a d'altres se les obliga a allargar-la fins més enllà dels seixanta-cinc anys
A l'altra banda de l'escala d'edat, les noves generacions que s'incorporen al món del treball ho fan en condicions més desfavorables que els seus predecessors, amb les dificultats creixents a l'hora de construir una vida autònoma.
En aquest cas també s'imposa la sortida individual, que pretén reproduir en el món social el que ja succeeix en l'econòmic."

Many thanks!
Comunican
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:01
individual initiative
Explanation:
In this case too, the emphasis is on individual initiative...

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Note added at 24 mins (2008-06-05 19:01:52 GMT)
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I think the idea is just that socially people are increasingly expected to take the initiative as individuals, as in the economic arena where it's also "every man for himself".

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Note added at 26 mins (2008-06-05 19:03:38 GMT)
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In other words, it's a dog-eat-dog world ;-)

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Note added at 37 mins (2008-06-05 19:14:40 GMT)
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Maybe I'd add an "increasingly" there for good measure: In this case too, the emphasis is increasingly on individual initiative...
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Ross Andrew Parker
Local time: 13:01
Grading comment
thank you
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individual initiative


Explanation:
In this case too, the emphasis is on individual initiative...

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Note added at 24 mins (2008-06-05 19:01:52 GMT)
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I think the idea is just that socially people are increasingly expected to take the initiative as individuals, as in the economic arena where it's also "every man for himself".

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Note added at 26 mins (2008-06-05 19:03:38 GMT)
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In other words, it's a dog-eat-dog world ;-)

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Note added at 37 mins (2008-06-05 19:14:40 GMT)
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Maybe I'd add an "increasingly" there for good measure: In this case too, the emphasis is increasingly on individual initiative...


Ross Andrew Parker
Local time: 13:01
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 135
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Berni Armstrong: I like the "increasingly" addition too!
43 mins
  -> Thanks, Berni.
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