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her

11:15 Jun 4, 2007
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English to French translations [PRO]
Linguistics / grammar
English term or phrase: her
The first eyebrow-waggler is the attachment of these buzz-words to just one department, or chapter, or course. If thought leadership arises only from this part of the firm, are all the other consultants unthinking followers? And does the chief information officer, or head of knowledge management, work for the providers of thought leadership, or do they work for ///her?/// Which brings on the second waggler: does anyone know what any of these people do? Ah, no. That would require real thought, not to mention the other thing.

What does "her" relate to ?

I'm a bit lost here. Thanks for your help.
Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
New Caledonia


Summary of answers provided
3 +2the chief information officer, or head...,
BusterK


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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
the chief information officer, or head...,


Explanation:
est-ce qu'il/elle travaille pour les "providers of thoughts" ou est-ce que ce sont eux qui travaillent pour lui/elle.

her peut renvoyer à une femme, mais est aussi utilisé comme la forme "neutre".


BusterK
Local time: 07:39
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  CMJ_Trans (X): depuis quand est-ce utilisé comme un "neutre" ? Jamais vu
17 mins
agree  Tony M: The feminine pronoun is sometimes used by certain incredibly zealous proponents of 'political correctness', in an attempt to remind us not to make automatic gender assumptions just because we use the masculine pronoun in the absence of a neuter one
1 hr
  -> merci pour la confirmation. Est-ce plus particulièrement US ou également UK ?
agree  danièle davout
1 hr
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