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constructively unreasonable

French translation: faites preuve d'audace

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English term or phrase:constructively unreasonable
French translation:faites preuve d'audace

09:09 Feb 19, 2015
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2015-02-22 09:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English to French translations [PRO]
Marketing - Management
English term or phrase: constructively unreasonable
Dans un document (rédigé par une boite de consulting) traitant du management et du leadership:

"Become constructively unreasonable about the scale of the result or stepchange and how we will get there."

Je n'arrive pas à trouver une tournure ou une formule qui puisse avoir un sens...
Florian AUDRAIN
France
Local time: 19:41
faites preuve d'audace
Explanation:
Puisqu'il s'agit de devenir "constructivement déraisonnable", c'est ainsi que j'adapterai l'idée...
Selected response from:

Alain Marsol
Local time: 19:41
Grading comment
Je prends ! Merci ! :o)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +6faites preuve d'audace
Alain Marsol
4devenir un irréaliste constructif
Daryo
3Irréaliste
Katia Sakoschek


  

Answers


34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
become constructively unreasonable
faites preuve d'audace


Explanation:
Puisqu'il s'agit de devenir "constructivement déraisonnable", c'est ainsi que j'adapterai l'idée...

Alain Marsol
Local time: 19:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 60
Grading comment
Je prends ! Merci ! :o)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
0 min
  -> Merci Gilou :)
agree  Katia Sakoschek: Bravo, j'étais à côté de la plaque il semble !
4 mins
  -> Merci Katia :)
agree  Annie Rigler
41 mins
  -> Merci Annie :)
agree  mimi 254
50 mins
  -> Merci Mimi :)
agree  Chakib Roula
1 hr
  -> Merci Chakib :)
agree  C. Tougas
3 hrs
  -> Meci Chantal :)
neutral  Daryo: sounds bland compared to the ST
2 days 22 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Irréaliste


Explanation:
Suggestion
Est-ce que la phrase que vous citez est complète ?

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Note added at 37 minutes (2015-02-19 09:46:28 GMT)
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Pourrait-il sagir d'une erreur de frappe ? On peut penser plutôt qu'un manager ne doivent PAS être irréaliste/déraisonnable ... il manquerait alors le "NOT become..."

Example sentence(s):
  • ... apparaît irréaliste par rapport/au vu...
Katia Sakoschek
France
Local time: 19:41
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
Notes to answerer
Asker: Hélas, oui. Il s'agit d'une liste de choses qu'un manager "doit" faire.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sheila Wilson: The source term is, I believe, correct, though slightly unusual. It needs a positive slant.
23 hrs
  -> Yes, indeed, and I admit I had not seen this until Alain made his proposal - and then it was luminous !
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1 day 10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
devenir un irréaliste constructif


Explanation:
"constructively unreasonable" is a deliberate wordplay on two apparently contradictory idea - being out of touch with reality and being able to achieve positive results.

You've got to keep that apparent contradiction in your translation.

"... You must believe in yourself as an entrepreneur before anyone else will take you seriously. But what if it doesn't come naturally? Can you train yourself to believe in your ultimate success?

The answer is yes. The successful among us are often iconoclasts. Playwright George Bernard Shaw put it best a century ago: "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

So how do you become constructively "unreasonable?" ..."
http://www.inc.com/jon-burgstone/how-to-believe-in-yourself....

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:41
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 36
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