compétences transversales
English translation: transversal skills (competencies)
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|  Selected response from: Nikki Scott-Despaigne Local time: 13:29 | ||||||
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| na +1 | transversal skills (competencies) |
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| na | transverse competence |
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| na | cross competences |
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| na | Horizontal skills |
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| na | social skills |
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| na | interpersonal skills |
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| na | RE - jargon & gobbledy-gook |
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transverse competence Explanation: Work on transverse competence like communicating, socializing.... funnily enough I could not find anything better than this anglicized expression Norstedts+MW |
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cross competences Explanation: Work on cross competences: communicating, socializing. |
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Horizontal skills Explanation: I would translate as horizontal skills. Best of luck. |
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transversal skills (competencies) Explanation: I found the same term used on one of the websites of the Gvt of British Columbia (Ministry of Advanced Education, Training and Technology) - URL below. The text deals with employability and the types of skills required to make someone employable. The part of the text where the term appears is in reference to France. A websearch for "Compétences transversales" indicated that your term is often used in education/psychology contexts. The same would appear to be true of the term I found. One thing to my British ears though. I prefer "skills" to "competencies" which sounds a bit gobbledy-gookish, although it may well be perfect for your context. All the best, Nikki Reference: http://www.aett.gov.bc.ca/employability/anno-bib/europe.htm |
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social skills Explanation: Why use jargon? What do "transverse" or "horizontal" mean to anyone who hasn't had them explained? And "socialiser" is a transitive verb, whose use in the intransitive sense is a howling Anglicism. Sorry, but these educators really get my back up. |
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interpersonal skills Explanation: French businesses love to use this term "transversale", which can mean anything from "across-the-boards" to "interdepartmental" to "cross-..." to simply "transversal". In this case, it appears to relate to one's personal, internal abilities rather than company abilities (part of a review?). Therefore, I'd translate the sentence: "Work on interpersonal skills such as communication, socialization, etc." |
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RE - jargon & gobbledy-gook Explanation: I agre with others about the jargon used in these sorts of fields. Horrendous to translate (unless lucky enough to come across a foreign language parallel)! |
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