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French translation: sortir du moule, avoir une pensée originale

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English term or phrase:'think outside the cube'
French translation:sortir du moule, avoir une pensée originale
Entered by: Leila Davis

13:02 Oct 30, 2007
English to French translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
English term or phrase: 'think outside the cube'
Good Morning,
Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks
Leila
Leila Davis
United States
Local time: 02:47
sortir du moule, avoir une pensée originale
Explanation:
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FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 09:47
Grading comment
Thank you so very much,
Leila
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2sortir du moule, avoir une pensée originale
FX Fraipont (X)
4'penser (réfléchir) sans aucune contrainte ni retenue'
Christiane Allen
4élargir votre champ de vision
Marie-Andree Dionne
4franchissez les barrières de l'esprit
Jean-Julien Dupont
3more input.....
CMJ_Trans (X)
3penser hors des sentiers battus
lindugs
3sortir du cadre
prozsucks


Discussion entries: 3





  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
more input.....


Explanation:
http://blog.rhdemain.com/bibliothque_des_ides_nouvelles/inde...

(sorry about the repetition - I don't know what happened)

"A ce titre, un Institut de l’Innovation pourrait apporter une réponse intéressante. Certaines sociétés, conscientes de la difficulté à penser « out of the box », ont d’ailleurs recours à des coachs spécialisés pour favoriser la créativité, par exemple durant les séances de « brainstorming » au sein des départements marketing."

"En revanche, au niveau de l’individu, la problématique est légèrement différente. Un Institut de l’Innovation pourrait permettre de conduire chaque individu sur le chemin du « think out the box » cher à Philip Kotler. Il s’agirait ainsi de libérer les potentiels créatifs, de permettre aux individus de voir leur environnement sous un prisme nouveau."


CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 09:47
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sortir du moule, avoir une pensée originale


Explanation:
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FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 09:47
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 649
Grading comment
Thank you so very much,
Leila

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marie-Andree Dionne
14 hrs
  -> merci
agree  Valosh: I always heard "think outside of the square"
22 hrs
  -> one man's cube is another man's square :-)
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
penser hors des sentiers battus


Explanation:
hmm, i've always seen 'out of the box'.
un cliché en remplace un autre.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2007-10-30 19:55:32 GMT)
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i am not a big fan of replacing a bad cliché in one language with another equally bad in the other language.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2007-10-30 19:58:51 GMT)
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j'aime pas trop 'penser' dans ma proposition mais je cale.

lindugs
Local time: 03:47
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
'penser (réfléchir) sans aucune contrainte ni retenue'


Explanation:
Cette expression en anglais est souvent employée par des pseudo-professionnels et souvent on entend : « think out of the box, stupid ! »

Christiane Allen
United States
Local time: 00:47
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Native speaker of: French
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1 day 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
élargir votre champ de vision


Explanation:
Pour trouver la solution, il faut élargir le champ de vision, ce qui modifie toute la perspective.

Marie-Andree Dionne
Canada
Local time: 03:47
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Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 30
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5 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
franchissez les barrières de l'esprit


Explanation:
Il faudra sûrement utiliser deux phrases, comme dans l'exemple, mais tout dépend du contexte, bien sûr.

Example sentence(s):
  • franchissez les barrières de l'esprit, allez au-delà des normes préétablies
Jean-Julien Dupont
Canada
Local time: 03:47
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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6 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
\'think outside the cube\'
sortir du cadre


Explanation:
... de la pensée conventionnelle.

prozsucks
Local time: 03:47
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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