Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
créativité sans cesse en éveil
English translation:
unflagging creativity
Added to glossary by
NancyLynn
Apr 22, 2009 14:34
15 yrs ago
French term
créativité sans cesse en éveil
French to English
Marketing
Journalism
bio
Une séduction qui passe par un épanouissement rayonnant, une créativité sans cesse en éveil et une vie personnelle accomplie.
Describing a celebrity.
Describing a celebrity.
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16 mins
polyglot45
Native in French
&
English
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
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unflagging creativity
but the sentence should really be taken as a whole - is this a man or a woman? What does he or she have to be creative about?
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ENDLESS
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now I know she's an actress, I suspect that it means that she is constantly alert to pick up new ideas for how to play her roles
CONSTANTLY ALERT TO CREATIVE IDEAS
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or even CONSTANT CREATIVE AWARENESS
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ENDLESS
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now I know she's an actress, I suspect that it means that she is constantly alert to pick up new ideas for how to play her roles
CONSTANTLY ALERT TO CREATIVE IDEAS
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or even CONSTANT CREATIVE AWARENESS
Peer comment(s):
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cjohnstone
19 mins
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| agree |
Philippa Smith
: exactly what I was about to answer! I think it's fine to use "creativity", as it's probably referring to how she lives her life in general, that she is creative person
48 mins
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Andrew Mason
: Looks good to me
1 hr
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| agree |
Silvia Brandon-Pérez
: No, no, unflagging is lovely. Just used it last night in a translation.
2 hrs
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Helen Shiner
: I must admit that to me 'unflagging' though a great word to have around, does make it sound rather desperate here, like it is all a bit of an effort. I prefer something with a lighter touch. Also think creativity as a term is fine when used for actors.
3 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks to all for your great suggestions!"
12 mins
Raya Mansour
Lebanon
Lebanon
Native in French
Lebanon
Life & Health Sciences, 20 years
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) , Arabic (Variants: Lebanese, Palestinian, Jordanian, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Syrian)
Works in: English to French, French to English, English to Arabic, and 3 more.
relentless creativity
suggestion
29 mins
Julia Ryder
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Linguistics, politics/society, education
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Persian (Farsi) to English
exuberant creativity
A suggestion that would emphasize the "eveil" reference in the sentence -- abounding creativity, with allusion to energy/spiritedness in it.
3 mins
Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Arts/Academic translator - Art historian
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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a constantly alert creativity
Just a suggestion - not sure if it would fit the context.
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or constant, restless creativity?
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If there is one distinctive quality that marks out R S Agarwal, 62, chairman, Emami Ltd [Get Quote], and R S Goenka, 61, joint chairman, Emami, it is their constant restless energy and creativity.
http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/oct/20spec1.htm
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http://books.google.com/books?id=VHCM_-3OkD8C&pg=PA112&lpg=P...
While a knee injury shattered her hopes for good, returning to modelling was out of the question. Her mother, Gerda, gave her a one-way ticket to Los Angeles, so she could try her luck as an actress, though this was not the first time she set had her daughter on her way. A hyperactive only child, Theron attributes her restless, creative spirit to her mother. "My mum just threw me into the arts. I did everything possible just to keep my mind busy. So she threw me in a ballet class, a music class, an ice-skating class. Left, right, here comes every stimulating art form that possibly exists on Earth, and ballet was the one thing I stuck with."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/charlize-t...
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or constant, restless creativity?
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Note added at 24 mins (2009-04-22 14:58:48 GMT)
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If there is one distinctive quality that marks out R S Agarwal, 62, chairman, Emami Ltd [Get Quote], and R S Goenka, 61, joint chairman, Emami, it is their constant restless energy and creativity.
http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/oct/20spec1.htm
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http://books.google.com/books?id=VHCM_-3OkD8C&pg=PA112&lpg=P...
While a knee injury shattered her hopes for good, returning to modelling was out of the question. Her mother, Gerda, gave her a one-way ticket to Los Angeles, so she could try her luck as an actress, though this was not the first time she set had her daughter on her way. A hyperactive only child, Theron attributes her restless, creative spirit to her mother. "My mum just threw me into the arts. I did everything possible just to keep my mind busy. So she threw me in a ballet class, a music class, an ice-skating class. Left, right, here comes every stimulating art form that possibly exists on Earth, and ballet was the one thing I stuck with."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/charlize-t...
2 hrs
creative avidity
The Fr do use "creativité" more frequently than the En use "creativity" but I'm not sure what else you could use here. Innovation doesn't fit.
"Creative avidity" is used in the ref below to describe Woody Allen...
"Creative avidity" is used in the ref below to describe Woody Allen...
6 hrs
a constantly evolving creative drive
another one for the pot
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