Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

rigueur

English translation:

stringency

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Mar 11, 2015 16:18
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French term

rigueur

Non-PRO French to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters CHARTE ETHIQUE COMITE DE SELECTION
I know rigour exists but I think there could be a better choice, please see below thanks

Loyauté et honnêteté
A toute sollicitation, les membres du Comité de Sélection répondent avec rigueur et bonne foi.
Ils doivent témoigner de loyauté envers le Comité de Sélection afin de préserver son image.
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Respect d’autrui
Le Comité de Sélection invite ses membres à travailler en bonne intelligence tant ensemble qu’avec les partenaires potentiels.
Le respect d’autrui vise tant la reconnaissance des idées, que le respect de la dignité humaine et de la vie privée.
Comportement des membres du Comité de Sélection
Change log

Mar 11, 2015 19:06: writeaway changed "Field" from "Bus/Financial" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Law: Contract(s)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "CHARTE ETHIQUE COMITE DE SELECTION"

Mar 11, 2015 19:28: Yvonne Gallagher changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Jennifer White, Rachel Fell, Yvonne Gallagher

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Discussion

Evgeny Artemov (X) Mar 11, 2015:
Why don't you like 'rigour(ously)'? Sounds all right here.

Proposed translations

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stringency

This term seems most appropriate in this context; it is a synonym for rigourous (Webster's). As a native English speaker, this term implies, to me, exactitude, discipline and consistency.
Example sentence:

Stringency was expected from the judges in the application of league rules.

Peer comment(s):

agree Yvonne Gallagher : Don't like stringency here. But "with exactitude, consistency" would work
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agree Jean-Claude Gouin
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thoroughly

In the context, it seems to indicate that responses will be complete and in good faith. You could also use the word "fully". (In French, "avec" plus a noun acts as an adverb.)
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rigor

The decision must be made with rigor and in good faith. The Merriam Webster English dictionary defines rigor as "the quality or state of being very exact, careful or strict". The word "rigor" as used here seems to imply the exercise of decision making in accordance with this standard. It is the most fully encompassing term.
Peer comment(s):

neutral writeaway : There is no decision being made. It's a reply/response. And in English it's more natural to turn the phrase into an adverb.
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The "decision" is to translate with exactitude rather than to simply choose a synonym from the thesaurus.
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dispassionately/rationally/methodically

rigueur in this context means the fact of selecting artworks with a method that is repeatedly applied
Peer comment(s):

neutral writeaway : These words are not interchangeable. Are you suggesting they all fit the context?
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with firmness; conscientiously; etc

"Rigueur" is very French. I agree that whilst it does exist in EN, with the same meaning, it is simply used much less often.
In this sort of situation, I don't know if you had thought of using a thesaurus, but it's a good place to start looking for inspiration.

Also, in English, there is no obligation to stick to the French structure and use "with + noun". Using an adverb would be a good way round it.

You could consider option based on words such as:
ethical, honorable, exemplary...

ALso, you could consider running "avec rigueur et bonne foi" into a phrase which would cover both notions bu be expressed in another way in English. There really are lots of solutions. I suggest hunting around on thesauraus (thesauri???)

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Note added at 4 hrs (2015-03-11 20:33:35 GMT)
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It's actually being meant in an ethical sense; probity, duty and so on.

"Loyauté et honnêteté.
A toute sollicitation, les membres du Comité de Sélection répondent avec rigueur et bonne foi".

I think you need some similar formula, somehing along the lines of

"... shall perform their duties with due care, skill and diligence".
Peer comment(s):

agree writeaway : Yup, any number of solutions and all easily found....
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French term (edited): rigueur et bonne foi

shall performa their duties with due care, skill and diligence

I'm sure this time of formulation would be an acurate rendering of what is to be understood by the French here.

Just a separate post to mke this suggestion stand out more clearly. This is the expression I had on the tip of my tongue earlier.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2015-03-11 20:35:35 GMT)
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Without the "a" on "perform" of course. ;-)
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