English term
31 years experience with thanks.
Native in: Japanese (Variant: Standard-Japan) 
Works in: Japanese to English, English to Japanese
compassion
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The power to be considerate of others
Which is a better catchphrase?
Thank you!!
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Philippe ROUSSEAU
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Nov 6, 2016 10:30: writeaway changed "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Social Sciences"
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France
Here for you in linguistic challenges !
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, Tagalog to French, Latin to French, and 3 more.
The power of compassion
Compassion comes from two latin words : cum =with and patere (supin, passum) = to suffer. Therefore, compassion is the action to suffer with somebody, to share its suffering, to divide the weight of its burden by two. In return, the person ppens itself to you, is receptive to you, especially to your needs. And we reach here the meaning of your second proposition.
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Tony M
: In the light of additional context, I really don't see how this could be used as a 'catchphrase' in the way Asker seems to be suggesting.
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Merci, Tony ! Passez un bon dimanche !
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
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Harigato, Yasutomo !
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acetran
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Merci beaucoup !
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Tina Vonhof (X)
: Apart from the difference in meaning that Tony describes, catch phrases are always the shorter the better.
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That's my viewpoint, too. Thanks a lot, Tina !
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AllegroTrans
: Cannot see how this is appropruate to a powwer company
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Merci et bonne soirée!
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Discussion
"Moving together" works OK as a slogan, though it doesn't seem to bear any relation to the original text; however, it also hardly seems applicable to a power company (unless they supply motive power for trains, say!) — more appropriate probably for something like a removal company.
and The power to be considerate of others
are the translation of the orignal Japanese. I would like to know other native speakers accept them or not.
I really don't think you mean that 'power is compassionate' — that would be frankly rather silly for an electric power company!
Possibly what you are trying to say is 'compassionnate power' — we are a compassionate company, so we supply your power with compassion?
However, the problem here is really that the word 'compassion' simply doesn't work with a power company! One might have a person who looks after stray animals who is 'compassionate'; or a person who helps disaster victims... But the notion of 'compassion' really doesn't fit in a corporate context — unless you are trying to say "If you can't pay your bill when it's cold in Winter, then we won't cut your electricity off"!
I think you need to start again from scratch, decide what it is you really want to say, and try again.
Perhaps you could say something like "XYZ — the power company that cares" — but that's pretty lame. "It's all about customer care!" "We care about our customers"... that might be the sort of thing to start you off.