Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Prés carrés.
English translation:
silo mentality
Added to glossary by
Chakib Roula
May 30, 2016 16:15
8 yrs ago
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French term
Prés carrés.
French to English
Bus/Financial
Management
Managing talents
• Favoriser les échanges, les débats, les apports de point de vue de chacun développe la capacité d’une organisation à augmenter son intelligence collective.
• Lever les « prés carrés » et encourager le partage, d’informations, d’idées permet au manager d’observer et de reconnaitre les compétences de chacun de ses collaborateurs.
• L’émulation du travail collectif accroit la maturité professionnelle composée d’une combinatoire de connaissances, de motivation et d’expériences.
• Le manager se trouve plus facilement en situation d’expliciter les décisions de son organisation, et de faire partager sa vision et ses objectifs
• Lever les « prés carrés » et encourager le partage, d’informations, d’idées permet au manager d’observer et de reconnaitre les compétences de chacun de ses collaborateurs.
• L’émulation du travail collectif accroit la maturité professionnelle composée d’une combinatoire de connaissances, de motivation et d’expériences.
• Le manager se trouve plus facilement en situation d’expliciter les décisions de son organisation, et de faire partager sa vision et ses objectifs
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Change log
May 30, 2016 16:21: Tony M changed "Language pair" from "English to French" to "French to English"
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BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Austria
Austria
b2b/economics/marketing/market research/
Native in: German 
Works in: German to English, French to German, English to German
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silo mentality
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/silo-mentality....
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http://www.perceptiondynamics.info/silo-mentality/how-to-rem...
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http://www.perceptiondynamics.info/silo-mentality/how-to-rem...
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Tony M
: Nice one!
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Thank you, Tony. Have a pleasant day!
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Graeme Jones
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Thank you, mortonjones. Have a pleasant day!
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David Hayes
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Thank you very much David. Have a pleasant day.
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Didier Fourcot
: Rather trendy these days in IT context
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Thank you, Didier. As I see it, the US-Americans like the expression. Have a pleasant day.
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B D Finch
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Thank you, B.D. Finch. Have a pleasant day.
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Solen Fillatre
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Thank you, Solen. Have a pleasant day.
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Comment: "Thank you so much.
I appreciate your valuable contribution and all of your esteemed colleagues."
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French term (edited):
prés carré
my patch / turf / territory
They seem to be talking about people being protective of their own little area / activity etc.
There are lots of ways you might express this, depending on the exact circumstances in some specific organization; it may be harder to find a general-purpose blanket term...
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To some extent, the notion might even e 'my onwl little empire' — but that is SO pejorative in tone, it would only be suitable in some quite specific contexts.
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Apologies for typo above: of course, 'my own little empire'
In some context, we might also talk about someone's 'fief' — though again, not entirely sure if that would really be suitable in your context here.
There are lots of ways you might express this, depending on the exact circumstances in some specific organization; it may be harder to find a general-purpose blanket term...
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Note added at 9 minutes (2016-05-30 16:24:35 GMT)
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To some extent, the notion might even e 'my onwl little empire' — but that is SO pejorative in tone, it would only be suitable in some quite specific contexts.
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Apologies for typo above: of course, 'my own little empire'
In some context, we might also talk about someone's 'fief' — though again, not entirely sure if that would really be suitable in your context here.
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Philippa Smith
Native in English
Works in field
29 years turning out perfect English
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
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isolationism
As in 'curb isolationism and encourage...'
I see the ideas as: try to stop people staying enclosed in their own private domain, concerned only with their own interests, cutting themselves off = isolating themselves and encourage a collective, open approach based on sharing ideas, experiences, etc.
I see the ideas as: try to stop people staying enclosed in their own private domain, concerned only with their own interests, cutting themselves off = isolating themselves and encourage a collective, open approach based on sharing ideas, experiences, etc.
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Francois Boye
United States
United States
Native in French
United States
An economic geek with social skills
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
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private preserves
translation of a metaphor
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Erratum: PRESERVE instead of preserves
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Note added at 36 mins (2016-05-30 16:52:12 GMT)
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Erratum: PRESERVE instead of preserves
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Tony M
: Trouble is, expressed like that, it sounds more like pots of jam! Yes, but in that sense, it is more often found in the SINGULAR in EN, while 'preserves' in the PLURAL most often connotes 'jam' — "the photocopier is his private preserve"
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It's a metaphor for closed hunting grounds, for 'domaines reservés' etc...//Thanks for the info!
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Josephine Cassar
Malta
Malta
Native in English
Malta
12 yrs. experience translating EU stuff
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) 
, Maltese
Works in: English to Maltese, Italian to Maltese, French to Maltese, and 3 more.
(stop being) bossy/ top down/pretentious/superior
Just a suggestion as the next part is-encourage sharing, exchange of information, ideas, so it is no one's prerogative. Origin of Prés carrés-http://www.lepetitjournal.com/madrid/accueil/apprendre-le-fr... André Fontaine's example may fit here
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Tony M
: This bears no relation to the meaning of the source term, nor even to the examples you cite.
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seeing you have an answer, I would have expected you to put 'neutral' and it means there is no more a boundary between a 'you' and 'us'
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pooja_chic
Native in English
Translation is depth of the passion
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French, Portuguese to English
(Maintain one's) corner
• Lever les « prés carrés »
Something like maintaining one's corner.
defend one's corner.
Something like maintaining one's corner.
defend one's corner.
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Tony M
: The trouble is, that's a rather different metaphor, with a more positive connotation 'defend one's team / cause, etc.' rather than here, with the negative connotation of protectionism
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Solen Fillatre
France
France
Native in French
Works in field
France
It's all about the context
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to French, French to English, French
stop defending one's turf
Je pense que l'idée derrière "pré carré" est "area of exclusive competency", il y a vraiment l'idée de territorialisme.
Note from asker:
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Tony M
: Yes, exactly — though I don't think 'defending' is quite the right word, it has a positive connotation; I think 'protecting' would be better here; and we need to be careful of the meaning of stop ('cesser' or 'interdire')
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good point Tony, I can't put my finger on the perfect words. It's like it's on the tip of my tongue.
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Anca Florescu-Mitchell
France
France
Native in French
&
English
France
Fast and accurate technical translations
Native in: French , English
Works in: French to English, English to French
remove barriers
C'est juste une suggestion pour "lever les "prés carrés". Vous n'avez pas besoin ici d'une traduction littérale :).
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Tony M
: But that's too general; 'pré carré' refers to a very special kind of barrier... / Not really, the image and the notion are pretty specific (see all the earlier discussions)
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It seems pretty general to me, here.
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Discussion
L'expression 'pré carré' est utilisée en France pour parler des anciennes colonies de la France et de leur domination par la France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protectionism