camp abonat

English translation: fertile source of / fertile ground for (new ideas)

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Catalan term or phrase:camp abonat
English translation:fertile source of / fertile ground for (new ideas)
Entered by: Sheila Hardie

17:13 Oct 24, 2008
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
Catalan term or phrase: camp abonat
From a document on innovation.
This section is about the value of diversity in generating ideas:

"Potenciar la conversació i la connexió que serveix de camp abonat per al sorgiment d’idees"

Moltes gràcies!
Comunican
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:27
springboard (for new ideas)
Explanation:
The first thing that springs to mind (no pun intended!), but I'm sure there are better ideas. You could even say 'a great source of new ideas' or something similar.

HTH


Sheila

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Note added at 23 mins (2008-10-24 17:37:51 GMT)
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Or, more literally:

a fertile seedbed

a fertile source

a fertile hotbed

Piercy Conner
fertile seedbed of new ideas. If the. UK. ’s urban-. regeneration campaigns are to move from good. intentions to genuine achievements, they could gain ...
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/ad.187 - Pàgines semblants
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire Business New Haven, Connecticut ... - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
... hoped to sell investors on the Elm City as a fertile hotbed of new ideas stemming from cutting-edge research and fueling emerging growth companies. ...
www.conntact.com/archive_index/archive_pages/835_Business_N... html - 49k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
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Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 19:27
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3 +3springboard (for new ideas)
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springboard (for new ideas)


Explanation:
The first thing that springs to mind (no pun intended!), but I'm sure there are better ideas. You could even say 'a great source of new ideas' or something similar.

HTH


Sheila

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Note added at 23 mins (2008-10-24 17:37:51 GMT)
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Or, more literally:

a fertile seedbed

a fertile source

a fertile hotbed

Piercy Conner
fertile seedbed of new ideas. If the. UK. ’s urban-. regeneration campaigns are to move from good. intentions to genuine achievements, they could gain ...
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/ad.187 - Pàgines semblants
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire Business New Haven, Connecticut ... - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
... hoped to sell investors on the Elm City as a fertile hotbed of new ideas stemming from cutting-edge research and fueling emerging growth companies. ...
www.conntact.com/archive_index/archive_pages/835_Business_N... html - 49k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants


Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 19:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Aha! "Abonado" as in fertiliser, I never thought of that- I was thinking of accounts and could not make sense of it! "Fertile source" sounds just right to me... thanks so much Sheila


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Berni Armstrong: fertile source is just right IMHO...
18 mins

agree  Milena Bosco (X): "Fertile terrain" in my opinion, the figure of speech used in the original text is thus enhanced.
1 hr

agree  Ross Andrew Parker: (creates) fertile ground for...
12 hrs
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