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pòndol (de la política)

English translation: leadership / take the lead

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Catalan term or phrase:pòndol (de la política)
English translation:leadership / take the lead
Entered by: Etienne Muylle Wallace

10:58 May 10, 2008
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History / Catalonia
Catalan term or phrase: pòndol (de la política)
agafar el pòndol de la política

Aquest text és una mena de manifest de la generació noucentista, que era a punt d’agafar el pòndol de la política a Catalunya

Wd teh idea be "to take Catalan politics by storm" or wd that be too strong?

On noucentisme, see wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noucentisme

Now that they had been given the chance, intellectuals of Noucentisme (itself a vehicle of this conservative, Catholic Catalanism), leaded by Eugeni d'Ors, advocated a project of cultural intervention based on four principles: Imperialism, Arbitrarism, Civility, and Classicism.

Noucentista imperialism was a conservative and up-to-date version of the principles of Spanish Regenerationism designed to make Catalonia the leading region of modernization of the Spanish state and society.
Lia Fail (X)
Spain
Local time: 20:56
leadership / take the lead
Explanation:
el póndol es el govern d'una casa, d'una hisenda (Enciclopèdia catalana). En castellano se diría 'tomar las riendas'
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Etienne Muylle Wallace
Spain
Local time: 20:56
Grading comment
I'll go with something like "play a leading role" or "take centre stage" ... Thanks to both:-)
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1(to take) control (of) etc.
Sheila Hardie
4leadership / take the lead
Etienne Muylle Wallace


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(to take) control (of) etc.


Explanation:
Or to take over or to run, etc. depending on the context. It is a synonym of 'govern' or 'trast'. Perhaps 'to take control of' would fit your text?

HTH


Sheila

pòndol


[1617; del ll. pondus, -eris 'pes', cat. ant. i dial. pondo, amb -l afegida com en altres mots d'estructura semblant (v. catúfol)]

m Govern, trast, d'una casa, d'una hisenda, etc. Portar el pòndol de la casa.

http://ec.grec.net/lexicx.jsp?GECART=0107039


pòndol (m)
Govern, trast, d’una casa, d’una hisenda, etc.
L’àvia portava el pòndol de la botiga.
[Etimologia — Del llatí pondus, ‘pes’, català antic i dialectal pondo, amb -l afegida com en altres mots d’estructura semblant (com ara catúfol).]
Els meus dies transcorrien en la pau: després de les curtes estones dedicades al pòndol de la casa, fàcil amb aquelles comoditats, passava les hores ajaguda al sofà, davant l’escalfapanxes, llegint, pensant, o m’asseia a escriure.
Anna Murià, Crònica de la vida d’Agustí Bartra (Barcelona: Pòrtic, 1990 [1967]), pàg. 218
*** Aquesta quinzena: Anna Murià (1904-2002) ***


http://www.rodamots.com/mot_cerca_resultat.asp?nm=1199

Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 20:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Berni Armstrong: also "take the reins" as Etienne suggests below.
30 mins
  -> thanks, Berni - yes, I was thinking of 'take the reins' but thought that maybe 'control' might fit the context a wee bit better here :-)
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
leadership / take the lead


Explanation:
el póndol es el govern d'una casa, d'una hisenda (Enciclopèdia catalana). En castellano se diría 'tomar las riendas'

Etienne Muylle Wallace
Spain
Local time: 20:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
I'll go with something like "play a leading role" or "take centre stage" ... Thanks to both:-)
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