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English translation: conciliatory figure/role / conciliator
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| 22:26 Jul 17, 2005 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Government / Politics | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: silfilla Local time: 20:43 | ||||||
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| 3 +1 | conciliatory figure |
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7 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1conciliatory figure Explanation: But, he does seem to be a conciliatory figure that can bring disparate views together. If he can maintain calm in electricity markets but still give ... www.utilipoint.com/issuealert/article.asp?id=1869 absent further context :-) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2005-07-17 22:38:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- BTW, *integrative figure* gets a few original English ggls, but is mostly used by German Web sites; I wouldn\'t use the term -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 43 mins (2005-07-17 23:10:15 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- for the second sentence you just posted: conciliatory role/image -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 45 mins (2005-07-17 23:12:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- you could also use *conciliatory role* in the first sentence: He played a conciliatory role in ... other alternatives: 1) He was a conciliator in ... 2) ... so that his image/role as a conciliator is not undermined sth along those lines |
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