Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

vivre ensemble

English translation:

help us to coexist/live together in peace

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Apr 6, 2018 08:22
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French term

vivre ensemble

French to English Social Sciences Government / Politics
This is a conference document about the future of France, and the world as a whole, in the light of technical developments.

L’intelligence humaine et les évolutions techniques qu’elle est en train de rendre possibles bouleversent la manière de produire, d’échanger et même d’être dans nos sociétés. Comment s’assurer que ces changements rendent le monde plus soutenable et améliorent le vivre ensemble – bref que l’humain est bien au centre des profondes évolutions en cours?

Am I right that in this context it means to coexist?
Change log

May 20, 2018 05:31: Daryo changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences"

Discussion

Francois Boye Apr 6, 2018:
This translation has northing to do with economics!

Proposed translations

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help us to coexist/live together in peace

I think you have to add "in peace" or "peacefully", because that's the implication. We already coexist, but not very peacefully.
Peer comment(s):

agree Yolanda Broad
3 hrs
agree Nikki Scott-Despaigne : I agree with your comment and the second option is the one I would go for, without any hesitation.
18 hrs
agree Hilary McGrath : agree, I would go with peacefully as 'in peace' feels religious to me.
1 day 5 hrs
agree katsy
1 day 5 hrs
neutral Daryo : true, but sounds more like an explanation, not a translation.
2 days 9 hrs
agree Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
2 days 18 hrs
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Living together (Cultural Diversity)

"le vivre ensemble" means living together with other groups, communities; it's not simply "live together". In other words, we also use the term cultural diversity which is also stands for respecting and tolerating towards other communities, cultural. There are many separate societies that emerged around the globe differed markedly from each other, and many of these differences persist to this day. As well as the more obvious cultural differences that exist between people, such as language, dress and traditions, there are also significant variations in the way societies organize themselves, in their shared conception of morality, and in the ways they interact with their environment.
Peer comment(s):

neutral writeaway : https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/le-vivre-ensemble.24...
1 hr
agree Mohamed Hosni : Yes,That's it.
3 hrs
disagree Daryo : "Cultural Diversity" is an extrapolation too far // also, if you are reusing someone else's text, you should give a link to the original https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_diversity
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the co-existence of people

I would opt for (or the social existence of People)
Peer comment(s):

agree Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
4 hrs
agree Daryo
2 days 11 hrs
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social intercourse

Peer comment(s):

neutral philgoddard : This is oldfashioned. Most intercourse these days is more than just social.
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So I'm old-fashioned ! J'assume !
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