Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
auteur jaloux de
English translation:
a designer who jealously guards
French term
France
Localisation and content creation
Native in: English (Variants: British, New Zealand, UK, French, US, Australian, UK, US, British, New Zealand) 
Works in: French to English, English
auteur jaloux
I'm having trouble finding a translation of "auteur jaloux" does anyone have a suggestion?
Thanks, Sasha
| 4 +3 | a designer who jealously guards... |
Evans (X)
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Melissa McMahon
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Philippa Smith
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Julie Barber
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Apr 22, 2010 12:55: Evans (X) changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Apr 26, 2010 08:32: Evans (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/121183">Sasha Barral-Robinson's</a> old entry - "auteur jaloux"" to ""a designer who jealously guards""
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Proposed translations
a designer who jealously guards...
"a designer who jealously guards his tools and his experience. "
Although your text has "auteur" I would not use author in English since we are talking about an architect.
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Julie Barber
: this is how I see it too, but think we need clarity on the auteur point...
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thanks, Julie, and yes I agree, he could also be a writer.
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mimi 254
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thanks mimi
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Verginia Ophof
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thanks, Verginia
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Note added at 21 mins (2010-04-22 08:25:25 GMT)
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Is there anything in the text to suggest that auteur is different to author? (ie a designer....), thanks.
a creator who jealously guards
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Note added at 25 mins (2010-04-22 08:28:56 GMT)
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See eg. Woody Allen quote: "I call that mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which calls no man master, which does not content itself with a passive or hereditary faith, [and] receives new truth as an angel from Heaven."
http://www.quoteworld.org/quotes/357
| Thank you for your answer to my question. Unfortunately, in this case "designer" is more appropriate, so I gave the points to Gilla. |
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Philippa Smith
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Thanks Philippa
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Carol Gullidge
: looks as though you were first with "who jealously guards..." (or words to that effect!)
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Thanks Carol!
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writeaway
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Thanks writeaway
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mimi 254
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Thanks mimi
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Jim Tucker (X)
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Thanks Jim
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Cetacea
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29 years turning out perfect English
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
a creator who is proud of...
An alternative to Melissa's solution, which I also agree with. I think you can extrapolate from "jealously guards" to use "proud of".
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