responsable coutumier

English translation: traditionnal ruler

23:22 May 30, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Anthropology / text on conservation in Africa
French term or phrase: responsable coutumier
"Selon certains responsables coutumiers, les bois sacrés sont des intermédiaires incontournables entre les habitants et leurs ancêtres."

Any ideas about how you would translate 'responsable coutumier'?? Thanks for the help!
coquis
France
Local time: 08:37
English translation:traditionnal ruler
Explanation:
This is the standard term in West Africa.
http://tinyurl.com/23fl6av
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Jean-Louis S.
United States
Local time: 03:37
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4traditionnal ruler
Jean-Louis S.
4guardian of tradition
Jennifer Levey
2 +2customary chief/official
Claire Nolan


  

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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
guardian of tradition


Explanation:
guardian - definition of guardian by the Free Online Dictionary ... - [ Traducir esta página ]
guardian. n → Hüter(in), Wächter(in) m(f); (Jur) → Vormund m; guardian of tradition → Hüter(in) m(f) → der Tradition ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/guardian - En caché - SimilaresEl guardian jeffrey konvitz descargar libros en pdf
Aaron Koller, Milton Konvitz, Chana Kosofsky, Rabbi Ira Kosowsky, Rabbi Shlomo Nosson ..... rabbi's role as the guardian of tradition becomes even more ...
www.buscarlibrospdf.com/el-guardian-jeffrey-konvitz.html - En cachéA guardian of tradition - [ Traducir esta página ]
Take no more notice of the wind that comes out of the mouth of critics than the winds expelled from their backsides. -Leonardo da Vinci News of Norway, ...
www.norway.org/ARCHIVE/News/.../199808vebjørn/ - En caché[PDF] LEIDENHEIMER RECEIVES GUARDIAN OF TRADITION AWARD FROM SOUTHERN ... - [ Traducir esta página ]
Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Vista rápida
2005 is the first year for the Guardian of Tradition Award, which local committee members presented to a dozen or so New Orleanians they felt ...
www.leidenheimer.com/images/sfa-award.pdfGrandmother Momoy, Chumash Indian Goddess of Tradition and Medicine - [ Traducir esta página ]
Momoy is the Chumash Indian goddess of the Datura-flower and its medicinal and ritual use, as well as the guardian of tradition. The Chumash Indians lived ...
www.thaliatook.com/AMGG/momoy.html - En caché - Similaresdict.cc dictionary :: guardian :: German-English translation - [ Traducir esta página ]
Schutzgeist {m} · to act as guardian · Beschützer sein · guardian of tradition · Hüter {m} der Tradition · appointment of a guardian · Bestellung {f} eines ...
www.dict.cc/english-german/guardian.html - En cachéYouTube - Guardian of Tradition Trailer - [ Traducir esta página ]
Guardian of Tradition Trailer. ... jerryorc — September 16, 2008 — Guardian of Tradition Trailer. jerryorc — September 16, 2008 — Guardian of Tradition ...
youtube.com/watch?v=TP9hAVqb990&feature=related - En cachéBanbury Guardian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - [ Traducir esta página ]
"Guardian of tradition". Oxfordshire Limited Edition (The Oxford Times) (April 2008): 61–63. Potts, William; Clark, Edward T. (revised edition 1978) [1958]. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banbury_Guardian - En caché - SimilaresGuardian of Tradition - [ Traducir esta página ]
de GF Still - Artículos relacionados
Guardian of Tradition. Next week the Royal College of Physicians of London celebrates the 450th anniversary of its founding. In 1518, ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1912090/.../brmedj0210...

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 04:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Chris Hall: Your sources seem to be in Spanish and German, but do not confirm its French equivalent. / OK, there are webpages confirming the existence of the English term "guardian of tradition" (sounds outdated to me), but where is the French equivalent?
5 mins
  -> What 'seems' ... mostly 'ain't. On the contrary, one of those webrefs is from the *British Medical Journal* - one of my country's greatest 'guardians of tradition', if I may be so bold... Another is from a well-known English publisher.
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
"responsable coutumier"
customary chief/official


Explanation:
Reservoir. The decisions on where to relocate were taken by the PAPs themselves, in
consultation with local CUSTOMARY OFFICIALS.

The CUSTOMARY CHIEFS, land chiefs, and the PAPs have
all been involved in the entire relocation process in order to ensure the maximum level of success in
acquiring replacement land.

http://www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/I...

It aims to engage political, administrative and CUSTOMARY OFFICIALS,
opinion leaders, religious leaders, artists and intellectuals in a process which attempts to resolve the
problems of child survival, protection and development, discrimination of women, and environmental
protection.

http://ces.aed.org/pdfs/Reports/EE&C Niger - Eng.pdf

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From a report about a community effort at forest conservation in the Congo:

representatives of local communities (CUSTOMARY CHIEFS, village chiefs from Bolumbuloko, Lolo, Lifumba, Esanga, Wamba-Linza, Loma, Boyela/Lisoko, Baringa and Boilinga) along with the Congolese Chamber of Commerce,

http://www.forestsmonitor.org/uploads/2e90368e95c9fb4f82d3d5...

Claire Nolan
Local time: 03:37
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Hall: Maybe even "customary leader" could be another possibility???
19 mins
  -> Maybe, Chris. Thanks.

agree  mimi 254
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, mimi254.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
traditionnal ruler


Explanation:
This is the standard term in West Africa.
http://tinyurl.com/23fl6av

Jean-Louis S.
United States
Local time: 03:37
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Hall
56 mins
  -> Merci, Chris!

agree  mimi 254: Yes!
7 hrs
  -> Merci, Mimi!

agree  Gabrielle Leyden: yes, with one "n" - or tribal/village chiefs (for chefs coûtumiers)
7 hrs
  -> Thank you, Gabrielle for agreeing and editing!

agree  Evans (X)
9 hrs
  -> Merci, Gilla!
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