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Reprendre à son compte

English translation: to adopt

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French term or phrase:Reprendre à son compte
English translation:to adopt
Entered by: mimi 254

11:26 Aug 3, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Philosophy / Cultural essay
French term or phrase: Reprendre à son compte
The article describes how Stalin first came up with artistic principles in a 1934 Writers' Congress, which were later used by Mao Zedong.
Here's the sentence:
"Mao, dans ces Interventions aux causeries sur la littérature et l’art de Yenan en 1942, reprend à son compte les grandes lignes et les objectifs du réalisme socialiste, tel que les Russes le pratiquent déjà."

Now my question is this: is the text saying that Mao TAKES CREDIT for Stalin's ideas, or simply adopting them for his own purpose? I'm not sure, as I couldn't find one clear dictionary definition for this expression.

Thanks in advance.
Ran Bleich
Israel
Local time: 11:20
adopts
Explanation:
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http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/poetry_literatur...

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http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1326190
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mimi 254
Local time: 11:20
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3 +3adopts
mimi 254
3took up
kashew
2embraces
MatthewLaSon


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
took up


Explanation:
*adopted

kashew
France
Local time: 12:20
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
adopts


Explanation:
*

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Note added at 18 mins (2010-08-03 11:44:51 GMT)
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http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/poetry_literatur...

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Note added at 22 mins (2010-08-03 11:49:00 GMT)
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http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1326190

mimi 254
Local time: 11:20
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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agree  Claire Nolan: Yes, after looking at ''repris à son compte'' in context on Google, this is the meaning.
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agree  JoshBurkholder
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agree  Michael McCann: Yes, agree
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
embraces


Explanation:
Hello,

Maybe this would work here.

I hope this helps.

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 06:20
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