French term
Saudi Arabia
Expert Interprète-Traducteur Assermenté
Native in: French 
Works in: French to English, English to French, Arabic to French, and 3 more.
exraordinaire sagesse
Feb 24, 2016 09:10: Jennifer White changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
PRO (1): Daryo
Non-PRO (3): philgoddard, Sheila Wilson, Jennifer White
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Proposed translations
This is where the extraordinary wiliness of nature has been at work
Context aside, this is where native English speakers, bearing testament to extraordinary wisdom, need to delve deep into their poetic and lyrical reserves and, as Tony M. wisely posits and postulates, turning round the sentence, but with enough subtle balance to keep nature as the subject.
No tactical incrowd voting, please!
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Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
: I think "wiliness" is more appropriate here
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Merci and thanks - perhaps a 'wise and wily' choice.
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Tony M
: Thank you for your complimentary remarks, Adrian! However, I have to say I don't really feel 'wiliness' fits here: to me, it suggests somehow 'deliberate cunning', whereas I see this more as the benevolent wisdom of 'Mother Nature'
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An economic geek with social skills
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
has demonstrated uncommon wisdom
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David Hollywood
: and a very nice one it is
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Tony M
: A nice turrn of phrase, but I don't think it fits very comfortably with 'Nature', nor do I think 'uncommon' is suitable here for 'extraordinaire' — after all, leaving aside the sales hype, it is NOT uncommon for Nature to be wonderful!
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philgoddard
: Uncommon means exceptional compared to everyone else.
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Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
Here, nature in her extraordinary wisdom, has....
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Tony M
: THAT's the way to go!
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thank you !
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Verginia Ophof
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thanks
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Sheri P
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thanks
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Lara Barnett
: I like this. This has been voted Non-Pro, but I don't think this could have been phrased like this by a non-pro.
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wow, as a professional of many years standing, a bit of recognition doesn't go amiss
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Katherine Rutter
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thanks
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Daryo
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thanks
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