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144 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   asked this question:

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144 months ago

   wrote:

hetero-achievement

My comment:

seems to be used by at least one author, but I can't get the page to load. The link is below, see if you can open it.
It means someone offering clues to extract the missing link in a phrase.

My references:

http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED044371.pdf

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144 months ago

   wrote:

Here is a link that works, but in French, that explains what it is: http://books.google.com/books?id=z3H19grgw_IC&pg=PA349&lpg=PA349&dq=%22h%C3%A9t%C3%A9ro-ach%C3%A8vement%22&source=bl&ots=9pBilyQpSj&sig=fUotJMzMvbDe4cndDU63ukVRw3w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=N2xqU5vqGLS2sASkwoGwCg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22h%C3%A9t%C3%A9ro-ach%C3%A8vement%22&f=false

144 months ago

   wrote:

Here is a link that works, but in French, that explains what it is: http://books.google.com/books?id=z3H19grgw_IC&pg=PA349&lpg=PA349&dq=%22h%C3%A9t%C3%A9ro-ach%C3%A8vement%22&source=bl&ots=9pBilyQpSj&sig=fUotJMzMvbDe4cndDU63ukVRw3w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=N2xqU5vqGLS2sASkwoGwCg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22h%C3%A9t%C3%A9ro-ach%C3%A8vement%22&f=false

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144 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

hetero-achievement

My comment:

seems to be used by at least one author, but I can't get the page to load. The link is below, see if you can open it.
It means someone offering clues to extract the missing link in a phrase.

My references:

http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED044371.pdf

The asker rated this answer best

144 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

hétéro-achèvement

My comment:

It's a possibility, based on similar constructions: hétéro-évaluation, for example.

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144 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   wrote:

That's certainly the term I need to translate....I've no idea why the accented letters come out like this sometimes, but at other times are reproduced faithfully.

144 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   wrote:

Oops! And I thought I was so clever deciphering those symbols - LOL! How about "and achieve similar results", "come up with/devise analogous strategies for other words". I think this is what it means.

144 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   wrote:

Thanks for all your help on this one guys....it seems that the term is pretty transparent after all.... :-/