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142 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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142 months ago

Marie-Claire   wrote:

the (very) first address of the Red Cross in its early days/in its infancy

My comment:

I'd keep away from "limbo..."

142 months ago

Marie-Claire   wrote:

the first "in limbo" address of the Red Cross

142 months ago

Marie-Claire   wrote:

the first address of the budding Red Cross

My comment:

Budding is shorter than "in its infancy". Besides, the bud hides the flower to come, which is the idea conveyed by "dans les limbes" (the prospect of the organization which was not called Red Cross yet was uncertain).

My references:

Petit Robert pour les définitions de limbe(s).

142 months ago

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

the first home of the Red Cross [see comment]

My comment:

I thought about 'birthplace' but it doesn't feel quite right because, as far as I understand it, it's not the birth of the concept as its first physical address that's the issue here.

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142 months ago

tigkit   wrote:

He personified the Red Cross

142 months ago

tigkit   wrote:

address of the Red Cross while still in infancy

My comment:

literally, in limbo. That was Henri Dunant's address in Geneva when he first conceived of what eventually became the Red Cross

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

142 months ago

   wrote:

another possibility: "period of gestation"

142 months ago

Marie-Claire   wrote:

It sounds right except you might be missing a word. "while still in its infancy." It does not seem quite right without the "its." I am not sure why.

142 months ago

Marie-Claire   wrote:

another possibility: "period of gestation"

142 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

address of the Red Cross while still in infancy

My comment:

literally, in limbo. That was Henri Dunant's address in Geneva when he first conceived of what eventually became the Red Cross