Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
The foreign national takes centre stage
English answer:
the foreign national is the priority
Added to glossary by
Lydia De Jorge
May 7, 2020 17:43
4 yrs ago
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English term
The foreign national takes centre stage
English
Other
Law (general)
Immigration, Application
Personal and meticulous
The foreign national takes center stage
There is no more context. Those are simple sentences in an immigration application form.
Does "The foreign national takes center stage" mean that it is passed to the next stage? Or level?
The foreign national takes center stage
There is no more context. Those are simple sentences in an immigration application form.
Does "The foreign national takes center stage" mean that it is passed to the next stage? Or level?
Change log
May 17, 2020 16:55: Lydia De Jorge Created KOG entry
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Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
Native in English
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English
Specializes in field
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
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the foreign national is the priority
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Saro Nova
: Yes, also good.
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Thanks. This topic is fresh in my mind as I recently translated some documents for the local Medicaid program.
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AllegroTrans
: This ios the most apt meaning that I can distill out of this, but with no real context maybe the asker needs to ask her client to explain further
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Thank you.
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Mark Robertson
Native in English
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English
Specializes in field
Translations by lawyers for lawyers
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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the foreign national plays an important role
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Peer comment(s):
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Charlotte Fleming
: "Centre stage" is the same as "the centre of attention". It has nothing to do with the stages of an application, but refers to the stage of a theatre. Someone standing "centre stage" is the focus of the audience's attention.
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EirTranslations
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Paula Marques
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Saro Nova
: Not just important, most important
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More than one person (actor) can be centre stage and in that case they cannot all be most important.
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the foreign national is the centre of attention
Taking centre stage comes from the theatre. An actor who "takes centre stage" commands the attention of the audience the most.
In a group setting, taking centre stage means you are the centre of attention, the focus.
It can also have a slightly negative overtone.
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Note added at 26 mins (2020-05-07 18:10:13 GMT)
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It seems a bit strange in an application form - does it have anything to do with personality questionnaires, or group exercises?
In any case, it's nothing to do with passing to the next level or next stage.
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Note added at 30 mins (2020-05-07 18:14:03 GMT)
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"focus of attention" may work, or something along Mark's lines of "plays a central role".
"Plays a central role" or "key role" keeps the theatrical reference. It would depend on the surrounding context, though.
In a group setting, taking centre stage means you are the centre of attention, the focus.
It can also have a slightly negative overtone.
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Note added at 26 mins (2020-05-07 18:10:13 GMT)
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It seems a bit strange in an application form - does it have anything to do with personality questionnaires, or group exercises?
In any case, it's nothing to do with passing to the next level or next stage.
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Note added at 30 mins (2020-05-07 18:14:03 GMT)
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"focus of attention" may work, or something along Mark's lines of "plays a central role".
"Plays a central role" or "key role" keeps the theatrical reference. It would depend on the surrounding context, though.
Note from asker:
| Thank you for sharing your insight, and experience. The problem is that I don't have the complete document to know if it is a part of a questionnaire, answers, an interview. But, it looks like it is part of a voiceover conversation. Because each sentence is separated and described as Scene under voiceover. |
Peer comment(s):
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Anthony OSullivan
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Yvonne Gallagher
: This is quite simply what centre stage means. However, there should be some context given
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agreed, Yvonne
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Saro Nova
: Yes.
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The foreign national is most important/highlighted
To take centre stage means that it is more capital or most important than the other variables/aspects; not just "important"
Discussion
I can hardly imagine any form where you would have "the foreign national takes centre stage" as some kind of question.
It COULD possibly be part of some explanatory notes, to say that at some point in the procedure what the foreign national has to say is the most important.
But even then, bureaucrats would've used a different kind of language. Finding that anyone "takes centre stage" in some official form would be rather unexpected, would sound out of place, like a completely wrong register.
OTOH what would an official form be doing in a text where "each sentence is separated and described as Scene under voiceover." ??
But, again, each section is separated as a different scene.