Success / Réussite
about the graph
Posted by Sergi on February 23, 2004
Looking at Vincent Meriot graph comparing the words associated with success, it seems that the Americans see success as something more positive than the French. Well, I think success is something positive by the definition of the word.
The explanation I can give to the fact that 43% of the words given by the French are neutral or negative is that their responses are related to what one has to do in order to be successful, as opposed to what being successful implies.
The other big difference is that Americans mention multiple times words like money and power, while for the French success is related to the family.
ma vision
Posted by vincent on February 24, 2004
Moi personnellement je ne comprend pas pourquoi ce mot n'a pas une conotation aussi positive qu'aux USA. Pour moi la réussite est très importante, aussi bien dans le domaine familiale que professionnel.