Dec 21, 2005 22:54
18 yrs ago
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English term
15 Years as an International Executive
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Catalan to French, French, and 1 more.
Knee-jerk fashion
English to French
Art/Literary
Other
Argot ?
"...I would submit that contrary to what you suggest, we would be lowering ourselves to throw our policies out the window and react in knee-jerk fashion."
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Tks in advance
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Tks in advance
Proposed translations
(French)
Proposed translations
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4 hrs
Selected
agir sans réfléchir
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Merci Sarahl et merci également à tous les autres..."
4 mins
Oliver Walter
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Qualified in engineering and translation
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, English
Related KudoZ points
:
4
en réaction réflexe
It's not offensive at all. It's quite common and means in effect reacting without proper consideration first.
58 mins
réagir spontanément
nous nous abaisserions si nous jetions nos polices par la fenêtre et si nous réagissions spontanément
9 hrs
Christine Cooreman
Cyprus
Cyprus
Native in French
Cyprus
Responding fast and in quality!
Native in: Greek 
, French
Works in: Greek to French, French to Greek, English to French
Related KudoZ points
:
24
de faηon inconsidιrιe, instinctive
on aura beau avoir défini une politique précise, une fois le problème posé, nous "balancerons" la stratégie par-dessus bord et notre réponse sera instinctive, irrationnelle
9 hrs
réaction primaire
faire preuve d'une réaction primaire
10 hrs
Jordane Boury
France
France
Native in French
France
Engineer, marketer and translator
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, Italian to French, French
Related KudoZ points
:
46
de manière (totalement) irréfléchie
*irréfléchie* voire *irresponsable*...
Juste une autre proposition ;-)
Cf. le Cambridge :
"knee-jerk
adjective DISAPPROVING
knee-jerk reaction/response, etc. an immediate reaction that does not allow you time to consider something carefully"
Juste une autre proposition ;-)
Cf. le Cambridge :
"knee-jerk
adjective DISAPPROVING
knee-jerk reaction/response, etc. an immediate reaction that does not allow you time to consider something carefully"
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