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passage du mistigris

English translation: the mistigris (or joker) is dealt (the buck is passed)

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French term or phrase:passage du mistigris
English translation:the mistigris (or joker) is dealt (the buck is passed)
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann

17:29 Mar 22, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Petroleum Eng/Sci
French term or phrase: passage du mistigris
I know mistigris can refer to cats, a card game, and the joker in a deck of cards, but I'm not sure what they mean here by "passage du mistigris." This is from a text about the impact of high oil prices on African economies.

Bien entendu, en fonction des modes d’organisation de la filière, la question épineuse de savoir sur qui, dans la chaîne pétrolière, se répercute l’augmentation de la facture, se pose différemment. Dans le modèle « Est-Africain », le consommateur prend la hausse pour lui, mais l’Etat peut aussi parfois amortir le choc en réduisant sa fiscalité. Dans le schéma « Ouest-Africain », le **passage du mistigri** s’effectue de manière plus erratique : si l’Etat décide de ne pas augmenter les prix à la pompe pour des raisons politiques ou sociales, il prend alors la facture en charge dans l’attente de jours meilleurs en termes de prix pétroliers.
Karen Tucker (X)
United States
Local time: 06:55
each time the mistrigri (or joker) is dealt
Explanation:
The mistzigri is the joker card in a poker game:

The name comes from French, and is close to 100 years old. It originally meant the jack of spades, especially when accompanied by two cards of the same color in the old games of bouillotte and brelan, both similar to modern poker, and later was used for the blank card that came with a deck of cards, and then for the game played with that card. That blank card later evolved into the joker.

I believe you can use mistigri.
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Maya Jurt
Switzerland
Local time: 12:55
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I think "government influence" is the right idea, but I don't want to water down the colorful language. "The buck is passed" is very clever! Thanks to everyone. Karen
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Summary of answers provided
3each time the mistrigri (or joker) is dealt
Maya Jurt
3the buck is passed
Bourth (X)
1governement influence
tist


  

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governement influence


Explanation:
as the mistigris is the most powerfull card in the moche card game, i suppose it is the governement

tist
Local time: 12:55
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each time the mistrigri (or joker) is dealt


Explanation:
The mistzigri is the joker card in a poker game:

The name comes from French, and is close to 100 years old. It originally meant the jack of spades, especially when accompanied by two cards of the same color in the old games of bouillotte and brelan, both similar to modern poker, and later was used for the blank card that came with a deck of cards, and then for the game played with that card. That blank card later evolved into the joker.

I believe you can use mistigri.

Maya Jurt
Switzerland
Local time: 12:55
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I think "government influence" is the right idea, but I don't want to water down the colorful language. "The buck is passed" is very clever! Thanks to everyone. Karen
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the buck is passed


Explanation:
Might work.

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Note added at 15 hrs (2006-03-23 09:24:53 GMT)
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And I just discovered the expression originated in poker!

Bourth (X)
Local time: 12:55
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