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pesanteurs socioculturelles

English translation: social and cultural pressure(s)

10:38 Dec 2, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: pesanteurs socioculturelles
This phrase relates to the women gaining access to land, which has traditionally been denied them because they have no right to any inheritance (the inheritance being land). This is cited as one of the risks of pushing public figures to facilitate women's access to land:

Refus des hommes pour pesanteurs socioculturelles

Does this mean "Men's refusal because of sociocultural inertia"?
Angel_7
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:49
English translation:social and cultural pressure(s)
Explanation:
would be my version

or social and cultural restraints

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Note added at 11 mins (2006-12-02 10:49:39 GMT)
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sorry, constraints

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Note added at 15 mins (2006-12-02 10:53:25 GMT)
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if you wanted to express it as slow to change you could say:

'......due to slow cultural and social change'

although I'd go for the idea of being restricted by social beliefs
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Julie Barber
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:49
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2the weight of traditions
Najib Aloui
4socio-cultural entrenchment
Rossa Ó Muireartaigh
3social and cultural pressure(s)
Julie Barber
3unwieldy/ponderous/rigid sociocultural factors
suezen


  

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socio-cultural entrenchment


Explanation:
I think this collocates well with 'socio-cultural' and has the metaphoric sense of immovability as does 'pesanteurs' to some extent.

Rossa Ó Muireartaigh
Japan
Local time: 12:49
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
social and cultural pressure(s)


Explanation:
would be my version

or social and cultural restraints

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Note added at 11 mins (2006-12-02 10:49:39 GMT)
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sorry, constraints

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Note added at 15 mins (2006-12-02 10:53:25 GMT)
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if you wanted to express it as slow to change you could say:

'......due to slow cultural and social change'

although I'd go for the idea of being restricted by social beliefs

Julie Barber
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 17
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
the weight of traditions


Explanation:
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Najib Aloui
Local time: 04:49
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julie Barber
17 mins
  -> Bonjour Julie. Merci.
agree  Ben Gaia: Better English! But the original text is in sociology-speak so the chosen answer is strictly correct.
7 hrs
  -> Thank you Ben Gaia. "Tradition" also belongs to sociology and it is, by definition, social and cultural
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
unwieldy/ponderous/rigid sociocultural factors


Explanation:
an alternative
Socio-cultural factors affecting science learning and attitudes. Washington, DC: The World Bank. MacGregor, K. (1996, December 15). ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2984(199723)66%3A4%3C383%3AWAEISA%3E2.0.CO;2-X
At the meta level are the socio-cultural factors that influence values and attitudes towards productive and qualitative work. It includes the capacity of ...
www.ilo.org/dyn/empent/docs/F111PUB116_01/PUB116_01.htm - 49k

suezen
Local time: 05:49
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