it ultimately came down to the skill of

French translation: tout reposa en fin de compte sur le talent de cinq personnes

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English term or phrase:	it ultimately came down to the skill of five people
French translation:	tout reposa en fin de compte sur le talent de cinq personnes
Entered by:	Stéphanie Soudais

16:03 Dec 20, 2007

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English term or phrase: it ultimately came down to the skill of

Contexte : conquête spatiale, projet Apollo-Soyouz

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was a triumph of early cooperation between the Soviet and US space programmes, with engineers working for many years to make two separately evolved spacecraft operate together. In july 1975, however, it ultimately came down to the skill of five people in orbit.

Les cinq personnes en question sont les astronautes US et cosmonautes soviétiques qui vont s'échanger une poignée de main dans l'espace

Je n'arrive pas à bien tourner cette fin de phrase; merci d'avance

Stéphanie Soudais KudoZ activity Questions: 1102 (none open) (95 closed without grading) Answers: 2852 France
Local time: 09:17

tout reposa/reposait sur le talent/la compétence des 5 personnes

Explanation:
une idée...

Selected response from:

Anne de Freyman (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:17

Grading comment

Merci Anne et à tous
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +6

tout reposa/reposait sur le talent/la compétence des 5 personnes

Anne de Freyman (X)

3 +1

elle se résuma en fin de compte à la compétence

Eve-Lyne

c'est le savoir-faire de [...] qui a joué le rôle déterminant.

Roger McKeon

Cela se résumait en dernière instance à la compétence de

JAN SNAUWAERT

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7 mins confidence:

Cela se résumait en dernière instance à la compétence de

Explanation:
J'espère que cela t'aidera.

JAN SNAUWAERT
Belgium
Local time: 09:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Dutch,

Flemish
PRO pts in category: 4

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

elle se résuma en fin de compte à la compétence

Explanation:
Juste une suggestion!

Eve-Lyne
Local time: 09:17
Native speaker of:

French

22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

tout reposa/reposait sur le talent/la compétence des 5 personnes

Explanation:
une idée...

Anne de Freyman (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:17
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Merci Anne et à tous

8 hrs confidence:

c'est le savoir-faire de [...] qui a joué le rôle déterminant.

Explanation:
ou "l'habileté de [...] qui a décidé de l'issue de la mission."

Roger McKeon
Local time: 03:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 24

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