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French term or phrase:
opération "coup de poing"
English translation:
single blow operation
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liz askew
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French term
opération "coup de poing"
French to English
Medical
Medical (general)
About a week-long event promoting screening for growth problems. The goal of this PPT presentation is to emphasize the importance of a long-term initiative rather than an "opération coup de poing:"
Attention au faible rendement des opérations "coup de poing" qui ne sont utiles que si, derrière, se met en place un travail au long cours."
***I'd like to ask only Native English/French speakers to reply to this question. Thanks***
Attention au faible rendement des opérations "coup de poing" qui ne sont utiles que si, derrière, se met en place un travail au long cours."
***I'd like to ask only Native English/French speakers to reply to this question. Thanks***
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single blow operation
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Actually
"campaign" could be better than "operation"
"Death of a thousand cuts rather than a single blow."
Frustrated over its lack of success in attracting new union members through traditional organizing efforts, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West has been orchestrating a systematic campaign designed to disrupt health care services and embarrass our network and our affiliated organizations. One union leader described this type of campaign as: "Death of a thousand cuts rather than a single blow."
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-07-03 12:43:03 GMT)
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Actually
"campaign" could be better than "operation"
"Death of a thousand cuts rather than a single blow."
Frustrated over its lack of success in attracting new union members through traditional organizing efforts, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West has been orchestrating a systematic campaign designed to disrupt health care services and embarrass our network and our affiliated organizations. One union leader described this type of campaign as: "Death of a thousand cuts rather than a single blow."
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John Peterson
Native in English
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, Turkish to English, and 1 more.
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"hit and run"/"quick fix"
Keeping the quotation marks. Might work in this context. Quick fix is a little bit problematic, though the inverted commas might indicate that it is anything but.
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Sophie Roger
: I like "quick fix", close to the intention of the original text, which means to deride it.
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one-off initiatives/drives
Just an idea- I find this difficult to put into words
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Andreas THEODOROU
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Specializes in field
Spain
Translator/writer (medical/pharma specn)
Native in: English
Works in: Greek to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
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blitz operation
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Gustavo Silva
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Clair Pickworth
: yes, used this last week in a similar context
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"Operation Fist" approach
As used by forces in New Caledonia in the eighties, for example. What we now call a "zero tolerance" approach or "clampdown".
Re songs of Alfa Blondy and other rasta laments eg "the black velvet glove on the iron fist of the bourgeois fascist"...etc
Re songs of Alfa Blondy and other rasta laments eg "the black velvet glove on the iron fist of the bourgeois fascist"...etc
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Sophie Roger
Native in French
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English
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Native in: French 
, English
Works in: French to English, English to French
"Blitzkrieg"
With the quotes, to maintain irony.
Used in the UK in newspapers to indicate fast quick action.
Used in the UK in newspapers to indicate fast quick action.
Example sentence:
NEW DELHI: Government on Saturday launched a media blitzkrieg seeking wide national support for the Indo-US nuclear deal on which the Left parties have withdrawn support.
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