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French to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | |||||||
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4 | political approval |
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4 | policy petitions or political petitions (advocacy) |
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3 +1 | political appeals |
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3 | Political appeals |
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3 | highly placed politicians |
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political approval Explanation: Placet = it is approved in latin. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 33 mins (2008-07-30 00:22:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or better, "it is approved of" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2008-07-30 00:49:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Placet = Active present of the latin verb placeo = to be pleasing, to please, to be welcome or acceptable, etc. |
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policy petitions or political petitions (advocacy) Explanation: placet in general is a juridical term (used if something is seconded and applied for with emphasis) |
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political appeals Explanation: Just a guess. |
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Political appeals Explanation: "Ce placet* qui caracole en tête de phrase nous a interpellés : le placet est une requête adressée au roi, ou une autorité quelconque, pour attirer son attention. Ce n’est donc pas un synonyme de “pamphlet”. Mais, l’expérience de Besson aidant (qui a prouvé que publier un pamphlet contre Sarkozy était un bon moyen de trouver une place dans son gouvernement), on peut comprendre que le mot se soit imposé à l’esprit du rédacteur, à son corps défendant : “frère Léo” serait en réalité à la recherche d’un point de chute au gouvernement, d’un strapontin, et même d’un… placet*. "* placet a aussi eu le sens de “tabouret”." http://correcteurs.blog.lemonde.fr/2008/05/13/le-placet-qui-... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 hrs (2008-07-30 09:17:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Not for points, asEquinimod got there first! |
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highly placed politicians Explanation: Methinks my learned colleagues may have been a bit hasty in choosing the Latin term. (Sources, examples???) I'd look for other options as well. You could have: Des haut placés politiques = highly placed politicians or Des hauts placés (politiques,...)= higher-ups, highly placed officials (politicians,...) or even, if a bit garbled: Sur la place politique = in politics, in the political world... or (not very common, but possible): Sur les places politiques Nigeria's Third Republic: The Problems and Prospects of Political ... - Google Books Result by Bamidele A. Ojo - 1998 - History - 177 pages Though the coup was effected by killing some highly placed politicians, it failed to assume the power it had wrestled from them. The only source from which ... http://books.google.com/books?isbn=156072580X... Amazon.com: Harriet Klausner's review of SPQR VIII: The River ... Decius concludes that a conspiracy of highly placed politicians was involved in the scam with him. Decius is determined to bring all the perpetrators to ... http://www.amazon.com/review/R1FJRG4G3GS9GD - Trial Watch : Joseph Serugendo ... Ferdinand Nahimana, Felicien Kabugu, Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza (see “Related Cases”), as well as with other highly placed politicians, notably those who, ... http://www.trial-ch.org/en/trial-watch/profile/db/facts/jose... [PDF] Perez Yannick File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML et plus les groupes de pression bien organisés sur la place politique ..... Political Control The Journal of Law, Economics & Organisation Vol 3 Fall pp ... http://www.grjm.net/documents/Yannick-Perez/Perez_RMI_VF.pdf |
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