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French translation: tels des figurants
| 10:18 Oct 18, 2008 |
| English to French translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Government / Politics / global development | |||||
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|  Selected response from: GILLES MEUNIER France Local time: 08:24 | ||||
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| 4 | badaud |
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| 3 +1 | tels des figurants |
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| 2 +1 | témoins extérieurs |
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| 3 | regardant de l'extérieur de la vitrine |
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| 3 | qu'ils lorgnent de loin |
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| 3 | réduits à regarder la vitrine |
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| 2 +1 | tels des simples spectateurs |
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peer agreement (net): +1témoins extérieurs Explanation: Juste une idée |
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regardant de l'extérieur de la vitrine Explanation: C'est plus une idée à retravailler, mais peut-être le mot de vitrine permet de donner l'idée de regards (envieux ?) de ceux qui n'ont pas assez d'argent. |
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badaud Explanation: Suggest something like: Badauds de l’économie mondiale, ils en sont pourtant exclus. |
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qu'ils lorgnent de loin Explanation: l'économie globale qu'ils ne peuvent que regarder de loin |
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réduits à regarder la vitrine Explanation: .. |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1tels des simples spectateurs Explanation: Could this work? The idea being 'mere bystanders / onlookers' -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-18 11:41:50 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In case you didn't know, the expression 'to be on the outside looking in' is a fairly standard one in English, modified slightly here. Of course the key point to get across in your re-phrasing is that these people are being 'left out' |
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40 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1tels des figurants Explanation: - -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 41 mins (2008-10-18 11:00:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ou comme de simples figurants -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 58 mins (2008-10-18 11:17:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Ils sont exclus de l'économie mondiale, tels de simples observateurs (figurants) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 59 mins (2008-10-18 11:17:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- je n'aime pas trop 'piégés en dehors de l'economie mondiale' -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2008-10-19 15:03:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Pour moi, figurant, spectateur, observateur rejoignent la même idée de passivité... |
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