parcourir les flux contraignants

English translation: negotiate traffic-flow constraints

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French term or phrase:	parcourir les flux contraignants (trans)
English translation:	negotiate traffic-flow constraints
Entered by:	kashew

19:01 Nov 28, 2008

French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / sociology of mobility

French term or phrase: parcourir les flux contraignants

Par ailleurs, pour les péri-urbanisés, elle n’est plus le moyen ou l’outil nécessaire pour****** parcourir les flux contraignants ******de la mobilité urbaine dans l’attente de rentrer au « terminus repos de cette mobilité. » Là encore l’image de liberté et d’autonomie attachée à l’automobile s’inverse puisqu’on maîtrise moins les flux que l’on est maîtrisé par eux.

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My difficulty here lies mainly in the translation of "flux", which has occurred elsewhere:
"flux de déplacements"
and "accés aux flux".
So far, I'm not convinced by the word "flow", although I have used "flows of mobility" for "flux de déplacements" as I haven't been able to come up with anything better.

I'd be very grateful if anyone else knows what this might be... Many thanks!

Carol Gullidge KudoZ activity Questions: 352 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 2710 United Kingdom
Local time: 11:55

negotiate traffic-flow constraints

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kashew
France
Local time: 12:55

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negotiate traffic-flow constraints

kashew

to contend with the restricting flow of urban traffic

Richardson Lisa

negotiate the contrary currents

Karen Vincent-Jones (X)

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peer agreement (net): +2

negotiate traffic-flow constraints

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kashew
France
Local time: 12:55
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Notes to answerer

Asker: many thanks kashew - I rather like this (all of it)! Certainly better than my efforts

1 hr confidence:

to contend with the restricting flow of urban traffic

Explanation:
Hi
I think that the abondance of the flow is the important factor here - it's what makes it restricting

Richardson Lisa
France
Local time: 12:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Notes to answerer

Asker: many thanks phillisa - good point!

1 day 17 hrs confidence:

negotiate the contrary currents

Explanation:
This would be a way of getting away from the flow-word, and it has a nice alliterative ring.

Example sentence(s):

the ship was warned that the winds and contrary currents in the central Aegean were as fractious and stormy as political intriguing in the Roman senate.

Reference: http://www.angelfire.com/al3/anemokoitai/app4.html

Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Notes to answerer

Asker: many thanks Karen!

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