"trop d'Etat"

English translation: nanny state

16:49 May 16, 2009

French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics

French term or phrase: "trop d'Etat"

the term is used to describe the intervention of the state in different affairs

sandamaria KudoZ activity Questions: 3 (1 open) Answers: 0
Local time: 09:18

English translation:nanny state

Explanation:
Another option.

Selected response from:

Philip Taylor
Local time: 07:18

Grading comment

very creative, thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

nanny state

Philip Taylor

3 +1

interventionist

Nikki Scott-Despaigne

Big Government

Francis Marche

too much government

MatthewLaSon

an intrusive (or omnipresent) state

Marco Solinas

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

23 mins confidence:

too much government

Explanation:
Hello,

This is how I read it.

Too much government, not enough "laissez-faire" perhaps?

I hope this helps.

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 02:18
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 32

38 mins confidence:

an intrusive (or omnipresent) state

Explanation:
Sorry, I misread the language pair in my earlier answer. Thanks to Writaway for pointing it out.

Marco Solinas
Local time: 23:18
Native speaker of:

English,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 8

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

interventionist

Explanation:
Again, unfortunately lacking context. My suggestion is maybe not colloquial enough....
Any chance of the sentence before and after?

Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 08:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 31

20 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

\\\"trop d\\\'Etat\\\"

nanny state

Explanation:
Another option.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanny_state

Philip Taylor
Local time: 07:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

Grading comment

very creative, thank you

23 hrs confidence:

Big Government

Explanation:
Do you "State": in the type of phrase, the right E word for F "Etat" is Government.

From Wikipedia at "Big Government":

Big government (sometimes capitalized as Big Government) is a term generally used by political conservatives, laissez-faire advocates or libertarians to describe a government which is excessively large, corrupt and inefficient, or which is inappropriately involved in certain areas of public policy. In this latter sense the term may also be used by political liberals in relation to government policies which attempt to regulate matters considered to be private or personal, such as private sexual behavior.
Big government can refer to any of a number of bureaucratic criticisms: government programs where policy goals could be accomplished with smaller more nimble organizations, attempts to federalize programs traditionally implemented at the state level, implementing programs that seek to accomplish functions normally associated with the private sector or private organizations (such as non-profit groups or religious organizations), expensive programs that are likely to increase significantly in costs in the long term, subject to cost overruns and poor cost analysis, resistant to reform efforts both internally and externally, large bureaucracies lacking in accountability, limited or no checks and balances on power within the organization, inadequate or inconsistent metrics to verify to efficacy, limited genuine benefits conferred to citizens, cost ineffective (benefits are outweighed by high costs), programs funded primarily by bond packages. A common example of big government is unfunded federal mandates, where federal programs and policy priorities are imposed upon states, requiring states to bear the financial burden without funding from the federal level.

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Note added at 23 hrs (2009-05-17 16:04:09 GMT)
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sorry, first line above, read [Do not use "State"]

Francis Marche
France
Local time: 08:18
Native speaker of:

French,

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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