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ont amené leur lot de défis

English translation: have brought their share of challenges

00:37 Aug 30, 2009
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
French term or phrase: ont amené leur lot de défis
Thsi is a company year-end report. It talks about the various challenges it faced in 2008. "Tous ces changements **ont amené leur lot de défis** de novembre 2008 à la fin janvier 2009, bien que nous ayons retrouvé un niveau de service supérieur à l’acquisition dès le 1er février 2009 et ce, jusqu’au 31 mai 2009." I've never
Rimas Balsys
Local time: 04:11
English translation:have brought their share of challenges
Explanation:
in this instance, at least in American English "lot" translates as part, portion or share. Share of. . . is a pretty common expression
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Timothy Rake
United States
Local time: 04:11
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Summary of answers provided
5 +9have brought their share of challenges
Timothy Rake
4have brought their lot of challenges
jmleger
3have also brought challenges in their wake
jaynedmoore


  

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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
have brought their lot of challenges


Explanation:
i would say

jmleger
Local time: 06:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
1 hr
neutral  writeaway: lot is a false friend her. it doesn't mean 'fate'.
6 hrs
disagree  Fabio Barbieri: Lot is plainly unsuitable, and it has the unfortunate echo of "you lot"
8 hrs
neutral  catpfam: agree that it's a false friend here
5 days
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +9
have brought their share of challenges


Explanation:
in this instance, at least in American English "lot" translates as part, portion or share. Share of. . . is a pretty common expression

Timothy Rake
United States
Local time: 04:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rosa Paredes
3 hrs
agree  writeaway: backed by all Fr-En dictionaries
3 hrs
agree  Sheila Wilson
4 hrs
neutral  polyglot45: slight problem with the verb tense - the "have' should be deleted
4 hrs
agree  Colin Morley (X): I think we can forgive a slight tense change in the context!
5 hrs
agree  Clive Phillips
5 hrs
agree  Fabio Barbieri: excellent
5 hrs
agree  C. Tougas
9 hrs
agree  George C.
2 days 16 hrs
agree  catpfam
5 days
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
have also brought challenges in their wake


Explanation:
a possibility

jaynedmoore
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: in their wake? it's not in the French and how would you work that into the sentence posted?
1 hr
neutral  catpfam: i would agree that this is a possibility and can see it working quite well with the idea of "all these changes" having consequences. it does obviously move a little further away from the original though.
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