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quartier sensible

English translation: disadvantaged neighbourhoods

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French term or phrase:quartier sensible
English translation:disadvantaged neighbourhoods
Entered by: Richard Flight

09:19 Apr 8, 2003
French to English translations [PRO]
French term or phrase: quartier sensible
From a French public service document, of course meaning the districts you don't want to get caught in after dark. Wondering what PC term would be appropriate in English.

Cheers.
Richard Flight
France
Local time: 08:52
disadvantaged neighborhoods
Explanation:
I think this is the usual term. It is neutral, and therefore "PC."

HTH
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Sara Freitas
France
Local time: 08:52
Grading comment
Yep, that sound fine. I liked underprivileged too, but in this particular context it would have sounded a tad condescending.

Thanks all!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5disadvantaged neighborhoods
Sara Freitas
4 +1marginalized
Thomaso
4special needs districts
DPolice


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
marginalized


Explanation:
or underprivileged or if you want something stronger: "rough neighbourhood"


reader should quickly catch on to what you mean

Thomaso
Ireland
Local time: 07:52
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 125

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sara Freitas: underprivilieged
22 mins
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
disadvantaged neighborhoods


Explanation:
I think this is the usual term. It is neutral, and therefore "PC."

HTH

Sara Freitas
France
Local time: 08:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 688
Grading comment
Yep, that sound fine. I liked underprivileged too, but in this particular context it would have sounded a tad condescending.

Thanks all!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Sirett
24 mins
agree  ntouzet (X)
41 mins
agree  Sam D (X)
1 hr
agree  cjohnstone: this is best
1 hr
agree  Kvasir
1 hr
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
special needs districts


Explanation:
can't be more PC


    Reference: http://slerp.rutgers.edu/releases/123-5.pdf
DPolice
Local time: 08:52
PRO pts in pair: 454

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sara Freitas: as far as I know, "special needs" is used mainly for education and not for things like crime/poverty, which seem to be the asker's context
12 mins
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