Les échelles de gouvernement

English translation: The levels of government

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French term or phrase:Les échelles de gouvernement
English translation:The levels of government
Entered by: pooja_chic

11:28 Jun 7, 2013
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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Title of a course study in \
French term or phrase: Les échelles de gouvernement
• "Les échelles de gouvernement" dans le monde de la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale à nos jours (l’échelle de l’État-nation, l’échelle continentale, l’échelle mondiale)

No other text as this is the title of a course study in the French "Terminale ES" (Economics & social sciences)

Thanks for your urgent help with explanation if possible of the meaning as well as translation.
Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
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The levels of government
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3 +5The levels of government
pooja_chic
5 -1The government scales
Vanessa Brandao
4The tiers of Government
Francis Marche
3Systems of Government
kashew


  

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Systems of Government


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The levels of government


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agree  philgoddard
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agree  Marie Jackson
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agree  nweatherdon
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agree  Verginia Ophof
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agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: Levels in the sense of entity, type, the nation-state being an example. It could be territorial, federal etc, in the original it is nation-continental and world. PS: I've been doing classroom support in 1ère ES for a 18 mths ad have a daughter in Tle ES.
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The government scales


Explanation:
The author just used a metaphor, there is no proper English translation, because this expression was never used before by English speakers.


    Reference: http://www.bac-es.net/document/histoire-geo/lechelle-mondial...
Vanessa Brandao
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  philgoddard: Scales of government, maybe, but government scales? And it's not a metaphor.
4 mins
  -> Yes, scales of government might sound better.

neutral  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: It would be "scales of government" but "levels" is more natural. Could be ambiguous, "scales of justice" etc.
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The tiers of Government


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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_three_tiers_of_govern...



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Note added at 1 day11 hrs (2013-06-08 22:50:52 GMT)
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or "the tiers of governance"

Francis Marche
France
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