les règles d’une vie internationale normée

09:57 Sep 29, 2014 

I'm sorry I couldn't give more context - very confidential texts like this one make me jumpy. I don't want the client finding chunks of their document on Google when I've had to sign NDAs etc...
Thank you to everybody who thought deeply about this one and then posted their reasoning - it was all helpful.
I went for "the norms of the international community" in the end - with the thought that "vie internationale" is talking about the relationship between states, which together form a sort of community, which has a collective set of values or norms. In other words, the international community can look with approval or disapproval on the actions taken by one of its members. Norms is in a more general sense in this context - we're not talking about international law or regulations as such. But then, I had the benefit of the entire document to look at!

21:57 Sep 24, 2014 

I think your translation is fine too. "...rules and regulations of standardised international relations" maybe.

20:43 Sep 24, 2014 

les règles d'une vie internationale normée = un mode de vie sur le même modèle.

17:12 Sep 24, 2014 

What is 'une vie internationale'? I speculate that here it may denote primarily or solely political/diplomatic relations with states. If it is a question of such relations between Crimea and states, then 'une vie internationale normée' may be political/diplomatic relations conforming to international law and conventions. If so, then maybe 'règles' could be best rendered as 'principles'.