trou d’air temporaire

English translation: passing turbulence

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French term or phrase:trou d’air temporaire
English translation:passing turbulence
Entered by: Yves Barry Ben

09:34 May 9, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Asset management
French term or phrase: trou d’air temporaire
Context:

La question clef est de savoir s’il s’agit d’un ralentissement cyclique ou simplement d’un trou d’air temporaire.
Yves Barry Ben
France
Local time: 20:54
passing turbulence
Explanation:
"The key question is whether this is a cyclical slowdown or just some passing turbulence."

You could equally well use "temporary turbulence", though I feel my suggestion is a bit more idiomatic.
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Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:54
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7passing turbulence
Rob Grayson
4air pocket
Shabelula
3temporary air pocket
Philippa Smith
3a puff of wind
AllegroTrans


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
un trou d’air temporaire
air pocket


Explanation:
it must be temporary.... hopefully!

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Note added at 5 mins (2019-05-09 09:39:11 GMT)
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as it is figurative, I guess you can add "temporary"

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Note added at 5 mins (2019-05-09 09:39:43 GMT)
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https://www.livescience.com/32586-what-is-an-air-pocket.html

Shabelula
Italy
Local time: 20:54
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Native speaker of: Italian
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
un trou d’air temporaire
passing turbulence


Explanation:
"The key question is whether this is a cyclical slowdown or just some passing turbulence."

You could equally well use "temporary turbulence", though I feel my suggestion is a bit more idiomatic.

Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 805

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  polyglot45: or (minor) hiccup//why not ?
8 mins
  -> Possibly, but why change the metaphor? // The idea of turbulence is an oft-used metaphor in financial markets.

agree  writeaway: agree-passing works better than temporary
20 mins

agree  Shabelula
42 mins

agree  Ph_B (X)
1 hr

agree  Francois Boye: temporary is more common in economics
3 hrs
  -> "Temporary" may be a more common word than "passing" in economics, but "passing turbulence" is more idiomatic than "temporary turbulence".

agree  Michele Fauble
5 hrs

agree  B D Finch: Nice!
1 day 5 hrs
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
un trou d’air temporaire
temporary air pocket


Explanation:
Way outside my comfort zone, but this seems to be used in financial contexts.

Example sentence(s):
  • "...a temporary air pocket that unsettles prices..."

    https://books.google.fr/books?id=Q6XjJhG3MtoC&pg=PT183&lpg=PT183&dq=%22temporary+air+pocket%22&source=bl&ots=S1z6CjqK9x&sig=ACfU3U3k0Wi8uB9w
Philippa Smith
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un trou d’air temporaire
a puff of wind


Explanation:
as opposed to a cyclone
perhaps...but we don't really know the context

AllegroTrans
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