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meet the trade-off

French translation: couvrir le déficit

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English term or phrase:meet the trade-off
French translation:couvrir le déficit
Entered by: Cassandra Delacote

10:59 Jan 29, 2018
English to French translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics / Public Finances
English term or phrase: meet the trade-off
This is a document dealing with the pressure that is put on governement budget by the wage bill (in this context, it is referring to the high salaries paid to government officials).

Here is the context:The WAEMU directives also set a rule on fiscal deficit levels, which should be lower than 3% of a country’s GDP in any given year. These fiscal rules limit the scope to use additional borrowing as a response to wage bill pressures, and the *trade-off is often met* by reducing capital expenditure.

I am not sure of the meaning, but the main problem is that I don't know how to translation this expression.

I know that trade-off is translated as "compromis" or possibly "avantage" but how to translate the expression to "meet the trade-off" in good French is my problem!

I would appreciate your expert help.
Cassandra Delacote
France
Local time: 09:54
couvrir le déficit
Explanation:
Il s'agit de substituer la réduction des dépenses en capitaux aux emprunts destinés à faire face à la pression de la masse salariale. Raison pour laquelle, on pourrait aussi traduire différemment, avec une toute autre tournure :

1. Le compromis consiste souvent à y substituer la réduction des dépenses en capitaux
2. L'alternative consiste souvent à réduire les dépenses en capitaux pour couvrir le déficit
3. L'option adoptée souvent est...
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Maliki Kamara
Cote D'ivoire
Local time: 07:54
Grading comment
Merci pour cette réponse simple et rapide. Merci à Daryo aussi pour les explications.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2couvrir le déficit
Maliki Kamara
4pour faire face au compromis
kashew
4trouver à quoi renoncer en contrepartie des gains obtenus / souhaités
Daryo


  

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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pour faire face au compromis


Explanation:
*

kashew
France
Local time: 09:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 13
Notes to answerer
Asker: Would Daryo be prepared to suggest a translation?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Francois Boye
2 hrs
disagree  Daryo: that's ONE possible meaning/translation for "trade-off", only problem is it fits in this sentence like square pegs in round holes ... // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_peg_in_a_round_hole
4 hrs
  -> You mean circular holes?!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
couvrir le déficit


Explanation:
Il s'agit de substituer la réduction des dépenses en capitaux aux emprunts destinés à faire face à la pression de la masse salariale. Raison pour laquelle, on pourrait aussi traduire différemment, avec une toute autre tournure :

1. Le compromis consiste souvent à y substituer la réduction des dépenses en capitaux
2. L'alternative consiste souvent à réduire les dépenses en capitaux pour couvrir le déficit
3. L'option adoptée souvent est...


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade-off
Maliki Kamara
Cote D'ivoire
Local time: 07:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Bambara / Bamanakan
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Merci pour cette réponse simple et rapide. Merci à Daryo aussi pour les explications.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ph-b (X): Il y a certainement différentes manières de le dire mais c'est effectivement l'idée que la partie de l'enveloppe salariale qui n'est pas couverte pas les emprunts est financée par les sommes dégagées du fait de la réduction des dépenses en capital.
12 mins
  -> Merci ph-b !
disagree  Francois Boye: trade-off has a specific meaning in economics
2 hrs
agree  Daryo: exactly, you have to look at the whole sentence.
4 hrs
  -> Merci Daryo !
agree  Germaine: ou couvrir l'écart
2 days 11 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to meet the trade-off by ...
trouver à quoi renoncer en contrepartie des gains obtenus / souhaités


Explanation:
the basic idea of a "trade-off":

A trade-off (or tradeoff) is a situational decision that involves diminishing or losing one quality, quantity or property of a set or design in return for gains in other aspects. In simple terms, a tradeoff is where one thing increases and another must decrease.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade-off

IOW it's about being forced to keep a kind of balance between opposing tendencies.

Here: if you want more money for A and you can't increase the pot it's taken from, then you have to find some B that's going to get less from the same pot of money [="to meet the trade-off for spending more on A"]

[The WAEMU directives also set a rule on fiscal deficit levels, which should be lower than 3% of a country’s GDP in any given year.]
These fiscal rules limit the scope to use additional borrowing as a response to wage bill pressures, and the trade-off is often met by reducing capital expenditure.

... Ces règles fiscales limitent la marge de manœuvre pour recourir à des endettements additionnels comme réponse à ces pressions salariales, et souvent la balance est restaurée en réduisant les dépenses d'investissement.

... ... et souvent les dépenses d'investissement sont réduites pour compenser. [les hausses de salaires]



Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 35

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  ph-b (X): « trouver à quoi renoncer pour pouvoir /supporter/répondre à/compléter le financement de/ la pression salariale » correspondrait plus à l'idée + il s'agit de règles budgétaires, pas fiscales.
26 mins
  -> oui, en effet c'est plutôt une explication du concept de "trade-off" en général - mais j'ai aussi proposé des traductions
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