causes lointaines

English translation: remote causes

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French term or phrase:causes lointaines
English translation:remote causes
Entered by: Anton Konashenok

10:29 Sep 4, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Esoteric practices / the Tarot reading
French term or phrase: causes lointaines
Hello!

Could you help me? I've met with this collocation in politics for example, but in the context, I'm not sure. The text:

Quelle est la relation entre X et moi?
Il y a des *causes lointaines* à ce qui nous unit.

Thanks in advance!
svetlana cosquéric
France
Local time: 22:02
remote causes
Explanation:
Don't know about Tarot, but I've seen it e.g. in discourses on karma.
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Anton Konashenok
Czech Republic
Local time: 22:02
Grading comment
Thank you, Anton!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2remote causes
Anton Konashenok
3 +1distant reasons
kashew
2obscure forces
Anne-Marie Grant (X)


  

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remote causes


Explanation:
Don't know about Tarot, but I've seen it e.g. in discourses on karma.

Anton Konashenok
Czech Republic
Local time: 22:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Thank you, Anton!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
3 hrs
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agree  Lianne Wilson
2 days 20 hrs
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distant reasons


Explanation:
*

kashew
France
Local time: 22:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, kashew!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Travelin Ann: I think distant reasons reads better
1 day 14 hrs
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obscure forces


Explanation:
'We are linked by obscure forces'

This is what the phrase suggests to me, but it 's probably straying too far from the source text.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2009-09-04 18:41:11 GMT)
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OK -that clarifies things a lot and my answer is not appropriate.


Anne-Marie Grant (X)
Local time: 21:02
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: When I asked the author what these "causes lointaines" were exactly, she answered : "something foggy in the past, something, an event or some events I don't remember now".

Asker: Thank you, Anne-Marie!

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