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qui pèsent

English translation: which limit

11:59 Feb 10, 2013
French to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics / Recession
French term or phrase: qui pèsent
...et des contraintes budgétaires strictes qui pèsent sur leur capacité d'action.

To hamper? impede?

Merci d'avance!
Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 23:24
English translation:which limit
Explanation:
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Selected response from:

Matt Stewart
Local time: 22:24
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8which limit
Matt Stewart
4 +1on their...
axies
3 +1which weigh heavily on
Jane F
4... hold back ...
ViBe
3which affect/have a negative effect on/HAMSTRING
polyglot45
5 -3influence/has impact on
Salih YILDIRIM


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
which limit


Explanation:
-

Matt Stewart
Local time: 22:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JaneD
0 min
agree  Dee Translation
9 mins
agree  Bertrand Leduc
22 mins
agree  AllegroTrans
22 mins
agree  nweatherdon
53 mins
agree  Peter LEGUIE: Or else, "which restrict" or "set limits to".
1 hr
agree  Cetacea
3 hrs
agree  katsy
5 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
which affect/have a negative effect on/HAMSTRING


Explanation:
lots of options

polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 44
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
which weigh heavily on


Explanation:
another option

Jane F
France
Local time: 22:24
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daryo: that's the image in the ST
48 mins
  -> thanks Daryo
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -3
influence/has impact on


Explanation:
Impact

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 16:24
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Kim Metzger: We need to convey the negative aspect.
2 mins
disagree  Cetacea: Not specific enough.
35 mins
disagree  SafeTex: Missing the negative connotation present in French
6 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
... hold back ...


Explanation:
My two cents into the potluck of ideas...

ViBe
Local time: 22:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
on their...


Explanation:
Question should be qui pèsent sur = on their capacity to
This changes totally the meaning of your question
Here is an example from Collins Robert Dictionary and Thesaurus:

Toute la responsabilité pèse sur lui ou sur ses épaules
All the resposability is on him or on his shoulders
And there are other examples in this dictionary pointing to the same.
Hope this helps. Manuel


axies
Australia
Local time: 05:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jocelyne Cuenin: Très intéressant. Je pense qu'on peut traduire avec un verbe comme suggéré ci-dessus ; cependant, on peut très bien voir 'peser sur' comme un simple étoffement typique du français.
1 hr
  -> Merci, Petitavoine. Oui je suis d’accord avec vous; Même les collègues ont donné des bonnes réponses. Elles s’appliquent en termes du significat etc. Mais il y en a tant d'autres qu'on peuvent y ajouter etc, etc.
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