Oct 19, 2004 16:27
19 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
The sports specialists
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, English, French to English
A lire et méditer...
French to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
If anyone can come up with a neat English rendering of the lead in to this paragraph I'd be most obliged...
A lire et méditer, à l’heure où les espoirs de paix, de relance économique et de bien-être pour les populations africaines reposent sur les épaules de quelques personnes qui n’ont pas d’autre alternative que celle d’oser la démocratie
A lire et méditer, à l’heure où les espoirs de paix, de relance économique et de bien-être pour les populations africaines reposent sur les épaules de quelques personnes qui n’ont pas d’autre alternative que celle d’oser la démocratie
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +6 | Food for thought at a time when..... |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 5 +1 | Reading and thinking about X at a time of |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| 4 | Something to read and reflect on/think about at a time when ... |
suezen
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| 3 | To read and ponder on |
Michel A.
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Proposed translations
+6
16 mins
Selected
Food for thought at a time when.....
Something to muse over...
I would omit the "read" because it sits ill in the English sentence and adds nothing
I would omit the "read" because it sits ill in the English sentence and adds nothing
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
cmwilliams (X)
22 mins
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| agree |
RHELLER
40 mins
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| agree |
sarahl (X)
47 mins
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| agree |
Jean-Claude Gouin
: Exactly what I was going to suggest ...
48 mins
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| agree |
French Foodie
: That's exactly what popped into my mind when I saw this
1 hr
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| neutral |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
: This can inserted but cannot start the sentence because the sentence is dangling in English...X is food for thought: whicht he poster hasn't mentioned
1 hr
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this is a stylistic device. Ungrammatical maybe but OK when properly used. Like starting a sentence with "but"
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| agree |
Conor McAuley
: Yes
21 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I can't see the objection - works very nicely. Cheers"
4 mins
French term (edited):
A lire et m�diter...
Something to read and reflect on/think about at a time when ...
a possibility
6 mins
French term (edited):
A lire et m�diter...
To read and ponder on
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Note added at 7 mins (2004-10-19 16:35:00 GMT)
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An Anarchist Woman - Terry
... And I in the very ecstasy of my being was one of this mob. \"Whole hours, whole nights,
I stole from my needed rest to read and ponder on our human fate. ...
dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_ Archives/anarwoman/chapter6.html - 42k - Cached - Similar pages
Link To: Home
... prayer we ask to listen and to partake in moments yet to come and moments yet to
be so we can abate and sojourn inwards and learn to read and ponder on all our ...
www.nerve.com/giveandtake/feedback/readArticle.asp?article=... personalessays/freeman/ledivorce/index.asp - 65k - Cached - Similar pages
A Tribute To Kellea
... So since I have a web site, I\'d figure I better write it down here for the whole
world to read and ponder on.....and if you like (or dislike) it, e-mail me ...
www.angelfire.com/tx/scottmyers/kelleatribute.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages
Denise Notley’s Remarks on:
... The Gîtâ is crystal clear for everybody to read and ponder on, deep spiritual leading
into the very depths of ourselves, and to climb higher on the ladder to ...
home.att.net/~gitaprasad/denise.htm - 101k - Cached - Similar pages
On the Study of Medicine and the Duties of the Student: An ...
... Let me, therefore, beg of those whose study of medicine commences here to-day, to
read and ponder on all that is said with so much eloquence in a lecture on ...
hml.org/mmhc/histdocs/lecture.html - 53k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 7 mins (2004-10-19 16:35:00 GMT)
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An Anarchist Woman - Terry
... And I in the very ecstasy of my being was one of this mob. \"Whole hours, whole nights,
I stole from my needed rest to read and ponder on our human fate. ...
dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_ Archives/anarwoman/chapter6.html - 42k - Cached - Similar pages
Link To: Home
... prayer we ask to listen and to partake in moments yet to come and moments yet to
be so we can abate and sojourn inwards and learn to read and ponder on all our ...
www.nerve.com/giveandtake/feedback/readArticle.asp?article=... personalessays/freeman/ledivorce/index.asp - 65k - Cached - Similar pages
A Tribute To Kellea
... So since I have a web site, I\'d figure I better write it down here for the whole
world to read and ponder on.....and if you like (or dislike) it, e-mail me ...
www.angelfire.com/tx/scottmyers/kelleatribute.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages
Denise Notley’s Remarks on:
... The Gîtâ is crystal clear for everybody to read and ponder on, deep spiritual leading
into the very depths of ourselves, and to climb higher on the ladder to ...
home.att.net/~gitaprasad/denise.htm - 101k - Cached - Similar pages
On the Study of Medicine and the Duties of the Student: An ...
... Let me, therefore, beg of those whose study of medicine commences here to-day, to
read and ponder on all that is said with so much eloquence in a lecture on ...
hml.org/mmhc/histdocs/lecture.html - 53k - Cached - Similar pages
+1
1 hr
French term (edited):
A lire et m�diter...
Reading and thinking about X at a time of
In English, you need the object!! You can't have a dangling sentence in what looks to be a formal context
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
writeaway
: don't hold your breath for context-guessing is part of the fun
32 mins
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