Glossary entry

français term or phrase:

politiques à double courant

anglais translation:

lopsided (unjust) policies

Added to glossary by Yvonne Gallagher
Feb 22, 2012 16:48
13 yrs ago
français term

politiques à double courant

français vers anglais Affaires / Finance Économie
This expression comes from a text describing the current economic situation in Italy.

"La majorité des Italiens ressentent les effets pervers des politiques à double courant, qui font qu’ils soient toujours obligés de payer à la place d’un gouvernement de plus en plus corrompu."

I'm thinking of "double-edged" but that does not collocate with "policies".

Any bright ideas are welcome!
Change log

Feb 26, 2012 19:23: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry

Discussion

philgoddard Feb 22, 2012:
Thanks. It makes a lot more sense now.
Clarissa Hull (asker) Feb 22, 2012:
Here's more context, philgoddard "Le gouvernement de Mario Monti aux commandes depuis mi-novembre 2011 a rassuré les marchés en mettant en place le troisième plan d’austérité en six mois pour le pays. La fracture économique entre le nord riche et le sud pauvre n’a jamais été aussi évidente, avec une cristallisation des crispations sociales dans la ville de Rome. La majorité des italiens ressentent les effets pervers des politiques à double courant, qui font qu’ils soient toujours obligés de payer à la place d’un gouvernement de plus en plus corrompu. Le rapport de Transparency International pour 2011 place l’Italie au 69e rang sur 180 pays."

Hope this makes it clearer. Tks! Clarissa
philgoddard Feb 22, 2012:
I think we need more context. "Politique à double courant" gets only one Google hit, here:
http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/article/141983/nucl...
where it refers to the fact that European countries are split down the middle when it comes to whether to build more nuclear reactors. But we don't know what this paragraph is referring to - what does "payer à la place de" refer to? What comes before this?
liz askew Feb 22, 2012:
double-standards.....all suggestions.
liz askew Feb 22, 2012:
two-tier?
liz askew Feb 22, 2012:
two-way?
DLyons Feb 22, 2012:
Doubly punitive?

Proposed translations

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lopsided (unjust) policies

might work, gets the idea acrossI think of the perverse effects where the citizens pay the price while the corrupt politicians get away

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Note added at 4 days (2012-02-26 19:27:51 GMT) Post-grading
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Yes, with the added context of Northern v. Southern italy treatment it does actually work for both .

Glad to have helped.
Note from asker:
I think your answer covers both contexts: citizens versus corrupt politicians and inequality of treatment in northern and southern Italy
Thank you for this suggestion which, I continue to think, comes quite close to the French, although some of the other answers were helpful too.
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : Now that we have the full context, I think this is the closest answer. It means inequality of treatment between the north and south.
2 heures
Thank you
agree DLyons
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Thanks D!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you for this suggestion which, I continue to think, comes quite close to the French, although some of the other answers were helpful too."
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policies that cut two ways

...that is to say policies, for instance, that punish and reward, or stimulate and strangle at the same time... like what's happening in Greece.
Peer comment(s):

agree Yolanda Broad : Or: "that cut both ways"
23 heures
Merci Yolanda
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2 heures

double stream politics

"THE GUIDELINES OF ITALIAN FOREIGN POLICY SINCE the end of Second World War has been anchored to a double stream: loyalty to the NATO membership and, more specifically, to the United States on one side, and active and willing participation in the process of European integration on the other side."

i.e. the public pay more and more for this policy.
Peer comment(s):

disagree philgoddard : Your reference is a poor translation.
49 minutes
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22 heures

discriminatory/biased policies

"Biased Policies, Agriculture and Income Distribution in South Africa. 1 ... "
citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.201...

allafrica.com/stories/201112080660.html
"These discriminatory policies saw us, South Sudanese never to be (up until recently ..."

www.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/world/middleeast/27yemen.html?.....
"His government, based in the north, has for years carried out brutal and discriminatory policies toward the people of south Yemen."

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