Glossary entry (derived from question below)
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!
"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!
Proposed translations
(anglais)
4 +2 | lopsided (unjust) policies |
Yvonne Gallagher
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3 +1 | policies that cut two ways |
Timothy Rake
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4 | discriminatory/biased policies |
B D Finch
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3 -1 | double stream politics |
Just Opera
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Change log
Feb 26, 2012 19:23: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry
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.
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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.
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Thank you
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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.
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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.
i.e. the public pay more and more for this policy.
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."
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."
Discussion
Hope this makes it clearer. Tks! Clarissa
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?