Feb 9, 2004 14:53
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français term

On sera avisé de se réserver le droit d’inventaire

français vers anglais Art / Littérature Gouvernement / politique EU-speak
Elle doit également prendre en considération les intérêts et opinions de toutes les parties intéressées”. Cette dernière phrase appelle l’évocation des “chartes de qualité” et des mécanismes de consultation montés par les bureaux communautaires. On sera avisé de se réserver le droit d’inventaire

This is an excerpt from a long-winded text commenting on the EU Green Paper on Services of General Interest. It is driving me crazy: it is all bits taken from the Green Paper stuck together with short sentences.
As a matter of principle, I am curious to know what other people do about quotations from EU documents translated by their creme-de-la-creme translators in the most abominable English possible. Do you quote it, warts and all, or make it into something less dreadful?

The author of the above sentence is largely scathing about the Green Paper

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français term (edited): On sera avis� de se r�server le droit d�inventaire
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right to review it in a detailed manner OR the rights to review it in detail

that's the second meaning of inventaire..see Larousse for the reference...

that works here, right?



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Note added at 9 mins (2004-02-09 15:02:31 GMT)
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I meant: right to review it in detail
Peer comment(s):

agree Vicky Papaprodromou
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agree Sethia
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it would be prudent to insist on a close examination

E.g. of the fine print. "le droit d'inventaire" seems to be used figuratively in political contexts to indicate scepticism, in case there is a catch.
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