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un secteur deprimé

English translation: a depressed sector

18:34 Nov 14, 2008
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
French term or phrase: un secteur deprimé
Thi is referring to the air industry and how it isn't doing well. Do we have an english equivalent?
helenf
Local time: 18:26
English translation:a depressed sector
Explanation:
"Sector" to mean the collective industries of a certain type exists in English too.
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Nihil Credo
Sweden
Local time: 19:26
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6a depressed sector
Nihil Credo
5 +4a depressed industry
Laura Tridico
4undergoing a slump
Euqinimod (X)
4a crisis sector
Semafoor


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
a depressed sector


Explanation:
"Sector" to mean the collective industries of a certain type exists in English too.

Nihil Credo
Sweden
Local time: 19:26
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Shiner
1 hr
agree  MatthewLaSon: I would say "depressed sector."
10 hrs
agree  Jenny w
15 hrs
agree  B D Finch: Perhaps not a major difference, but "sector" is broader than "industry", even if it's difficult to see what the difference would be, there might be one here.
16 hrs
agree  Julie Barber
23 hrs
agree  Paul Malone
1 day 59 mins
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
a depressed industry


Explanation:
Another possibility with a fair number of Google hits...

http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Do...

Any of these answers may work depending on the tone of your overall text...

Laura Tridico
United States
Local time: 13:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters
16 mins
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agree  Rimas Balsys
22 mins
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agree  amphibiantrad
1 hr
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agree  Anthony Lines (X)
2 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
undergoing a slump


Explanation:
See the following refs.


    www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/09/201_17731.html - 56k
    www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2008/08/08/07 - 22k
Euqinimod (X)
Local time: 19:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 50

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: A slump is an extreme form of depression.
14 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a crisis sector


Explanation:
or "a sector in crisis", suffering from the current economical climate

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Note added at 21 hrs (2008-11-15 15:49:03 GMT)
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If crisis is too rash for the context, I would go with "a sector in recession". Even though "depressed" isn't actually wrong, it appears in this meaning only as a fourth or fifth option in most dictionaries.

Semafoor
Belgium
Local time: 19:26
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: This is more extreme than the source text warrants.
16 hrs
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