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incombe
Sentence then continues (this is not the problem, context only)
...mais, en comprenant mieux les causes, d’apporter un meilleur traitement et de prévenir la répétition de certains maux"
I have a problem with the correct meaning of this whole expression.
Context: from a book about the financial crisis. A discussion about who is responsible. Finger-pointing is not what the writer wants to do, nor does the author aim to talk down each party's individual responsibility.
Please your thoughts, suggestions on this phrase. In a translation I wouldn't use the typical French references to Voltaire and Rousseau, probably just "one and the other". But le mal controlé and controlant is also enigmatic to me.
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David Goward
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Drmanu49
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| 3 +1 | incomber= to be reckoned to ;to be attributed to |
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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Mar 23, 2009 15:35: Francis Marche changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): writeaway, David Goward, Francis Marche
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Proposed translations
lies with
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q="fault lies with"&met...
A number of interesting examples relating to the economy on the first page of hits.
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lundy
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B D Finch
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Thank you.
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suezen
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Thanks!
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Bourth (X)
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Thanks, smooth-meister ;-)
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Anne Girardeau
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Thanks, Anne.
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Charles Hawtrey (X)
: Simplest way of expressing it, which is always the best approach in EN, IMHO.
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Thank you, Charles.
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Emma Paulay
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Thanks, Emma!
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responsibility / fault / or consequences are attributed to Voltaire
incomber= to be reckoned to ;to be attributed to
cannot be attributed to Voltaire/ Rousseau
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-03-23 12:10:41 GMT)
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lies with would be another option
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Bourth (X)
: "Lies with". You said it first!
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