Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
fiscalité sauvage
English translation:
illicit taxation
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French term
fiscalité sauvage
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In a document on a road rehabilitation project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Below is the full paragraph under the title of "indicateurs" for the section on "safety/ security conditions".
For "fiscalité sauvage", my first ideas all turn around illegal taxation, illegal taxing, etc. but I am not happy with that. Am I on the right track? Anyone have any better ideas?
"La présence de militaires incontrôlés dans les territoires concernés par les travaux de réhabilitation est un premier indicateur. Il est documenté par le témoignage des camionneurs et commerçants eux mêmes, de même que le second indicateur, qui est la pression « tracassière » qu’ils subissent (c’est à dire la fiscalité sauvage)."
PS Any original suggestions (I'm not satisfied with what my dictionaries propose!) for "tracassière" would also be welcome.
Thank you!
Below is the full paragraph under the title of "indicateurs" for the section on "safety/ security conditions".
For "fiscalité sauvage", my first ideas all turn around illegal taxation, illegal taxing, etc. but I am not happy with that. Am I on the right track? Anyone have any better ideas?
"La présence de militaires incontrôlés dans les territoires concernés par les travaux de réhabilitation est un premier indicateur. Il est documenté par le témoignage des camionneurs et commerçants eux mêmes, de même que le second indicateur, qui est la pression « tracassière » qu’ils subissent (c’est à dire la fiscalité sauvage)."
PS Any original suggestions (I'm not satisfied with what my dictionaries propose!) for "tracassière" would also be welcome.
Thank you!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 0 | illegal tax collection; illicit taxation; extra-legal taxation |
Yolanda Broad
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| 0 | predatory taxation |
Louis RIOUAL
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| 0 | tax exaction / irksome pressure |
Annie Robberecht, C. Tr.
|
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illegal tax collection; illicit taxation; extra-legal taxation
I would think "illegal taxation" would be just fine (this is what the Oxford Superlex gives), but if you are uncomfortable with that one, how about "illegal tax collection"--after all, this is not about a whole process, but rather some "freelancers" out there demanding "taxes" (really a form of armed robbery)?
See Google search results for this phrase at:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q="illegal t...
Otherwise, perhaps "illicit taxation/tax collection"? I find it in a context of terrorism, etc., for Tanzania:
dtproc5
... of Agriculture, Tanzania). Illicit taxation is difficult to reduce, especially where supply and demand conditions differ across borders. To be successful would ...
www.eagerproject.com/dtproc5.html
I also found a site where "extra-legal taxation/tax collection" is used:
[PDF] barracuda.msi-inc.com/strategy.pdf
... be financed by retained earnings, providing that government taxation or extra-legal taxation through corruption or through organized crime does not take all of ...
See Google search results for this phrase at:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q="illegal t...
Otherwise, perhaps "illicit taxation/tax collection"? I find it in a context of terrorism, etc., for Tanzania:
dtproc5
... of Agriculture, Tanzania). Illicit taxation is difficult to reduce, especially where supply and demand conditions differ across borders. To be successful would ...
www.eagerproject.com/dtproc5.html
I also found a site where "extra-legal taxation/tax collection" is used:
[PDF] barracuda.msi-inc.com/strategy.pdf
... be financed by retained earnings, providing that government taxation or extra-legal taxation through corruption or through organized crime does not take all of ...
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tax exaction / irksome pressure
SEE TERMIUM DEFINITION:
The wrongful act of an officer or other person in compelling payment of a fee or a reward for his services, under color of his official authority, where no payment is due.
pression tracassière is almost "harassment". What about:
The wrongful act of an officer or other person in compelling payment of a fee or a reward for his services, under color of his official authority, where no payment is due.
pression tracassière is almost "harassment". What about:
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