to loose on
French translation: laisser se charger de
| 16:28 Mar 25, 2007 |
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|  Selected response from: Frédéric Aubert France Local time: 14:01 | ||||||
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| 4 +4 | lâcher qqn sur qch |
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| 5 | confier la charge d'un marché que nous estimons prometteur |
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| 4 | laisser se charger de |
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| 3 +1 | voir ci-dessous |
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7 mins confidence: 
laisser se charger de Explanation: le on n'est pas à rattacher au verbe mais tient lieu de préposition pour introduire la suite...et loose est un adjectif. Dans le contexte de la phrase : avant de vous laisser vous charger de ce que nous estimons être un marché prometteur.. |
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8 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1voir ci-dessous Explanation: je le comprends ainsi: il s'agit de l'expression "to turn someone loose on something" - autrement dit, "lâcher" ou "ouvrir les portes de" (ici) solution approximative: "mais avant que nous vous ouvrions les portes d'un marché dont nous savons qu'il sera très porteur"... on peut faire mieux, sans aucun doute, mais c'est la direction générale |
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confier la charge d'un marché que nous estimons prometteur Explanation: - |
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9 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4| to turn s.o. loose on s.th. lâcher qqn sur qch Explanation: It's because you're parsing it wrong! The expression is 'to turn s.o. loose on s.th' — often literally with 'dogs', but here figuratively, of course We also say 'to let s.o. loose on / with s.th' — "practise first with this piece of scrap material before we let you loose on the real thing", "practise first on each other before we turn you loose on real patients" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 44 mins (2007-03-25 17:13:41 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- There is a slightly humourous or ironic nuance of meaning here which it might be important not to lose in the FR translation (as some of the more straight-laced suggestions seem to me to do) |
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