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to drain

French translation: aux dépens de

15:33 Jan 16, 2004
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial
English term or phrase: to drain
Working in conjunction with FTAA is Plan Puebla-Panama, a plan that would turn southern Mexico and all of Central America into a colossal free trade zone, competing in the worldwide race to drain wages, working conditions, environmental protection and human rights.
Krystrad
Local time: 22:34
French translation:aux dépens de
Explanation:
dans la course à la mondialisation aux dépens des salaires, des conditions de travail, de la protection de l’environnement et des droits de la personne
Selected response from:

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 22:34
Grading comment
très bonne idée, merci !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4appauvrir
Guy Demers (X)
4 +2Faire fi de... (voir phrase ci-dessous)
Merline
3 +2niveller/nivellement (par le bas)
Jérôme Haushalter
5geler ou bloquer les salaires
Karina Vermeylen
4 +1aux dépens de
Jean-Luc Dumont
4to drain
Isabel Maria Basto
3 +1réduire / détruire / écraser
Abdellatif Bouhid
3 -2ameliorer
Mihaela Sinca
2 -2epuise
seabass


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): -2
epuise


Explanation:
ce mot a une note emotif qui garde l'ésprit de ce malheure

seabass
Local time: 22:34

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Juan Jacob: Je ne comprends rien du tout, et quelle orthographe !
36 mins
disagree  Jean-Claude Gouin: D'accord avec Juan ...
2 days 1 hr
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to drain


Explanation:
sense of depletion- maigrir, mincer, sense of actual draining- faire écouler.


    le petit larousse
Isabel Maria Basto
Local time: 21:34
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 4
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
ameliorer


Explanation:
ameliorer les conditions de vie en general, c'est a dire les salaires, les conditions de travail, la protection de l'environement et les droits de l'homme.

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Note added at 16 mins (2004-01-16 15:50:26 GMT)
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creer un espace de vie sain

Mihaela Sinca
Local time: 23:34
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in pair: 196

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Guy Demers (X): that would be a worldwide race to improve...
32 mins
neutral  RHELLER: contresens
1 hr
disagree  Jean-Claude Gouin: D'accord avec Guy ...
2 days 1 hr
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
appauvrir


Explanation:
Dans un contexte critique, le passage pourrait ce lire : '... dans une course mondiale pour appauvrir les salaires, les conditions de travail, la préservation de l'environnement et les droits de l'homme.'

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Note added at 44 mins (2004-01-16 16:18:43 GMT)
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pardon... pourrait se lire

Guy Demers (X)
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Juan Jacob: À mon avis, c'est ça le sens.
8 mins
agree  RHELLER
39 mins
agree  chaplin: épuiser
9 hrs
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
2 days 34 mins
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
niveller/nivellement (par le bas)


Explanation:
arasement, érosion

Jérôme Haushalter
France
Local time: 22:34
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 487

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Juan Jacob: Vous venez de proposer exactement le contraire. Alors ?
1 min
  -> pour moi, les 2 sens étaient possibles, suivant le contexte
agree  sarahl (X)
2 hrs
  -> Merci!
agree  ohlala (X)
5 hrs
  -> Merci!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
geler ou bloquer les salaires


Explanation:
selon mon avis

Karina Vermeylen
Local time: 16:34
Native speaker of: Native in FlemishFlemish
PRO pts in pair: 109
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Faire fi de... (voir phrase ci-dessous)


Explanation:
…un processus qui fera du sud du Mexique et de toute l’Amérique centrale une formidable zone de libre échange, les précipitant ainsi dans cette course à la mondialisation qui fait souvent fi des salaires, des conditions de travail, de la protection de l’environnement et des droits de la personne.

Merline
Local time: 16:34
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 1643

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean-Luc Dumont: bel effort
7 hrs
agree  chaplin
7 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
réduire / détruire / écraser


Explanation:
..

Abdellatif Bouhid
Local time: 16:34
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 279

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chaplin
5 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
aux dépens de


Explanation:
dans la course à la mondialisation aux dépens des salaires, des conditions de travail, de la protection de l’environnement et des droits de la personne

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 22:34
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 2872
Grading comment
très bonne idée, merci !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chaplin
41 mins
  -> merci encore :-)
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