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feel bad factor

French translation: facteur de pessimisme (économique)


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English term or phrase:feel bad factor
French translation:facteur de pessimisme (économique)
Entered by: Anne Carnot
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07:28 Oct 1, 2009
English to French translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
English term or phrase: feel bad factor
Dans une analyse de la situation économique d'un pays : the 'feel bad’ factor lingers on in 2009, but confidence increases

Je comprends l'idée mais je ne trouve pas de formulation satisfaisante en français. Merci d'avance pour vos idées...
Anne Carnot
Local time: 23:54
facteur de pessimisme
Explanation:
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Si on se fie au contraire

Feel-good factor traduction Anglais - Francais : feel-good factor n optimisme m → There were obvious signs of the feel-good factor in the last survey taken ...
dictionnaire.reverso.net/anglais-francais/feel-good%20factor

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Un autre facteur de pessimisme, à mon avis, est la faiblesse de notre élite politique qui a abouti à une paralysie collective assez exceptionnelle. ...
www.journaldunet.com/.../0510107marseille.shtml

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Ou facteur de régression...

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Note added at 30 mins (2009-10-01 07:58:36 GMT)
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Ou le climat de pessimisme persiste en 2009, mais ....
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GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 23:54
Grading comment
Merci pour votre aide à tous ! Plusieurs de vos solutions me plaisaient, mais mon client tenait absolument à "facteur de pessimisme".
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1moral bas
Françoise REY-SENS
3 +1facteur de pessimisme
GILLES MEUNIER
3 +1l'humeur reste maussade
FX Fraipont
3le sentiment de malaise
Beila Goldberg


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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"feel bad" factor
l'humeur reste maussade


Explanation:
mais on note un regain de confiance

FX Fraipont
Belgium
Local time: 23:54
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 91

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Laurence Bisot
8 hrs
  -> merci!
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"feel bad" factor
facteur de pessimisme


Explanation:
-

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-10-01 07:37:50 GMT)
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Si on se fie au contraire

Feel-good factor traduction Anglais - Francais : feel-good factor n optimisme m → There were obvious signs of the feel-good factor in the last survey taken ...
dictionnaire.reverso.net/anglais-francais/feel-good%20factor

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Note added at 10 mins (2009-10-01 07:39:10 GMT)
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Un autre facteur de pessimisme, à mon avis, est la faiblesse de notre élite politique qui a abouti à une paralysie collective assez exceptionnelle. ...
www.journaldunet.com/.../0510107marseille.shtml

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Note added at 12 mins (2009-10-01 07:40:56 GMT)
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Ou facteur de régression...

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Note added at 30 mins (2009-10-01 07:58:36 GMT)
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Ou le climat de pessimisme persiste en 2009, mais ....

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 23:54
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 200
Grading comment
Merci pour votre aide à tous ! Plusieurs de vos solutions me plaisaient, mais mon client tenait absolument à "facteur de pessimisme".

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alain P.: Oui je suis d'accord avec pessimisme et "moral bas", termes que l'on retrouve dans les sondages ou analyses de conjoncture.
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
le sentiment de malaise


Explanation:
pour garder feel et utiliser une expression souvent reprise par la presse pour relater l'ambiance économique actuelle ...

Beila Goldberg
Belgium
Local time: 23:54
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: French
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
moral bas


Explanation:
when there is a lack of confidence

Example sentence(s):
  • le moral bas des ménages,
Françoise REY-SENS
Local time: 23:54
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alain P.: Oui je suis d'accord avec "moral bas" et "pessimisme", termes que l'on retrouve dans les sondages ou analyses de conjoncture
53 mins
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Changes made by editors
Oct 1, 2009 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
Term asked\"feel bad\" factor => feel bad factor


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