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subpar growth

French translation: croissance inférieure à la normale


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17:45 Apr 12, 2011
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English term or phrase: subpar growth
We expect subpar growth in the Eurozone and rising rates.
Cyril Bel-Ange
Local time: 13:26
French translation:croissance inférieure à la normale
Explanation:
ou moins élevée que d'habitude...

sub·par/ˌsəbˈpär/
Adjective: Below an average level.

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Note added at 8 mins (2011-04-12 17:53:58 GMT)
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Ou peut-être même une « baisse de croissance » tout simplement...
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Alrx
Local time: 13:26
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3 +2croissance inférieure à la normale
Alrx
4croissance médiocre
Hugo


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
croissance inférieure à la normale


Explanation:
ou moins élevée que d'habitude...

sub·par/ˌsəbˈpär/
Adjective: Below an average level.

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Note added at 8 mins (2011-04-12 17:53:58 GMT)
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Ou peut-être même une « baisse de croissance » tout simplement...

Alrx
Local time: 13:26
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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agree  Germaine
54 mins
  -> Merci Germaine.
agree  enrico paoletti
23 hrs
  -> Merci Enrico.
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
croissance médiocre


Explanation:
same pejorative register and meaning

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Note added at 11 hrs (2011-04-13 05:34:23 GMT)
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I beg to differ with your reasonning, Tony.

You say:

"'subpar': there is a benchmark (somewhere!)"

However, the same could also be said for 'médiocre': there is always an implicit benchmark, namely 'good'/'satisfactory'....



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Note added at 20 hrs (2011-04-13 14:09:06 GMT)
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reasoning

Hugo
Local time: 06:26
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Yes, but misses out the rather important 'below-average' / No, but that's the whole point of 'subpar': there is a benchmark (somewhere!) Had it been just 'a bit below par', I'd agree.
3 hrs
  -> I disagree with your reasoning, as I believe "médiocre" expresses well the generic idea of "below average/poor", and as you yourself point out, we don't know of any specific benchmark against which growth would be compared here,see my added comment above
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Apr 12, 2011 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
Field (specific)Finance (general) => Economics


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