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muddled along

French translation: avance à tâtons

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English term or phrase:	muddled along
French translation:	avance à tâtons
Entered by:	FX Fraipont

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17:52 Jul 12, 2011

English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / distance education

English term or phrase: muddled along

Competition and resource constraints will force higher education institutions to move to more sophisticated and helpful planning activity…
...if a discipline team cannot answer the question: ‘Do staff know what courses will be introduced in three years time, why they will be and what level of support they have from the relevant professional grouping?’ then that part of the institution is just ***muddled along***.”

- I can see what "muddles along" means, but am struggling to translate it. Thanks for your help.

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avance à tâtons

Explanation:
agree with Tony - Muddle (on) is intrasitive, cannot be used in the passive.
So muddling along.

avance à tâtons, dans le brouillard

muddle along or muddle on
— vb ( intr, adverb ) to proceed in a disorganized way
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/muddle along?qsrc=244...