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proxy for implementation

French translation: se substituent à l\'action.


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English term or phrase:proxy for implementation
French translation:se substituent à l\'action.
Entered by: Nathalie Reis
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20:05 Nov 11, 2009
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Bus/Financial - Government / Politics
English term or phrase: proxy for implementation
Adult education policy-making and reform tend to take place in a vacuum: high-level councils and elaborate advisory structures exist, but have little concrete impact, with the risk that these arrangements become a proxy for implementation.
Nathalie Reis
Local time: 02:38
se substituent à l'action.
Explanation:
traduit en contexte -- ersatz ou substitut de l'action (de la mise en oeuvre pour être littéral).
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Charlotte Buecheler
United States
Local time: 21:38
Grading comment
Merci Charlotte!
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3 +2se substituent à l'action.
Charlotte Buecheler
3des alibis de l'inactionEuqinimod


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
se substituent à l'action.


Explanation:
traduit en contexte -- ersatz ou substitut de l'action (de la mise en oeuvre pour être littéral).

Charlotte Buecheler
United States
Local time: 21:38
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Merci Charlotte!

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agree  Joco
23 mins
  -> merci!
agree  mimi 254
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
des alibis de l'inaction


Explanation:
Ou l'alibi de l'inaction.

Euqinimod
Local time: 03:38
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 41
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