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giving room

French translation: faire place


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English term or phrase:giving room
French translation:faire place
Entered by: lysiane
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19:47 Sep 23, 2011
English to French translations [PRO]
International Org/Dev/Coop / hunanitarian aid / UE
English term or phrase: giving room
As evaluators commissioned to undertake an independent review of the government’s humanitarian aid policy noted, such a scenario risks *** giving room *** for humanitarian interventions to be based on political decisions rather than humanitarian principles and needs.

Merci !
lysiane
Local time: 16:14
faire place
Explanation:
un tel scénario risque de faire place à des interventions humanitaires fondées sur des décisions politiques plutôt que sur des principes et besoins humanitaires.

...forcing to overtake diversity of view points giving room to the creation by the group of a solution that gathers all actors.
...invite à dépasser la diversité des points de vue pour faire place à l'émergence par le groupe d'une solution qui fédère l'ensemble des acteurs.
http://www.teamfactory.fr/IMG/pdf/Post_material_ECLOSION_2_a...
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Germaine
Canada
Local time: 10:14
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2Laissant le champ libre
kashew
3 +3permettant
Liliane Hatem
4 +1faire place
Germaine
3 +2donner lieu à
Odile Raymond
4laissant place or faisant de la place
Mohamed Hosni


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
permettant


Explanation:
donnant lieu

Liliane Hatem
Local time: 17:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  FX Fraipont
54 mins
  -> Merci!
agree  Françoise Vogel: risque de permettre
1 hr
  -> Merci!
agree  enrico paoletti
22 hrs
  -> Merci!
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
donner lieu à


Explanation:
susceptible de donner lieu à

Odile Raymond
Local time: 16:14
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kriddl
45 mins
agree  Francine Durand-Chartier
1 day19 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
faire place


Explanation:
un tel scénario risque de faire place à des interventions humanitaires fondées sur des décisions politiques plutôt que sur des principes et besoins humanitaires.

...forcing to overtake diversity of view points giving room to the creation by the group of a solution that gathers all actors.
...invite à dépasser la diversité des points de vue pour faire place à l'émergence par le groupe d'une solution qui fédère l'ensemble des acteurs.
http://www.teamfactory.fr/IMG/pdf/Post_material_ECLOSION_2_a...

Germaine
Canada
Local time: 10:14
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 27
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
1 day1 hr
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Laissant le champ libre


Explanation:
Laissant le champ libre à l'ennemi.

kashew
France
Local time: 16:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kevin SC: yes, sir
10 hrs
  -> Merci bcp
agree  xxxMD64: Exactly !
1 day4 hrs
  -> Merci bcp
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
laissant place or faisant de la place


Explanation:
Suggestion hope it helps.

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Note added at 2 days10 hrs (2011-09-26 06:47:10 GMT)
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Or, it can be translated also into "cèdent la place à ".
Good Luck

Mohamed Hosni
Local time: 18:14
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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