not of
French translation: non pas de
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|  Selected response from: Carole Spencer Canada Local time: 23:45 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | non pas |
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| 5 | et non de... |
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| 4 -1 | I would turn the sentence around |
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12 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1non pas Explanation: Votre tournure de phrase est très acceptable. C'est ce que je dirais et avec expérience militaire dans ce milieu en plus. |
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12 mins confidence: 
yes but... Explanation: Your translation of "non pas" is correct, but I would translate "microbes" as germ(s) spills |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1I would turn the sentence around Explanation: ils évoquent des images de dissémination de microbes plutôt que de déversements de pétrole I think that "déversements" is fine for oil, but "dissémination" would be better for microbes |
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12 hrs confidence:
et non de... Explanation: Préférable à non pas, un peu redondant. |
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