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English translation: latent colonisation

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French term or phrase:	colonisation larvée
English translation:	latent colonisation
Entered by:	Liliane Hatem

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09:46 Mar 23, 2010

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Social Sciences - Anthropology

French term or phrase: colonisation larvée

Hi all, here's the whole paragraph

'L’origine de ce royaume serait liée à la création de la chefferie de Mbanza Kongo, à la fois ville et capitale du royaume Kongo, d’où seraient parties plusieurs vagues d’infiltration, sous forme de colonisation larvée pour aboutir à un royaume de 6 provinces.'
TIA
Lisa

Richardson Lisa KudoZ activity Questions: 33 (2 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 53 France
Local time: 18:01

latent colonisation

Explanation:
BRUCE DALBRACK
... juggled the socialism they were practicing at home with the odd mix of latent colonisation and aggressive decolonisation they were practicing abroad. ...
www.brucedalbrack.com/opinion019.htm

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Liliane Hatem
Local time: 19:01

Grading comment

thanks Liliane
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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

latent colonisation

Liliane Hatem

4 +1

insidious colonisation

Gilla Evans

creeping colonisation

Catharine Cellier-Smart

Discussion entries: 3

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7 mins confidence:

colonistaion larvée creeping colonisation

Explanation:
see page 3 of :
"Object as they consider that the year round use of the river bank is inappropriate for a park-style setting, and represents creeping colonisation of the water's edge".
http://democracy.york.gov.uk/Published/C00000134/M00002853/A...$ReportTemporaryMooringsMuseumStreet.rtfA.ps.pdf

and
"The US slaughter in Afghanistan makes the Chinese creeping colonisation of Urumqi look like a picnic".
http://indigenist.blogspot.com/2009/07/uighur-vs-afghan-stud...

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see also

"The high-water mark of Ethiopia’s creeping colonisation of Somalia since the fall of Siyad Barre’s government must be the capture and occupation of Mogadishu with hardly a shot fired in anger".
http://www.islamafrica.com/Readers_Articles_Posted/Somalia_P...

Catharine Cellier-Smart
Local time: 20:01
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

colonistaion larvée insidious colonisation

Explanation:
My understanding of the meaning here.

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Here are a few incidences of its use from the web:

the drama of clandestine migrants becoming increasingly numerous; the problems of 15 Christian schools housing 12,000 pupils, all Muslims, as well as their principals and teachers; last but not least, the problem of extremist Islamists and the insidious colonisation by the Arab Emirates.
http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:y9dnrPHwvCsJ:ftp://ftp2.d...

The Insidious Colonization of Kashmir
http://arabisto.com/article.cfm?articleID=610

failed to prevent the insidious colonization of the Palestinian land
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/06/edwards-revise...

Gilla Evans
Local time: 17:01
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

colonistaion larvée

latent colonisation

Liliane Hatem
Local time: 19:01
Native speaker of:

English,

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks Liliane

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Changes made by editors

Mar 24, 2010 - Changes made by Liliane Hatem:
Edited KOG entry	Liliane Hatem's old entry - "colonisation larvée" => "latent colonisation"
Mar 24, 2010 - Changes made by Liliane Hatem:
Edited KOG entry	Richardson Lisa's old entry - "colonisation larvée" => "latent colonisation"
Mar 23, 2010 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
Term asked	colonistaion larvée => colonisation larvée

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