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arbitrages budgétaires

English translation: for (some*) budgetary reasons

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French term or phrase:	arbitrages budgétaires
English translation:	*for (some) budgetary reasons**
Entered by:	emekadavid

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11:03 Jun 12, 2006

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French term or phrase: arbitrages budgétaires

Describing a public-sector building project that was cancelled "pour des raisons d'arbitrages budgétaires".
My understanding is that the government or the ministries involved were unable to agree who would foot the bill, but how to say that in a similarly roundabout way? I don't think "arbitration" fits here.
Many thanks!

Sandra Petch KudoZ activity Questions: 501 (none open) (77 closed without grading) Answers: 555
Local time: 07:46

for (some*) budgetary reasons

Explanation:
* - optional.
Here the budget serves as the arbiter or the basis on which decisions will be made concerning implementing or not of the project. The offices/functionaries concerned do not think their budgets can accommodate the project, therefore, pure and simple, budgetary reasons.

Selected response from:

emekadavid
Nigeria
Local time: 06:46

Grading comment

I hesitated between this answer and "disagreement". With no wider context I prefer to play it safe, and "budgetary reasons" is what it all comes down to. Thank you Emekadavid and everyone else.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

budgetary trade-offs

xxxCMJ_Trans

budgetary disagreement/disagreement over the budget

Wendy Leech

4 -1

for (some*) budgetary reasons

emekadavid

3 -1

budget conflicts

Bailatjones

Discussion entries: 7

Answers

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

budgetary trade-offs

Explanation:
arbitrages can often be translated this way - it boils down to wheeling and dealing....

xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 07:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 425

18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

budget conflicts

Explanation:
not terribly creative but why not? is also vague in terms of where the conflict was coming from...

Bailatjones
Switzerland
Local time: 07:46
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

1 hr confidence:

budgetary disagreement/disagreement over the budget

Explanation:
Same meaning, just another way of putting it.

Wendy Leech
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:46
Native speaker of:

English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

juliebarba

6 hrs

-> merci!!

agree

Joy Daniel: I like this best. Disagreement is not as scary a word in English as it would be to French ears ;-)

10 hrs

-> thanks Joy

disagree

emekadavid: go back to the main text and read it as "for reasons of budgetray disagreement". didn't sound right to me. i wanted to post that answer at first sight

22 hrs

-> "due to disagreement over the budget" sounds better than "for reasons of"; thanks for the comment

disagree

xxxdf49f: faux-sens - arbitrage ici = choix, décision - ou trade-offs comme suggéré par CMJ

1 day5 hrs

-> based on the asker's comments (they were unable to agree), I think this is an option. Choice/decision is less specific, which in the end is what the asker indeed chose; thanks for the commet

23 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

for (some*) budgetary reasons

emekadavid
Nigeria
Local time: 06:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

I hesitated between this answer and "disagreement". With no wider context I prefer to play it safe, and "budgetary reasons" is what it all comes down to. Thank you Emekadavid and everyone else.

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