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rend compte

English translation: reflects / serves to describe


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French term or phrase:rend compte
English translation:reflects / serves to describe
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19:54 Mar 4, 2011
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French term or phrase: rend compte
La soutenabilité inter-temporelle d’un Etat est donnée par la contrainte budgétaire qui rend compte de la dynamique de la dette :
(then there is a big math formula)
veratek
France
Local time: 02:35
reflects
Explanation:
Seems to me that is what it is being used to say here, but I freely admit this is a purely empirical deduction!
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Tony M
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Local time: 02:35
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1serves to describexxxmediamatrix
4which illustratesEllen Kraus
1 +2reflects
Tony M


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +2
reflects


Explanation:
Seems to me that is what it is being used to say here, but I freely admit this is a purely empirical deduction!

Tony M
France
Local time: 02:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: I think all three answers so far are basically the same, but you were first.
51 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil! Oh, those fools who rush in...
agree  cc in nyc: All three suggested so far are OK, but I especially like "reflects"
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, CC!
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
which illustrates


Explanation:
in the sense of "veranschaulichen"

Ellen Kraus
Local time: 02:35
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
serves to describe


Explanation:
A very similar text can be found in Annexe 1 here:
http://www.banque-france.fr/archipel/publications/bdf_rsf/et...

Solvabilité inter-temporelle de l’État
À chaque période, les États font face à une contrainte budgétaire instantanée qui doit être satisfaite ex post, et
qui rend compte de la dynamique de la dette : (formula)

although, interestingly, it refers to the 'solvabilité de l'Etat' and not the 'soutenabilité' given in Asker's text.

It's fairly clear, despite the subtle differences, that 'rend compte' is being used in the sense that it 'serves to describe'.

xxxmediamatrix
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agree  Tony M
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Mar 18, 2011 - Changes made by Tony M:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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