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baisse simultanée et dans les mêmes proportions de tous les prix contractuels

English translation: all contract prices to drop together and in proportion / proportionately


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French term or phrase:baisse simultanée et dans les mêmes proportions de tous les prix contractuels
English translation:all contract prices to drop together and in proportion / proportionately
Entered by: Tony M
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10:22 Mar 7, 2011
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Bus/Financial - Economics
French term or phrase: baisse simultanée et dans les mêmes proportions de tous les prix contractuels
Blanchard says that: la déflation nécessite une baisse simultanée et dans les mêmes proportions de tous les prix contractuels, y compris ceux des contrats de dette ce qui paraît impossible à mettre en œuvre
veratek
France
Local time: 02:35
all contract prices to drop together and in proportion / proportionately
Explanation:
As so often between FR > EN, I feel that it would be better to change the noun-based expression in FR into a verb-based one in EN — with the slight re-working of the sentence that would entail.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 02:35
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Thank you!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1all contract prices to drop together and in proportion / proportionately
Tony M
4simultaneous fall of all contract prices in equal measure
Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
simultaneous fall of all contract prices in equal measure


Explanation:
I think it works better if we reword the sentence to put "dans les mêmes proportions" at the end.

Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
Local time: 02:35
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: "requires a fall"? requires a drop, no? or maybe "decrease"?

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
all contract prices to drop together and in proportion / proportionately


Explanation:
As so often between FR > EN, I feel that it would be better to change the noun-based expression in FR into a verb-based one in EN — with the slight re-working of the sentence that would entail.

Tony M
France
Local time: 02:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19
Grading comment
Thank you!

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agree  kashew
1 hr
  -> Thanks, J!
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Mar 13, 2011 - Changes made by Tony M:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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