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pollueur-payeur

English translation: polluter pays


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:pollueur-payeur
English translation:polluter pays
Entered by: DLyons
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16:31 Oct 30, 2011
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Environment & Ecology
French term or phrase: pollueur-payeur
"[...] reconnaître expressément la pertinence des principes de prévention, précaution, pollueur-payeur [...]"
cosmicgirl72
(the principle that) the polluter pays
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DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 12:25
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8(the principle that) the polluter pays
DLyons
4 -1...the relevancy of the "pay as you pollute" principle...bigmimi


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
(the principle that) the polluter pays


Explanation:
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DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 12:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  polyglot45: the polluter-pays principle
1 min
  -> Thnaks polyglot45.

agree  Tony M
40 mins
  -> Thanks Tony M.

agree  Laura Elvin
43 mins
  -> Thanks Laura.

agree  Jocelyne S
1 hr
  -> Thanks Jocelyne.

agree  Gilla Evans
1 hr
  -> Thanks Gilla.

agree  Mark Bossanyi
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Mark.

agree  ACOZ
8 hrs
  -> Thanks ACOZ.

agree  casper
12 hrs
  -> Thanks :-). :-)
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
...the relevancy of the "pay as you pollute" principle...


Explanation:
modulation

bigmimi
Local time: 07:25
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  polyglot45: this is a well-known concept, always translated as "polluter pays"; in fact the French is the official translation of the English
13 mins

disagree  B D Finch: "Pay as you pollute" is wrong. It would mean that payment and pollution were simultaneous!
1 hr
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Changes made by editors
Nov 4, 2011 - Changes made by DLyons:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Oct 31, 2011 - Changes made by Yana Dovgopol:
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